ANT-26
Schnellbomber Ia conversion set for Hobby Boss kits
Product Description
| Perhaps prompted by Hitler’s enquiries, Messerschmitt began studying a series of further developments of the basic Me 262 design with improved range and load carrying capacity. The results of the studies, which were conducted during July and August 1943 were issued in a report on September 1943. This report included a new fighter-bomber ( Jabo) and three fast bombers ( Schnellbomber I, Ia and II ) among others. Schnellbomber Ia : ( High-speed bomber version) In this M 262 project the pilot’s cockpit and radio equipment was moved forward to the nose of the aircraft, for to allow five fuel tanks: a single tank of 900 lts.of capacity aft to the cockpit; two in the centre of fuselage carrying 700 and 500 lts. of fuel, followed by a fourth tank with a capacity of 900 lts. A further 1000 lts tank was to be mounted in the rear section of the fuselage Two 30 mm Mk 108 cannon with 66 rounds were placed in the nose, as in the A-5 reconnaissance version. The following alternative bomb loads were proposed: one single 1000 Kgs bomb two 500 Kgs. bombs two 250 Kgs. bombs one 700 Kgs. BT 700 aerial torpedo two 400 Kgs. BT 400 aerial torpedoes. The Me 262 Schnellbomber Ia was to be powered by two Jumo 004 C engines and it had rocket-assisted takeoff units located in the fuselage bottom. |
