----- Original Message ----- From: "greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] WW2,peroxide power
> i think it was the me 162 The ME-163 looks like what we are after. from http://www.oldgloryprints.com/Herman's%20Comet.htm (good picture) "The Me-163 "Komet". A rocket powered plane used to intercept raiding American B-17's and '24's. As the Komet was about 250 MPH faster than the target, and only flew for about 3 minutes, they proved to be very exciting (to the pilot), but relative ineffective in combat." "The original aircraft used a highly volatile 2 part liquid propulsion rocket engine for power and had a little propeller on the front as a wind powered generator. The plane was basically a fuel bomb with wings." "The Komet was the first rocket-powered fighter to be placed in active duty. It was a very beautiful, well-designed and airworthy craft with a small drawback; It was deadly! If that simply had referred to the enemy facing the Komet, it wouldn't be much of a drawback, but unfortunately the pilot and the ground crew were the ones who were in the greatest danger." http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.walker6/komet/flight/flight3.htm "A Hellmuth Walter Kiel Kommandogesellschaft HWK 109-509 bi-fueled rocket powered the first B-model Komets. Throttle positions of off, Idle, 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages thrust were controllable from 220 lb. to 3,307 lb. The engine dimensions: length-8 ft. 3.5 in.; height-2 ft. 11 in. Total weight was 813 lb. (fuels system 441 lb.; motor 366 lb., control system 7 lb.). The 163B was propelled by fuels coded T-Stoff and C-Stoff. C-Stoff was a mixture of 57% methyl alcohol, 30% hydrazine hydrate and 13% water. T-Stoff was 80% concentrated hydrogen peroxide, to which some additional stabilizers were added. The T-Stoff fuel tank system consisted of a main fuselage tank and two smaller tanks on each side of the pilot's seat in the cockpit (see cockpit photo). Total fuel capacity was 3,717 lb. of T-Stoff and 1,032 lb. of C-Stoff. Interesting reading at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.walker6/komet/flight/flight1.htm Regards, Paul Gobert. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
