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12/13/2011
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Messerschmitt Me-329 |
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Scale 1:33 |
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Author: Rafal
Ciesielski |
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File Size: 28.6Mb |
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Messerschmitt Me-329
Prototype of German heavy fighter/
bomber
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Price $12.00 |
Model # 023 |
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Technical data: |
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Length |
7.715 m |
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Span |
17.5 m |
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Engine |
2 x DB-603 1,620hp each or
Jumo 213 1,750hp each |
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Max Speed |
685 km/h |
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Armament |
4 x MG 151/20 20mm in the
nose, 2 x MK 103 30mm in wing roots plus 1 x MG 151/20mm in remote
controlled tail turret. Up to 2400kg bombs in internal bay and
underwing racks. |
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Crew |
2 |
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Following the failure of the Me
210 heavy fighter aircraft (which was upgraded to the Me 410 by
lengthening the fuselage and adding more powerful engines), a search was
begun on a new design for a twin-engine heavy fighter. Professor
Alexander Lippisch began work on his Li P.10, and at the same time Dr. Hermann
Wurster independently developed the 329. After both submitted their ideas,
Willy Messerschmitt asked to have a performance comparison drawn up
between the Li P.10, Me 329 and Me 410.
The Me 329 was a tailless design, and was to
be constructed mainly of wood. This would save on strategic materials and
keep the weight lower. As many components of the Me 410 were to be used as
possible to save time on factory retooling. The large area wing was swept
back at approximately 26 degrees, and two Daimler-Benz DB 603 or Jumo 213
piston engines were buried in the wings, each driving a 3.4 meter (11.2
feet) pusher propeller. A single large fin and rudder was mounted at the
rear. The main landing gear retracted forwards, and the twin-wheeled front
gear retracted to the rear. A two-man crew sat under an extensively glazed
cockpit, with the pilot and navigator/rear gunner sitting in a staggered
side-by-side arrangement.
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Model built and
photographed by Pawel Lokietek, used with permission. |
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