Best Jet of the War?

[cheddar cheese]

Go on then, what jet was better than the 262 at manoevering... *sigh*

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the glostor meteor................

[cheddar cheese]

And what makes you say that?

Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass

the glostor meteor................

The P-80. Perhaps the Metor.

The 262 was not a plane that could roll well at all. The engines were so far apart and so heavy...

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[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I really dont think the Meteor was all that great of an aircraft. Explain to me how it was please. From what I have read it lagged in all areas against other jet aircraft. Now maybe later varients of the Meteor were pretty good but they came in too late in the war so in my opionion they dont count. The P-80 the same way it may have been a good jet aircraft but certainly not the best. Every aircraft has areas that it is weak in but overall if you take all areas to be considered, the 262 was the best of them all.

Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

I really dont think the Meteor was all that great of an aircraft. Explain to me how it was please. From what I have read it lagged in all areas against other jet aircraft. Now maybe later varients of the Meteor were pretty good but they came in too late in the war so in my opionion they dont count. The P-80 the same way it may have been a good jet aircraft but certainly not the best. Every aircraft has areas that it is weak in but overall if you take all areas to be considered, the 262 was the best of them all.

The Meteor was probably a better "dogfighter", but it was not as fast by a significant margin, and it was even more underpowered. But it could roll and this is a huge factor in fighter-vs-fighter combat.

The P-80 was more of a traditional fighter. It had an excellent roll rate and rate of climb, and was much more of a dogfighter than the 262, and of comparable speed. Its big drawback was a defective fuel cap which would come off in flight and result in disaster.

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[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I agree with what you said there. The 262 was a far better interceptor than a "fighter" in that sense.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you're right, the -262 was a better all round fighter than the meteor, but combat against V-1s proved the meteor to be very manouverable.............

[cheddar cheese]

Why would that prove it manoeverable, V1's are unmanned so they dont try and evade enemy aircraft.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

V-1 were very slow targets and easy to shoot down.

[cheddar cheese]

The Meteor wasnt really necessary dring the war, as thats all it done, and that was a job which could be done just as well by existing planes.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The Meteor did not have more extensive combat action?

[cheddar cheese]

Nope, thats all it was used for. It wasnt allowed to be sent out to Germany.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Were they afraid that the Germans might capture one and study it or something. I think that if you are going to build an advanced fighter you might as well use it.

[cheddar cheese]

I think it was some sort of political situation; the war was won and the Spits and 'Stangs were doing fine so I dont think they thought it was necesseary to send it out.