Tophe's slanting views

[Tophe]

The final jet-less Zero has been of course the very famous transsonic A6M99 (the 6-engined 99 and even better: the 12-engined 99Z, a single-seat racer that became the fastest airplane without jet ever, winning Reno 1946 and each year up to now). No?

[finsrin]

As I recall, its widest margin of win was/is in time to climb.

[Tophe]

How to still improve this?

[Tophe]

The A6M18 and A6M18Z Pusher-Zeros were the heroes that saved Hiroshima and the planet from atomic destruction (if my Japanese sources are reliable, I am not sure)...

[Tophe]

The A6M19 and A6M19Z were other Pusher-Zeroes but with front engine. They got less historical importance, they were just sent from Nagasaki to shot down a lone B-29 approaching the cost, and they never returned, for unknown reason, after a probable success.

[Tophe]

Thanks to the spy/SuperHero Jamesamoto Bondo 007, the A6M55 and A6M55Z canards were ready to fight the Curtiss Ascenders, but the P-55A never came above Japan (nor anywhere else) - but I've seen the film: this was a success of Jamesamoto kissing the girl!

[Tophe]

The A6M56 and A6M56Z were also canards but not pushers, they were more Zero-looking and easier for colling down the engine:

[Tophe]

The BMW TL-VI (aka TL-IIIZ) was very easy to build from TL-III parts (if you don't know the TL-III, see http://users.skynet.be/fa111491/images/BMW%20TL%20Jaeger%20III.jpg ):

[Tophe]

The first Black Widow (was not the 3-seat P-61 nor the 2-seat F-15 but) was a single-seater very inspired by the P-38 Lightning:

[Tophe]

All the Historians of the past decades, up to now, have failed understanding why the asymmetric Black-Widow (and Twin-Black-Widow) were not signed Northrop but "Nortophe", this is a complete mystery...

[Tophe]

The first Black Widow was a single-seater very inspired by the P-38 Lightning:

For a full understanding, you should know the preliminary Lightning proposal (with radial engines and high wing):

[Tophe]

Each engine of the Heinkel He-177 was a double-engine DB-606 (total two DB-606 = four DB-601), so a different twin-engined He-177 (two DB-601 or one DB-606) was made, asymmetrical, in the Vlohm und Voss factory: He-177X

[apophenia]

Love it!    The He 177X's new nickname would be the 'Luftwaffe's Half-Lighter'?

[Tophe]

Thanks! eheheh... well, no, this is the bad side, so this is evil but thanks for the joke anyway

[Tophe]

It is not well known but the late Focke-Wulf Fw-190 (V90 and V91) were twin-boomers:

[Volkodav]

Each engine of the Heinkel He-177 was a double-engine DB-606 (total two DB-606 = four DB-601), so a different twin-engined He-177 (two DB-601 or one DB-606) was made, asymmetrical, in the Vlohm und Voss factory: He-177X

 :)

[GTX_Admin]

It is not well known but the late Focke-Wulf Fw-190 (V90 and V91) were twin-boomers:

Beat you there... :




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[Tophe]

Thanks! You presented the 2-engined twin-boom version and me (later): the 3-engined and 1-engined twin-boom versions.
Thanks also for the asymmetric Blohm-und-Voss Bv-190D13! I add of course the Bv-190D13Z Zwilling:

[Tophe]

Another twin-boom derivative of famous fighter was the Zero-Kai-Kai:

The design principle was "me too" (meaning, "yes, we can do it too, to face the Lightning but with far less weight and price"). This is Historical fact! or not.

[finsrin]

Liking these last few twin-boomers :)
More kitbash contenders.

[Tophe]

Thanks!

Well, of course the Lightning with its 2 engines was faster than the Zero Kai Kai, but Mitsubishi built the improved Zero Kai Kai II, a push-pull that was 10 times better than the Lightning:

This is why Japan won WW2 (and would have won even without the famous and decisive atomic bombs for Peace, on Los Angeles and San Francisco)

[Tophe]

The Zero Kai Jet was also designed in 1945, but building it was scheduled for January 1946:

[Tophe]

The Nikitin-Shevchenko IS-16 is a poorly-known Soviet project of 1941 (the push-pull version being my addition):

[Tophe]

74 years after 1940, I think the old top-secret status is over... So I tell you the truth about the Battle for Britain:
- Even the Spitfire was outperformed by the Bf-109E
- The American P-38 was faster but lacked maneuverability
- The Hurricane II twin-boomer, inspired by the P-38, has been an improvement over the classical Hurricane and P-38
- The Hurricane III pusher, mass-produced in secrecy, was the true winner that saved UK and the World!
(This is true: it was 100% clear in my dream)

[Tophe]

In 1943, the bubble Hurricane IIB and Hurricane IIIB were the best piston-fighters ever...