Me-262 Replica

[Redshift OTF]

Here's my version of the well known Me 262.

It is my first attempt at a replica so it is not perfect. Ideally the wings should be a bit lower to the ground to give it its distinctive look but I needed to use the wings to cover up some of the spikeyness of the two fuselage adapters stuck together and I'm struggling to move them now. This does have the positive effect of ensuring the CoT is closer to the CoM though. It flies really well and glides too if you want an easy landing. Let me know if you think it is a worthy replica. Critics welcome!

Craft file here.

[TheTsar52]

That looks great! One of the best stock replicas I've seen of a 262. My only critic is that the jets are too big, however, you can't get them smaller and still be stock. Very good.

[Azimech]

To do that with stock parts, is pretty impressive!

[Darth Lazarus]

got i love ! reminds me of my Me 262 HGIII version ...

but i have to finish my work on my Horten inspired flying wing first bevor make the Me 262 ssto xD

[xoknight]

Looks awesome, but the turbojets are a bit too big. Try replacing them with Oscar fuel tanks and the orange small engines.

Like dis:

Heinkel-162 (He-162) http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/70567-Project-Salamander-Heinkel-162-%28He-162%29?highlight=heinkel

Edited May 31, 2014 by xoknight

[Redshift OTF]

Thanks for the comments! Yes, the jets are too big but I wanted to use actual jets rather than rocket parts that where the correct size so I guess they will have to do. It is possible to adapt it to become an SSTO with a bit of tweaking although with the CoM not being fully in line with the CoT you get a bit of a kick if your rocket engines have too much thrust.

The fuselage adapters that form the main hull are empty of fuel. If you want this to have longer range you can fill them up and add a couple of fuel lines from the fuselage to the engine pods. The extra fuel doesn't affect the handling too much.

[Woopert]

Great work! Giving rep for this.

[qromodynmc]

Wish we had stock smaller jet engines in game. I really want these..