The 1944 German A-10 Thunderbolt
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2023
- During the Second World War, the Luftwaffe had several Wunderwaffen projects. If most of these were did not see the light of day, many of these project will have a great influence on post many war planes. As evidenced by this aircraft surprisingly resembling the A-10 Thunderbolt. Being also a ground attack aircraft, it was designed by a company having built a great reputation in this type of aircraft: Junker. But it was not to be the successor to the Ju-87 Stuka or the Ju-88. This look-alike of the Warthog was to replace the Hs-129 which was becoming more and more ineffective against Allied armor becoming heavier and heavier. Having not passed the drawing board, his design (in particular that of the engine placement) would resurface in 1977 in the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt, which leads many to believe that he was the forgotten source of inspiration. . This potential ancestor of the most famous and formidable attack aircraft is the Junker PaF-114.
Sources :
www.luft46.com/junkers/jugap.html
razonyfuerza.mforos.com/66969...
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hensche...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhrsta...
www.luft46.com/missile/x-4.html
Images source :
modelplanes.de/luftwaffe/jagd...
www.schwobabaschdler.de/2020/1...
www.whatifmodellers.com/index...
www.rpnation.com/gallery/junk...
www.luft46.com/ksart/ksjga.html
Soundtrack :
• World of Tanks OST 16 ...
• 1942 Pacific Front OST...
• 🎵 Aces of the Luftwaff...
• Air Conflicts: Secret ...
• World of Warplanes 2.0... - Розваги
I really love the energy you bring to your work.
Thanks :) I love the positive energy you bring to the comment section ;)
This is a fascinating aircraft! As far as I may determine, the only model kit is the resin offering from Unicraft. Hopefully, this will be available in standard injection molding in the near future.
Though it does bear a striking similarity to the A-10, a more likely explanation is that form follows function, and the designers of the A-10 were working on a similar requirements as Junkers. In any case, I can't remember seeing any reference to the Junkers aircraft until decades after the A-10 was built and more information about these "Luft '46 Paper Projects" became widely available.
Thanks for posting this! 77th like.
Indeed, the more I learn about Luft'46 projects, more I discover how much German WW2 engineering influenced the Cold War era Aeronautics.
Actually Su 25 has more in common
A very underated aircraft.
Great work 👍
Thanks :) And concerning the placement of the engines, it is true
Or the Northrop YA-9.
If I look at the Engine Cross Section was this the 1st Low By-Pass Turbofan?
Add to that, Counter Rotating Compressor/Turbine Assemblies which are known to increase efficiency.
Wow....
I can see one major problem with that engine placement, given the total lack of rare earth metal alloys German suffered from how did they think to protect the rear wing surfaces from the heat of the jet exhaust?
Color me curious and especially informing me about an airframe I had little knowledge of, bravo!
I am glad you liked it :)
I love the spotted camo in the thumbnail 😮
Me too! I randomly fell on this image and got the idea of using it as my thumbnail.
@@F-14DTomcat frequently I'm looking through my source book like Flying Colors or Squadron Signal and I see camo patterns on German tanks or planes that I wish they would make clothes with those patterns.
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Oooooh blown surfaces! The jet exhaust going over it's wing probably shortened its takeoff run, or rather was intended too shorten it.
Yes, it is a very interesting feature of this planes which shows how much German engineers were ahead of their time!
The placement of the engines meant that the Wing-Spars had to be 'bent' Around the Engines main shaft/bearing/turbine blades. Very poor place to put your motors. Instead, they should have been just Above the Wing-spars, buried by only 1/3rd of the Turbine Diameter, thus Protected from ground-fire by the wing's structure. This should hae been done, even-if the 'Thrust-line of the plane suffered.
Yes indeed, not fixing the engines on the wings but the wings on the engines is kind of weird and weakening these.
Unless the wing spars ended at the engines and the fuselage structure was form of 3 loops at that point, with the outer loops holding the engines.
Can you give a source, where I can find more info about this Junkers plane?
KPR
Sure, these were all the sources I used for this video. www.luft46.com/junkers/jugap.html
razonyfuerza.mforos.com/669697/8961148-proyectos-inconclusos-de-la-aeronautica-alemana-de-la-s-g-m/?pag=4
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschel_Hs_129
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler-Benz_DB_007
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhrstahl_X-4
www.luft46.com/missile/x-4.html
Grandpa brought one back after the war . Submarine too . ME 262 . And a Zeis binoculars
They made models of these? You have an amazing Grandpa!
@@F-14DTomcat actually the slide show , was not camera captured at bulge ,hurt him more than real thing , u 2 ,
SU-25 "A-nineski"
xD
Thog of Peace vs War Thog
XD nice one
1st comment
Congratulations :)
Amusing drawing - not a real aircraft though - just another 'wunderwaffe' for the wheraboos.
There were lots of wild concepts coming out of the design offices in Germany in the latter stages of WW2. Ones that made the work of Bloom and Boss seem sane.