Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A, Wk-Nr. 501245 (Me-262A-1c is a replica of the Me-262A-1a interceptor/fighter-bomber with the designation Schwalbe (swallow). This is a replica without an engine, built by the legendary pilot (ME-262 program) aboard Paynefield in Everett/Muhiltio, Washington. It was acquired by the Michael King Smith Foundation in May 2010 (U.S. Air Force pilot Michael King Smith is the son of Del Smith, founder of the Evergreen empire).
Behind the Me-262 is the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose".
The white Riedel starter handle is visible at the top of the photo.
Equipment such as airspeed gauges, heading indicators, climb rate indicators, altimeters, radio compasses, tachometers, fuel injection gauges, and fuel gauges.
The Messerschmitt Trust provided the aircraft's "working number" (based on the old RLM system), which was assigned to the machines of the last five production lines, among them Wk-Nr.501245. The replica is on display at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinville, Oregon. In April of this year, I talked about a Me-262. The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum (FHCAM) in the collection of Paine Airport, north of Seattle, Washington, is presented by the same author. Today I reprint another one he introduced.
On the top left is the cockpit emergency release device, and on the right is the bomb drop button.
Red bomb release button.
Starboard cockpit. Red and blue flap control buttons (outboard) and red and blue landing gear buttons (inside), compressed air gauge, white landing gear position indicator, red horizontal stabilizer trim lever, red and yellow fuel cut-off and selection valves.
Revi 16B reflex sight. Garrett Downing made this using a scan of a book to zoom in.
Dual red throttle controls, red and blue flap control buttons (outside) and red and blue landing gear buttons (inside), compressed air gauge, white landing gear position indicator, red horizontal stabilizer trim lever, red and yellow fuel cut-off and selector valves
Cockpit cover release lever (left), red bomb release handle, fuel transfer pump switch, radio switch, heating, identification lamp, stabilizer control, generator, fuel header drainage and other control switches.
On the left side you can see the white Riedel starter pull ring.
The original idea for the Me-262A-1A was to build 20 trainers by the Luftwaffe in World War II, but only 15 were built by the end of the war. The task assigned to the Me 262 project was to "complete" 5 unproduced from 501241. Ulrich from Airbus Defense and Space GmbH in Mangen, Germany, "Support for Lightweight and Historic Aircraft" In a letter, Hagmann provided me with the Wk-Nr. assigned to this and four other aircraft (an organization that enables Airbus and the Messerschmitt Trust to preserve the company's history and preserve its heritage.) Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (M B B) became part of Airbus, which was due to the merger that took place in the 1960s).
Front wheel compartment looking up and backward.
Front wheel struts.
Warning - do not move with the front wheels in tow.
Main landing gear wheels.
The landing gear shrinks hydraulically.
Landing gear retracts hydraulic fittings.
Main landing gear hatch.
Landing gear compartment.
900-liter fuel tank in front of the cockpit.
900-liter fuel tank in front of the cockpit.
900-liter fuel tank in front of the cockpit.
900-liter fuel tank in front of the cockpit.
Look ahead under the 900-liter fuel tank in front of the cockpit.
Unguided folding tail missile "Rakete 4 kg Minenkopf (R4M)" (nicknamed "Orkan = Hurricane") mounted on a wooden frame.
The livery of this replica is "Gelbe 5" ("Yellow No. 5") with the fuselage number Wk-Nr. 110999, piloted by Leutnant Alfred Ambs in "Nowotny" in Jagdgeschwader 7 (III./JG 7), based in Brist, Brandenburg, Germany.
It should be pronounced "einstiegklappe", which refers to the boarding gate with the staircase closed.
The yellow triangle sign indicates the 3% lubricant of the Riedel starter motor.
As a backup program for starting the engines, each engine is equipped with a pull-up start device on the air intake to start a two-stroke Riedel motorcycle engine to rotate the compressor to start the turbojet engine.
Refers to the acquisition of engine fan blades from the air intake.
Hendon Museum (in the United Kingdom). collection
The yellow triangle represents the fuel/oil type.
"Jack up here" template. This template is often used to indicate where the vehicle needs to be raised for repairs, tire changes, or other basic operations. Be able to follow the correct instructions for use to ensure safe operation.
The Ambs-262 was shot down over Berlin on March 24, 1945, by 332 Lt. Earl R. Lane of the 1st Fighter Wing using a K-14 sight on the P-14D. Captain Lane was part of the "Tuskegee Pilots," stationed in Italy's 332nd Fighter Wing. Ambs skydived at 17,000 feet and survived and died in 2010.
Deployable leading edge wing slats.
Boarding pedal
The Legend Flyers' operable aircraft is equipped with a General Electric C610 jet engine and built using the same materials and construction techniques as the prototype. The Revi 16B scope uses CATIA and the lenses are made of Lexan. For this replica, leftover non-flight airworthiness instruments, photographs of the original instruments, as well as transparent plastic from CD boxes, etc. were used. Luckily, before Ambs' death, he had the opportunity to see this "yellow 5" replica and became a key part of ensuring it was properly marked.
I believe that the Sammelmitteilung Nr. 2 of August 15, 1944 details the RLM camouflage scheme, including what we call "spots," but I don't find an official reference to the term "spots" or "freckles," except for some references to combining RLM colors. Here are the photos I took at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinville, Oregon,
On the port side of the fuselage.
Front view from the cockpit
Jumo engine nozzle.
The fuselage at the rear of the cabin is painted with a stencil of "Jack up here".
There are signal flares transmitters on the left side of the fuselage.
The Me-262 was fitted with a pair of Junkers Jumo 004B axial turbojet engines, which were started by two-stroke Riedel motors mounted on the front of the bonnet, which in turn rotated the compressor to start the turbojet engine; In the cabin, the Riedels are started by a button, but if that fails, they can be started by pulling from the front of the bonnet – RBA/S10 Riedel Anlassermotor (starter motor) designated RLM design number 9-7034A by Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM).
Nasal muzzle.
Initially, some accessory castings were used to simulate the left engine. Photo courtesy of Garrett Downing, thanks to you.
In the late 30s or early 40s of the 20th century, Norbert Riedel now worked at Victoria-Werke in Nuremburg, designing a twin-cylinder, two-stroke horizontally opposed air-cooled model to be used as a starter for the production of these turbojet engines. Named Riedel Anlassermotor (starter motor), this compact 270cc engine features a very ultra-square design with a diameter of 70mm and a stroke of 35mm, and produces a maximum output of 10hp and a maximum output speed of 6000 rpm, power is transmitted through a series of planetary gears to a segmented gear engaged with the turbine central shaft, thus providing turning power when the engine is started.
The Riedel starter motor, designated RBA/S10, is designed by the German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, RLM) under design number 9-7034A.
Armament of the interceptor configuration consisted of four Rheinmetall-Borsig Mk.108 30 mm cannons with fixed forward fire, two mounted on either side of the nose. The cartridge case is discharged from the bottom mouth of the nose. The wings are equipped with firing unguided folding wing ammunition (Rakete 4 kg Minenkopf) on a wooden rack, alias Orkan = Hurricane.
At lower speeds, the wing has automatic leading edge slats. The variant includes a reconnaissance aircraft with camera equipment mounted in the nose instead of armed. The earliest victory of the Me-262 was on July 26, 1944, when the Me-262, flown by Air Force ace Alfred Huckbeer, shot down a British Tehran mosquito bomber over Munich.
#挑战30天在头条写日记 #