Yeah, that was not meant to be a criticism of you or your work at all. I just run into the History Channel-educated kids every so often who give me the same line about, "if the war had lasted into 1946, Germany would have..." I once thought as they did (1 Corinthians 13:11 comes to mind), but I quickly discovered that most of the German's advanced concepts were pipe dreams without the practical foundation necessary to actually build and use them. I once read a detailed article about the development of the Helwan HA-300 by its lead test pilot. The designers read like a Who's Who of German aviation designers, and the end result
looked fantastic. Still, with all the benefits of 20 years of postwar international aviation developments, the HA-300 was a deathtrap and only posed a threat to its pilot.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1960s/Kapil-HA300.htmlI'm not saying that German aviation was bad. It was more advanced than much the Allied development in many areas (rocket engines, swept wings, transonic flight, heavy caliber guns, guided missiles, etc.), but much of their advanced technology was still immature and would require many more years of development before it would become superior to existing designs in service. Furthermore, the state of German industry was such that it would be unable to supply the numbers of these designs necessary to alter the outcome of the war. Finally, this doesn't even take into account the massive fuel and pilot shortages Germany had in the second half of the war.
That being said, I love aesthetics of the designs, and the way you bring them to life is fantastic. They're gorgeous. Keep up the great work.
Cheers,
Logan
