Product Description
- The Me262 HGIII was a high-speed redesign of the Me262, the world's first combat-deployed jet fighter.
- HG stands for `Hoch-Geschwindigkeitsjager` (fast fighter).
- The Me 262 redesign was carried out in three stages. The first stage (HGI) saw the canopy shape changed to a more streamlined one and the horizontal stabilizer given a swept-back angle.
- In the second stage (HGII), the wings were also swept back, and in the third stage (HGIII), the wings were swept back even more and the engines were housed one at each wing root.
- There are three further concept designs for the HGIII, with Concept 3 featuring the cockpit integrated into the vertical stabilizer.
[V-tail]
- The V-tail was invented by Polish aviation engineer Jerzy Rudlicki.
- The diagonally mounted rear part of the tail serves as both a rudder and an elevator, and is sometimes called a rudder-vator.
- The advantage of this type of tail is that it has fewer tail fins than a normal tail, which reduces air resistance and weight.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 37.4 x 24.5 x 4.5 cm / 337g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- AMH48A004
- JAN code
- 6954248848044
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.