ORIGINAL: hawker
The ME262 was inferior in almost every respect. All it had was very good speed. That made it a strong candidate for intercepting bombers. It was otherwise a monumental waste of German resources. Had they built more FW190s that would have aided the Germans substantially. Had they built more ME262s they'd have lost the war faster.
The duration was abysmal. 1/2 hour in the air from launch to landing. That made it excessively vulnerable. Poor acceleration and engines that had to be gently nursed into increased throttle. It was at a compelling disadvantage against most fighters because German pilots were not used to deflection shooting much less at the high closing rates offered by a 262. So to get at, say, a P-51 most 262 pilots had to enter the combat around 400 mph... at which speed the P-51 was as likely to eat the ME262s lunch as anything.
So,according to you,P-51 is better plane then ME-262!!!
That is serious BS.[:-]
No - he is true... "ketchup diehl" is just the utmost fanboy... in his dreams the sherman is the best tank, the p51 the best plane, the US Blub the best ship the US Soldier the Übermensch... it is useless even to answer him. With him, the USA had lost the war, cause he had only produced the p40.. cause in his dreams they are superior [:D]
to anything else.
I am happy to read again from him.. he is so funny [:)]
