GrantExploit [2019-02-25 21:23:31 +0000 UTC]
700 km/h? I mean, early jet aircraft were relatively slow, but that's something else...
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GrantExploit In reply to Brijeka [2019-03-31 04:54:45 +0000 UTC]
*1 month later...*
Yeh, it was a little slow—the maximum level flight speed of the He-162 varied from 790 to 905 km/h depending on the condition, and the CM.170's maximum of 715 may be purposefully limited for its use as a trainer. 1000 km/h is more like it, especially if they had access to the rare materials (chromium, indium, titanium, etc.) that the allies in WWII had in abundance*.
*German jet and rocket engines were limited in their efficiency, pressure ratios, thrust-to-weight ratios, and mean-time-before-overhaul by their shortages.
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