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[QUOTE=Immelmann;277966]I'd considered it, but decided against it because the 163 only carried ~7.5 minutes of fuel, meaning that it spent the majority of its time gliding in between bursts of power. Besides, two smoke trails would look to cluttered.
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Rocket Fighter by Mano Ziegler says they flew stright up to 10,000 -12,000 meters before engine quit. Then they wer supposed to dive on bomber formations as gliders.
Good book!!!!! They even tried using ten 50-mm high explosive cannons mounted verticaly (slight oblique angle for shotgun like spread) in the wing roots. Light sensitve cell for each cannon would set cannons off (delayed timer of sorts) once under a shadow.
tested idea by using two poles 20 meters high and some canvas 30-meters long tied between the poles at 900km per hour. Canvas was shreded. (8 of 10 rounds hit usually)
Each high explosive cannon was supposed to equal one 88-mm flak round, in other words only one of the ten had to hit the target!
Mike
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