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Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Vertical Takeoff GB => Topic started by: apophenia on July 12, 2015, 11:29:24 AM

Title: Heinkel He 231
Post by: apophenia on July 12, 2015, 11:29:24 AM

A whiffed Heinkel He 231/VJ 101A-6. I've kept the layout of the 'A-6 version including the 6 x 4,900 lb.st Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB.153/17 tilt engines. But, I've assumed that as much as practical of the airframe would be based upon licensed F-104 Starfighter components.

The RW aircraft was designed for the NATO NBMR-3 programme ... resulting in three German tilt-engine designs: the Heinkel He 231 (aka VJ 101 concept, in 4-poster and 6-engined variants), the Messerschmitt VJ-101B concept, and the built EWR VJ 101C.
Title: Re: Heinkel He 231
Post by: Old Wombat on July 12, 2015, 10:44:13 PM
Massive acceleration & fast but what do you do with 15 minutes of fuel? ???
Title: Re: Heinkel He 231
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on July 13, 2015, 04:19:21 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on July 12, 2015, 10:44:13 PM
Massive acceleration & fast but what do you do with 15 minutes of fuel? ???


No loitering :)
Title: Re: Heinkel He 231
Post by: Old Wombat on July 13, 2015, 08:50:00 AM
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on July 13, 2015, 04:19:21 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on July 12, 2015, 10:44:13 PM
Massive acceleration & fast but what do you do with 15 minutes of fuel? ???


No loitering :)

Be perfect for ZeLL launching: Bang! Straight up there! Hit the Bogies. Back & vertical landing near the ZeLL launch site/vehicle. ;)
Title: Re: Heinkel He 231
Post by: apophenia on July 13, 2015, 10:16:10 AM
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on July 13, 2015, 04:19:21 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on July 12, 2015, 10:44:13 PM
Massive acceleration & fast but what do you do with 15 minutes of fuel? ???


No loitering :)

 ;D  Of course, any hostile would be in trouble with six turbojets loitering directly above them. Once fuel is exhausted (literally and figuratively), the ensuing crash would ensure the target's destruction  ;)
Title: Re: Heinkel He 231
Post by: Tophe on July 19, 2015, 09:40:43 PM
Impressive drawings, thanks! Is this completely fantasy, or just "unbuilt scale 1"?