Lippisch Delta VI

[Justo Miranda]

Coal ramjet

 

[airman]

But how many drawing of projects was made by Dr Lippich ?

 

[Michel Van]

But how many drawing of projects was made by Dr Lippich ?

a lot drawings
he had 72 aircraft projects http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Lippisch_Nurflugels/lippisch_nurflugels.html

example from artist
Pablo Picasso made in his life over 12000 drawings
Johnny Bruck made more than 10000 illustration for SF novels and Pulp series

 

[Stargazer]

Why... yeah, sure. But you can hardly compare things like that... Conceiving an aircraft that can fly represents a little more work and research than a single painting or illustration does!

 

[Vladimir]

Coal ramjet

Cool! I like all this Horten and Lippich Nurfugels staff! Thanks, Justo!

 

[newsdeskdan]

Interesting drawing. First time I saw it was in Justo's 2014 Ultimate Flying Wings of the Luftwaffe - but this is a 2009 scan of something printed. Was it originally printed in the Reichdreams Dossiers series?
It's a DFS proposal for fitting a coal-powered ramjet within the airframe of Lippisch's Delta VI... so maybe not a Lippisch drawing (he was busy at the LFW in Vienna). It does have the characteristic cooling channels either side of the ramjet 'box' though, just like the P.12/13.
In spring 1944, Lippisch was still planning to power the P.12 with liquid fuel. Within a short time, however, he began to consider coal as a better alternative - resulting in the P.13. Maybe this was the proposal that made him change his mind?

 

[Justo Miranda]

source here

 

[newsdeskdan]

source here

Thanks again Justo! I wonder what happened to all of Manfred's original material? He must have amassed quite a collection.

 

[steelpillow]

Coal ramjet

Interesting comparison with the later P.13b.