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Not that it matters but anything propelled by a stream of fluid can be considered a jet. But in normal use we'd call it a rocket...

 

 

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noun: jet; plural noun: jets

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    a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening.
     
     
     
     

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For your information, rocket is a jet engine. Me-163 is a jet-powered aircraft.

 

Hydrazine = rocket

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet

 

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Me 163 Komet

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Me 163 B-1a at the National Museum of Flight in Scotland

Role Interceptor

National origin Germany

Manufacturer Messerschmitt

First flight Me 163A V4 on 1 September 1941

Introduction 1944

Primary user Luftwaffe

Number built ~370[1]

Developed into Messerschmitt Me 263

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a German rocket-powered fighter aircraft. Designed by Alexander Lippisch, it is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational and the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1000 km/h (621 mph) in level flight. Its design was revolutionary and its performance unprecedented. German test pilot Heini Dittmar in early July 1944 reached 1,130 km/h (700 mph), an unofficial flight airspeed record unmatched by turbojet-powered aircraft for almost a decade. Over 300 aircraft were built, but the Komet proved ineffective in its dedicated role as an interceptor aircraft and was responsible for the destruction of only about nine to eighteen Allied aircraft against ten losses.[2][3] Aside from combat losses many pilots were killed during testing and training.[4]

 

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Engine specifics :

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_HWK_509


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We have a big announcement that our external model is near competition thanks to a very talented modeller (Combatace)!

 

Here are the screenshots, we hope you enjoy them:

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Full album of images can be found here:

https://imgur.com/a/2RIuMsf

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Nice work ! Can't wait too !

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Referring to post 28, what are the 2 windows behind the pilot's seat for? I don't imagine they are for extra vision since the cockpit was small and the seat mainly obstructed vision right? Looking forward to hearing more on this project!

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Referring to post 28, what are the 2 windows behind the pilot's seat for? I don't imagine they are for extra vision since the cockpit was small and the seat mainly obstructed vision right? Looking forward to hearing more on this project!

 

Those two windows allow you to look back to a certain degree. The seat itself does not really hinder you from looking through those windows.

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is this gonna be payware?

I hope it will be, because then we know that it meets a certain standard.

It certainly looks like it could be! :thumbup:

 

If it were, it would be a day one purchase for me! :joystick:

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December Update 2018

 

Hello,

 

It's been a while since we last gave an update regarding the ME-163. The project is still a go although various members have been busy including myself. The mode; was just redone by combatace who has made a fantastic model that we can now use. Unwrapping and texturing will begin in the coming weeks and hope to give you an in-game screenshot soon.

 

In the mean time here is a picture (Please not this is not the final product and is subject to modification).

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Thanks,

Alex

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Haven't bought a single WWll module yet. This could be my first!

 

Still got a long way to go (No estimates but 2-3 years minimum).

 

With the new improved damage models i would recommend you buying one of the WWII modules. I have enjoyed the BF-109K4 the most!

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I'm just over an hour away from Paul Allen's Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum at Paine Field, WA, where this little beauty sits. As you can see, visitors can get 4 or 5 feet from it and the accompanying engine, so if any exterior shots are needed, I'd be happy to use it as an excuse to head back over there.

 

Here's this Komet's history:

This Komet’s first flight occurred on December 18, 1944, when the partly-finished plane was towed as a glider between factories. The fighter was later delivered to Jagdgeschwader (fighter wing) 400. It is unknown whether it ever flew in combat.

 

The plane was captured by the British on May 8, 1945, and it was shipped to the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England, for evaluation. In 1946, it was turned over to the Royal Air Force College in Cranwell. In 1961, it became part of the collection of the Imperial War Museum and was later displayed at at Duxford. It became part of the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in 2005.

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the ME-163 would have flown also in the Italian skies in fact we Italian called it the COMETA 16 Italian pilots were trained at the ME-163 but then the RUSSIANS invaded the base where these planes were. After the WW2 the Russians steal a me-163.

 

Video russian capture me-163

 

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Hello,

 

It's been a while since we last gave an update regarding the ME-163. The project is still a go although various members have been busy including myself. The mode; was just redone by combatace who has made a fantastic model that we can now use. Unwrapping and texturing will begin in the coming weeks and hope to give you an in-game screenshot soon.

 

In the mean time here is a picture (Please not this is not the final product and is subject to modification).

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Thanks,

Alex

 

 

Thanks for not paying genius. BTW community, this external model is made by me.

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Thanks for not paying genius. BTW community, this external model is made by me.

 

I don't want to offend anyone here, but that's exactly what LevelPulse said: "... The model was just redone by combatace who has made a fantastic model that we can now use..."

 

Did you have any problems with LevelPulse? Just asking, because I simply don't have any background information about this project.

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I don't want to offend anyone here, but that's exactly what LevelPulse said: "... The model was just redone by combatace who has made a fantastic model that we can now use..."

 

Did you have any problems with LevelPulse? Just asking, because I simply don't have any background information about this project.

 

 

This model is not redone. I made the external model from scratch and I touched on a lot of inaccuracies in the cockpit model.

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