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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pelzig" data-source="post: 98884" data-attributes="member: 2227">I'd imagine it may boil down to ones definition of a glider or what the intent of borovik's question was. A true glider has no means of propulsion at all. That is, it cannot take off on its own and requires some external means to get it off the ground, usually by being towed aloft. A motor glider has a means to take off on its own or sustain itself in flight if required. True, the Jinryu was considered as a means to attack B-29s but I think the idea of the Jinryu being anti-bomber was passed along to the Mizuno Shinryu which was dedicated to the task rather than the Jinryu being adapted to such a task. The Shinryu was far more an aircraft like the Me 163 in mission profile which had a glider form given the short endurance of the rocket engines that required superior gliding capability in order to return to earth in one piece. The open cockpit Jinryu, if it was left as it was or modified to just include the added rocket motors and rocket armament, would have been hard pressed to take on B-29s at 30,000+ feet.<blockquote data-quote="lark">You are correct Apophenia,I indeed forgot a 'k' in the Kokukyoku..Since the rockets of this design were only used for take off with 10sec. firing time , it was not a true powered glider I think.During it's development,it was suggested that the plane should bearmed with rocketprojectiles for attacks against B-29's , which should have made it an unpowered interceptor as the BV 40...</blockquote></blockquote>

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