 | Flying Me163| Aviation Discuss Flying Me163 in the World War II - Aviation forums; I came across this which may be of interest. Its a replica Me163 obviously without an engine and is flown ... |
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01-18-2006, 05:24 PM
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I came across this which may be of interest. Its a replica Me163 obviously without an engine and is flown as a glider.
I would love to get my hand on it and see how it handles. I would be suprised if it could soar so it would have to be a one way trip, but what a line to shoot.
Just wish I could find a better photo. | 
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01-18-2006, 05:27 PM
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01-18-2006, 05:29 PM
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| All that rocket fuel, no thanks the pleasure is all yours.
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01-18-2006, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Glider All that rocket fuel, no thanks the pleasure is all yours.
PS Do you want flowers or donations | LOL!
One of the folks who run XCOR told me that he wanted to build a composite -163 and put a rocket engine in it! http://www.xcor.com/our_team.html 
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01-18-2006, 05:42 PM
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Country:  | Cool! I think I will go with Joe on this one, stick an engine it, it will be much safer than it was in WW2 (the fuel - in theory - won't explode so readily) plus in my opinion it would be a lot more fun too.
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01-18-2006, 06:33 PM
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Literally perhaps, but still a blast.  | |
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01-18-2006, 07:30 PM
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| Fly it in formation with a Remote Control B17 or Lanc! That would be a photo to show at your local pub!
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01-19-2006, 12:20 AM
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01-19-2006, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by 102first_hussars I never could understand why some of those were painted Red, were they just asking for there own guys to shoot at them? | The prototype was red - all operational ones were painted accordingly...
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01-19-2006, 09:20 AM
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01-19-2006, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 102first_hussars I never could understand why some of those were painted Red, were they just asking for there own guys to shoot at them? | The prototype was red - all operational ones were painted accordingly... | Wolfgang Spate's first operational Komet flight was in a bright red plane, which his ground crew had painted without his knowledge. He was furious supposedly, and ordered the red paint removed after the sortie. Can't imagine why.  | |
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01-19-2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ Quote: |
Originally Posted by 102first_hussars I never could understand why some of those were painted Red, were they just asking for there own guys to shoot at them? | The prototype was red - all operational ones were painted accordingly... | Wolfgang Spate's first operational Komet flight was in a bright red plane, which his ground crew had painted without his knowledge. He was furious supposedly, and ordered the red paint removed after the sortie. Can't imagine why. | 
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01-19-2006, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by syscom3 Fly it in formation with a Remote Control B17 or Lanc! That would be a photo to show at your local pub! | Shouldn't that be a B24 or a Lanc?
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01-19-2006, 04:07 PM
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| NS is right on, Spate's Komet was painted by the groundcrew as a parallel to the Red Baron.
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