Gotha P 60 flying wing projects

[hesham]

I agree with you my dear Jemiba.

 

[Justo Miranda]

via David Myhra

 

[newsdeskdan]

via David Myhra

Hm - looks like a typo in the captions. The whole rest of the article (accurately) refers to the P-60 B, for which rocket engines were considered, so the captions were probably meant to as well.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Justo,

and maybe real one ?.

 

[Justo Miranda]

:-\

 

[newsdeskdan]

Fragment of Gotha P-60 C two-seater of March 10, 1945.

 

[hesham]

Nice find my dear Dan.

 

[newsdeskdan]

Here's something interesting - to me at least. It appears to be the Gotha P-60 A but... it's different. The wings appear to have a slight dihedral, the glazed panelling above the crew is longer, the point at which the wings meet the centre section is sharp rather than curved, the main undercarriage wheels tuck up further forward. And... it could be the appalling quality of the image but I don't see the characteristic above-and-below engine installations. Could the engines be recessed right into the fuselage with just lip inlets? Or am I seeing things?

 

[Zizi6785]

there's a possibility for that:

 

[hesham]

Nice find my dear Dan.

 

[sienar]

Bit of photoshop, it looks like there are two engines or some other bulge just off the center line near the rear

 

[Zizi6785]

Fantastic project in Rechlin!

 

[Avimimus]

Neat mock-up! I don't recall ever seeing four schräge musik though?

 

[GTX]

Wow! What's the story behind it?

 

[fightingirish]

Holger Bull made this replica mock-up of the Gotha Go P.60C for the Aircraft Museum Rechlin.

Links (German):
http://www.klassiker-der-luftfahrt.de/luftfahrtmuseum/gotha-go-p-60c-enthuellt/732646
http://www.luftfahrttechnisches-museum-rechlin.de/aktuelles.html
http://www.luftfahrttechnisches-museum-rechlin.de
http://www.mueritzportal.de/news/nachtjaeger-gotha-go-p-60c.html

 

[blackkite]

Excellent model!!

 

[athpilot]

Very interesting! I have to visit it (it´s just two hours by car...). Does anybody know what the two "things" under the wings are? Guided weapons, drop tanks...? ???

 

[Zizi6785]

Similar to “Fliegenden Panzerfaust“ or Reichenberg-Modell Fi-103R
Flying bomb with a pilot

 

[Zizi6785]

Fa-P1

 

[blackkite]

Sorry but let me ask you a very poor question.
Is this model based on official drawing?

 

[Zizi6785]

Sorry but let me ask you a very poor question.
Is this model based on official drawing?

Absolutely, but I think, they mixed different versions

 

[Justo Miranda]

:

 

[athpilot]

Thanks a lot. But I have to say I never heard of a "Fa-P1"

 

[Wurger]

Athpilot said:

But I have to say I never heard of a "Fa-P1

.

Please see our own thread:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,20473.msg200508/topicseen.html#msg200508

 

[blackkite]

Justo-san, may I sak your opinion about this model?

 

[Justo Miranda]

It can be appreciated in the original drawings that the Mk 108 cannons installed in the wing are invisible from outside and that the barrels of the Mk 108 ‘Schräge Musik’ are barely protruding.
The tips of the dipoles of the FuG 218 ‘Neptun’ array are not in contact with each other and the reflector dipoles are longer than the emitter dipoles.
The Fa P-1 is a rammer designed for day fighting against the B-17 and B-24. During the night, the S.O. pilot could not see the target. It is not the proper armament for a night fighter

 

[blackkite]

Thank you so much my brilliant Justo-san.

 

[Justo Miranda]

 

[Avimimus]

All of the designs show the front landing gear offset to the side (moving it away from the intake).

Something is bothering me about the P.60A-2: All of the drawings show the front landing gear unmoved... however it would be in front of one of the air-intakes?!

Is this correct? What do the original drawings look like?

 

[newsdeskdan]

All of the designs show the front landing gear offset to the side (moving it away from the intake).

Something is bothering me about the P.60A-2: All of the drawings show the front landing gear unmoved... however it would be in front of one of the air-intakes?!

Is this correct? What do the original drawings look like?

There was no A-2. The different version of the Gotha P-60 are:
P-60 A mit BMW 003
P-60 A mit HeS 011
P-60 B mit HeS 011
P-60 B mit HeS 011 und R-Gerat
P-60 C mit HeS 011
P-60 C mit HeS 011 und R-Gerat
P-60 C mit HeS 011 (three-seater)
P-60.007

The real life design that's closest to the 'A-2' is the P-60.007 and the original drawing for this clearly shows the nosewheel offset to port.

 

[hesham]

There was no A-2. The different version of the Gotha P-60 are:
P-60 A mit BMW 003
P-60 A mit HeS 011
P-60 B mit HeS 011
P-60 B mit HeS 011 und R-Gerat
P-60 C mit HeS 011
P-60 C mit HeS 011 und R-Gerat
P-60 C mit HeS 011 (three-seater)
P-60.007

The real life design that's closest to the 'A-2' is the P-60.007 and the original drawing for this clearly shows the nosewheel offset to port.

Wow,amazing my dear Dan.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 4/1946.

 

[Temistocle]

Hi, the translation of a german document (1945-01-27) about the comparision between 8-229 and P-60:

CGD-238 : Comparisons of the 8-229 and the Go P-60 All-Wing Airplanes