Rocket Planes / War Thunder
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2021
- At the start of WW2 engineers were already not satisfied with the max power output you could get by using a piston engine. With the existing design, the only way to get a significantly more powerful engine was to make it significantly bigger, which made the task of designing an aircraft around it hellishly difficult. That’s why scientists and engineers all over the world started developing new types of engines… and one of the most promising of them, at the time, was the liquid rocket engine.
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Wow you didn't say anything about insane repair cost, what a surprise
Like Apaches comment, we need to get this to the top!
Gaijin should stop economy changes based of the 1st few months after update just like when in statistics we remove the highest and lowest value cz they are extremes and exceptional. Things arent added in balanced state and people will obviously spam it. Statistics arent everything. Its never 100% true. Even a small bias in observation is enough to prove a full study wrong. Stop giving everything insane repair costs
These are some reasons why i dont play WT anymore. PR is way better and i suggest u guys to do the same
**Cries in B-29*
@@STRYKER_b14 PR?
yeah it's ridiculous, not like they're even the top dogs anymore
other nations player's plane : 8 rockets
japanese player's plane : 8 rockets + 1
Ah yes, old japanese style
superiority
@@viniciusmoreschi6970 you know they just received the design from Germany.
I dont get it
@@voyager2230 Search Ohka Kamikaze attack and you will get it
They would be very fun if they didn't have way too big repair costs.
Also Me 163 with 20mms is at 8.7.
*8.7*
*And costs over 25k SL to repair when stock*
Honestly in my first flight of the 8.7 163 I got 3 kills without dieing, the last surviving enemy was a Spitfire MK 1 funially enoough. He dies because he had not enough fuel to RTB.
its because its good... unfortunately
Me163 are joke, nothing else
25k? Actually that is 5k SL more expensive than my T95
@@zafranorbian757 well the plane is good for sure but you regularly face uptier against plane faster and some with a similar climrate and even some have missiles while you may have very good manoevrability but you only have 5min of fuel (you Can extend that by managing your fuel but still very limited) and not that much ammo and you Always risk to snap your wings during sharp turn
The plane is already itself a high risk high reward but that repair cost (28k for the ki-200 for exemple) is way too much for what the plane gives and to be viable, litteraly if you lose, even if you do multiple kills you will still lose money if you don't have premium
Weird how both designers of the USSR and German rocketplanes are Alexanders
Indeed
Alexanders are Great!
@@ousou78 This hit me hard!!! I am literally laughing right now! this is the 4th time
@@ousou78 *the* Great
lippisch and bereznyak
It would make the game a lot more fun if you guys made all vehicles and secondary weapons in said vehicles available to test drive/fly/sail.
Thanks!
Gaijin isnt that generous sadly
@@jielynsabarez2693 yup
Gaijin is 300% more generous than Wargaming
Huh, i was able to test fly one of the max tier harriers when i was still tier one, with all weapons active
@@darealmouw9326 it was probably premium, you can test fly all premium planes.
when you are out of rockets
you are the rocket
What a shame that ramming doesnt count as a kill XD.
@ahmedrugo20 Minotaur that was the top secret reason why Japan wanted it
@@rali7583 if you have already damaged the enemy it counts It's very useful when you're out of ammo/Fuel and the battle Will end in 1 Minute
WE are rockets *USSR Anthem plays *
@@blitzinietylko1968 *Za Stalina*
Day 5 of telling Gajin that they need to increase their SL rewards in random battles
I prefer them cutting the repair costs
@@ariq4209 both is good.
@@ariq4209 mainly cutting repair costs and making the repair cost the same across nations. it's kind of unfair that the german is paying 6700sl (It is rank 3 but has the same BR as the other 2 planes) to repair the g2, the Americans are paying 9000sl to repair d5, and the poor soviets have to pay 21000sl for the yak9u.
@@arielkravchinski2616 training costs are unnecessarily high
@@kakagakakerger4165 22k sl for it on b18b help im 1000 sl
"And it also takes 1 liver and 3 years of grind to research"
Gaijin what were you thinking when setting 20k silver lion repair cost and 24day repair duration to a simple rocket plane like ki-200?
They're trying to be slightly realistic
Rocket Fuel is very expensive and very dangerous to handle requiring complex equipment
@@jamesricker3997 *this is a game*
War thunder is not meant to be the most realistic aviation video game so why the hell should the players care about the logistics behind flying rocket propelled aircrafts???
@@jamesricker3997 in the same game you can buy a war plane fully equipped with guns and ammo for 50k sl
@@jamesricker3997 ratio'd
@@jamesricker3997 if they want it to be a rarity since they don’t want it everywhere in a ww2 setting as it’s unrealistic, just put a thirty minute to an hour timer on it until u can use it again.
No one:
Engineers building rocket planes:SSPEEEEEEEEED IIIIIISSSSSSS KEEEEEYYYYYYYY
Speed and power
*I AM (on) SPEEEEEEEED*
that's also why one of them's red
i didn't know they were autistic
Rocket plane pilots: *"MO POWA BABEH!!"*
Japanese military: we can use the Me 163 as a rocket
German military: you mean rocket interceptor
Japanese military: no, I meant rocket.
MX8 Okha be like:
Put it in the game Gaijin? Give us a human guided missile for the G4M?
@@nickkurzy2246 that would be cool, using it instead of a bomb. But you wouldn't be able to control the bomber at the moment tho.
@@chadlittewillie7397 during the last april fools event they had guided cruise missiles where you could use keyboard controls to steer the aircraft while using mouse to aim the missile. I think it wod look something like that. Maybe you could switch between the two?
Just imagine being able to take off without a runway, just soaring straight up into the sky and surprise enemy formations and show off vastly superior speed...
@@iplxel7888 they were much later and did not have that much of a technological advantage, but they are still cool.
@@edi9892 and the harriers werent deathtraps
@@user-fj7ig2jq6q they actually were just in Different ways
@@50centpb7 not even close to the level of the german rockets. This is all irrelevant anyway considering the germans never had an operational vtol, and even their prototypes needed external boosters. And were deathtraps.
Just imagine being able to take off...
As if a Me-163 would ever be matched against a B-17
Tail cut off
It wasn't a B-17
*Gunner starts Nervously reloading*
@@justmrcrow it was
@@altair3232 It wasn't. It was a B-24.
So why is it that Ki200 and maybe also Me163 still cannot take off reliably yet still cost that much to repair and then get a video like this dedicated to them?
You don't enjoy exploding on takeoff for no reason?
Don’t go 100 percent throttle that’s it I heard
The rocket planes use different fuel compared to other planes the ki200,163, and the Bi use rocket fuel which is heavier which is why the perform better at low fuel
(They)
Opinion: i think the Me 163 was very useful, especially to Alexander Lippish. Since it had a swept wing, an experimental design at the time, Lippish practically tested this and not only confirmed that swept wing aircraft was the way to go, but he also theorised that delta winged aircraft could be a possibility. He would later then help a lot in this field, which is arguably what he's known for nowadays.
I could be wrong, any corrections are appreciated
Kinda dangerous tho I mean it’s easy to explode and if and fuel leaks you will be literally melted alive
@@xninewxw7559 mhm it was def a daring task to be a pilot. I think once, there was a case where an Me 163 took off and literally 2 sec later it blew up into flames. Apparently he went on the throttle too hard
In terms of flight characteristics,it was wonderful
Well Messerschmitt and focke-wulf where expirementing with swept wing designs
The fuel blew up if it touched grass
I've actually become a bit of a professional flying the Ki-200, getting about 5 to 6 kills per match and usually surviving to the end. If you can get really good and and survive the repair cost becomes practically nothing even when you do die every so often, simply because of how much money you get in return.
Honestly, the Ki-200 is my favorite plane in Warthunder, and I can even out perform Sabers and Migs.
A few tips of mine are 1: Only use about 50% throttle most of the time you are in the air. 2: Make sure you use landing flaps when taking off, because it likes to bounce on the runway past 200 KMH, then quickly retract them once off the ground. 3: Try not to head on other planes, if you get caught going head to head with another plane, fire a small burst and quickly turn off, your plane will most likely explode or your pilot will die if you get shot, so use your maneuverability to your advantage. I typically like to do a turn into a half spiral ascending and quickly turn behind the enemy plane. 4: One of my most important points, stay near your allies and stay above or at the same level as your enemies, it will give you an advantage.
Great tips, thank you. Was wondering to this time how to utilize that little rocket plane with 5 mins of fuel and barely any armor. Preferrably using the -30 or -40 Sabre. Anyway, is it worth to carry 1 min of fuel in any case?
@@fahmihardian7778 That one minute of fuel only gets you off the air strip, so in reality you only get about 4 minutes of fuel once taken off, and about 3 minutes once you reach 3000 meters in altitude. So always take max fuel.
you wont really need to be above or similar altitude as enemies, as you can easily throttle up and negate the altitude advantage instantly
@@khlobbia That's usually not a good idea if other enemies are near, because if you try to climb you lose speed the more vertical you face. All it does is give the enemy more advantage; I've seen many people even in rocket planes get baited like that and they die at the start of the match.
@@dustinmorecraft8699 you're right, I got the plane yesterday and barely played it but now I realize the top speed is not as good so you want to dive on enemies and you want teammates nearby.
So did you ever fix it so I can take off and not glitch into the ground with the little Doritos?
hav u tried getting a new hamster to donate
I got a squirrel, could that work?
Just throttle up with landing flaps and don't touch the controls until you are off the ground
@@WalletWorrier i still only get off the ground like 50% of the time.
@@carterstanton3662 You just have to make sure your rear landing gear does not touch the ground, throttle up and pitch the nose down so that your plane is level with the ground, take off with flaps at around 310 kph, take off very slowly so that the rear landing gear doesn't touch the ground.
Rocket planes: they cant even take off lmao
Dont full throttle them
make sure you don’t pitch up at all, or that rear gear will hit the ground and cause bounce. Keep the pitch at 0 degrees until 300kph, then u use takeoff flaps and pitch up a tiny bit.
Realism
@@ariq4209 sometimes even that doesn't matter, the physics engine can pop you like a balloon on bumpy dirt airfields
put landing flaps
Ya I haven't flown my me163 in like a year because it's a flip of the coin getting that fckin glitch where the wheels fall into the runway so I very much hope that some of the budget for this advertisement when into making the plane playable
make sure you don’t pitch up at all, or that rear gear will hit the ground and cause bounce. Keep the pitch at 0 degrees until 300kph, then u use takeoff flaps and pitch up a tiny bit.
@@ariq4209 It doesn't have takeoff flaps. It has landing flaps.
@@cheesuschrist5017 whatever flap works
@@cheesuschrist5017 Don't press f or you will not be able to take off.
"Its not a glitch its historical accuracy"
Ah yes, the planes that completely drain your personal treasury.
Me 163/Ki-200 deserve either a lower BR, or an airspawn fitting of an interceptor.
They used to have an interceptor spawn but got removed. Now those planes take off from the airfield but the rear wheel is glitched and causes you to crash on the runway, so they are mostly unplayable now + their repair costs.
@@byance97 I was there Gandalf, 3000 patches ago.
true story: when the Allies first captured the Komet, they first were confused how those tiny propellers could propel the aircraft
Size does not matter
Im not a specialist but if you can "run" faster and curve faster is always a plus, like operations of quick lightning attacks for defense or attack
For other rocket aircraft, I think it'd be cool to see the He 176, the FW Volksjager, the rocket-assisted P-51, the XP-79, or the SO.9000 Trident. I also think an update based on the Germany's Emergency Fighter Program would be a fun way to introduce some of the desperate, ridiculous late German Pulsejet designs like the BV P213.
i also would love to see the ju 248, like a better comet
And arado e381
Didn’t know Japan had high rise buildings in the 1940s
lmao
Since we're talking about Rocket Planes, when will the XP-79 come to the game?
no. another experimental American plane. no. no. no. no. no. no.
@@Betto_333 It's a joke lol. It wouldn't even fit into the game
@@privateer_am plane designed for Ramming fits into this game better than it fits into real life lmfao
Don't you say anything about being first or early okeh? Good.
Late
@@PapaSkyRooster im the first guy to comment to this comment
@@coldones25 😆
@@PapaSkyRooster 🥵
@@coldones25 😉
Question: How many foreigner camos are in the game? (Not counting Market place, it has to be done officially by gaijin)
and by foreigner i mean, camoflages from nations that arent in game
Idk
There's a couple of Finnish and Hungarian reskins for german and Italian aircraft. IAR 81c, he112 b, kv1b, etc
@@nickkurzy2246 i know, but this is a purposal or video idea for gaijin, im mentioning this
Because im sure not many people know about the usage of X vehicule by a nation that is not in the game, and as a curiosity of those forgotten camos that gaijin did at the beggining such as, the Spanish Civil War camos for the SB-2M or the I-16, which spain is not a playable nation, not asking for vehicules, just camoflages, like the bulgarian Ar-196 skin and stuff like that, market camos does not count as im asking for the one that gaijin made and can be unlocked without paying (doing X kills/bomb and stuff) or the ones you just pay 200GE for it
I never knew there was an Israeli F-84 in game until I shot it down with the shilka
Funnily foreigner translated to Japanese is gaijin
Warthunder is a game for legends
always has been
You should add extra fuel tank, planes look more esthetically beautifull, and they are also very usefull for ground atack role, and also it would be nice a function to drop those tanks to make the plane lighter, if you enter into air to air combat
Most swedish jet fighters had them and booster rockets too
This is a great channel!!! So glad i found it, the guy talkin has more info about this stuff then ive ever heard, and since no footage exists i will settle for this. Maybe i should get War Thunder
00:39 I remenber this sound from tail spin event (;-;).
Make The Komet Great Again, by giving its old Flight Model back from several years ago.
Era lo mejor!!
GAIJIN PLS FIX REPAIR COSTS!!!
Amazing job Bruce!
I'm just glad to see the 163 in the official video again as one of the main contents, after the old 'Barrel Roll' series... It's been my favorite vehicle in the game since 2013. Thank you, Gaijin.
Pilot? Dead? NONSENSE, he got knocked out.
my favorite fact is that they had a better kill ratio with the people who worked on them then enemy combatants
Chasing a ghost. Rocket motors were suitable for Point Defense interception; a concept soon bankrupt as technologies for standoff and ballistic missiles improved. Once bombers did not have to pass over heavily defended targets in order to bombard them, the need for a Point Defense Interceptor vanished and the age of the long range All Weather Interceptor (and its AA Missiles) began.
That's a tactical utility appraisal. Additionally:
1) Soviet BI (and some other) fighter projects used "red fuming" Nitric Acid as an Oxidizer. Glass tanks broke; metal tanks melted; pilots were literally eaten out of their protective suits. That's the origin of the "Gray Alien" trope: acid burned, half dissolved, test pilots*.
2) Deutscher Raketen plane projects pursued both conventional take-off and landing craft like the Me163, and the Ba349, a rail launched Point Defense Interceptor. German oxidizer was "85% pure" Hydrogen Peroxide, another incredibly dangerous stoff to organic tissues. More glass tanks, more pilots eaten alive and the odd inexplicable mid air explosion.
*That's what they were testing at Area 51, btw. Odd shapes, rocket propulsion, and pilots eaten out of their suits.
Are you guys gonna bring the maus back as event this year too?
I was unable to get it due to lack of sl to get into rank 4
It isnt worth it and hell no, everybody that already has it wouldnt have anything out of that event.
@@MultiKaeseToast i dont need competitive stuff. The fun is the fun looking for
@@msorin74 to be honest it's not fun either
They will eventually, they probably will make it available for research during the WT 9th Anniversary but not sure, they did it last year so
But if you wasnt quick enough, then its not my problem
yes. they said they will bring it annualy. last time the maus returned ws in november 5th, so i expect it to arrive it in early november or late september
wait so that sound that comes from every plane but sounds like a stuka is not a glitch?
No, why would you think thats a glitch, its the result of the sound waves being compressed by high speed, think of the Doppler effect
@@rawhidelamp ah i thought it was a glitch because it sounds so much like the stuka kinda but yeah honestly it makes sense
How to use spitfires well
It'd be really cool to see some mixed propulsion aircraft in the game, like the sunders roe from the UK and such
You already have the Me 262 Heimatschützer, it has jet and rocket engines
Fun fact: There was a good chance that if something went wrong or an engineer wasn't super careful with the Komets liquid fuel then pilot would be reduced to soup in the cockpit. Imagine training for months only to be turned to a slush before you even took off. After they ran out of fuel they were easy pickings, strat being to just avoid them until they spent their load and just follow up behind them while they're in a glide and finish them off or shoot em up where ever they land which was never very far.
So... why is the B-0 still at 8.7? And with that repair cost???????????
Poland tech tree pls
Poland had very few tanks so it's not worth it
Only real chance for that is some multi nation european tech tree.
Yes, copied tanks
@XxVENOMxX yes, for low tiers mostly innowative light tanks/tankette pre WW2 and some heavier protorypes development stopped by WW2. And it had a ton of modernised/upgraded/remade variants of other nations tanks, not even close to China three copy paste but not extremally different from originals, still would have similar playstyle.
@@Ruhnibert nope, not copied, mostly upgraded and homemade varriants, but still they had little to no possibility of fully domestic tank development afther 1939
not even a mention of the mirage III we have ingame, the hybrid jet/rocket powered aircraft with the most flights of any rocket propelled plane?
It's difficult to ascertain how effective planes like the Komet were because the fuels were so volatile and without strict procedures and maintenance, they could easily mix and explode. Receiving any battle damage would likely have been catastrophic, for similar reasons. But the situation was made even more difficult by the fact that the factories they were built in were often staffed by POWs and dissenters who were actively trying to sabotage the aircraft during production. Germany may have had some brilliant ideas but the conditions they faced made it almost impossible to create something and properly test it before putting it into battle, let alone provide quality assurance.
Would have a laugh if War Thunder add the Ohka Kamikaze rocket.
*random Banzai screaming*
I feel like rocket planes would be most viable as parasite fighters
Funny you mention that, I recently saw a "Goblin" along with a b-36
whenever i hear of the komet the first thing that comes to mind is my local air museum where they have a me 163 along with the take off wheels but what always stuck was the amount of times they said the risk of the pilot being cremated by the fuel tank that sits just behind the seat
Is that cosford by any chance?
With Me 163, make sure you don’t pitch up at all, or that rear gear will hit the ground and cause bounce. Keep the pitch at 0 degrees until 300kph, then u use takeoff flaps and pitch up only a tiny bit.
I know I said this couple of times, but it's hard to get picked. I had an idea for a competition between early multi turret tanks like independent, t-35, Nb.Fz and so.
Do WarThunder have any event coming up in the summer?
Prob operation S.U.F.F.E.R will be bwck
last 3 years of S.U.F.F.E.R started at first friday of august. so this year of S.U.F.F.E.R might start at 7 aug
i have been waiting for this
There was another variant of the 163 that had cannons facing up and a reflector that auto fired when flown below an enemy bomber.
Is it planned to add the Sturmtiger?
*Laughs*
U serious ?
What’s the function of the tiny propellers on the German rocket planes?
And why the JP ones don’t have it?
It's a security allowing to produce electricity when something else fail (which was very important for this plane, I don't remember why). It was a really good idea, and it's now mandatory on planes (even it's hidden unless it's needed).
@@MrMorvana you’re talking about a RAT ram air turbine. Airbus has them, Boeing has another system I believe
@@MrMorvana The rocket engine doesn't provide power for the instruments, unlike a traditional propeller engine would.
Imagine how hard is to unlock those jets. Literally hard! Takes ages to research in my opinion but that’s how game works basically. A lot of Silver lions and research points and time is needed
That liberator in the background from 0:16 looks like it's chasing the ventura... Oddly terrifying I guess...?
B-24 chasing B-34: "ohh I got your ass now..."
B-34: *"...AHH HEELLLPPPP.....!!!!!!"*
Q: Can you make the sunset more red/orange on some maps? It gives a good vibe with great music to fly and watch the sky.
I am once again asking you to fix bombers Gaijin! Please!
Nothing to be fixed tho?
@@ariq4209 the bombers are like a piece of paper they can fix that
@@iknowwhereyoulive7661 i remember back in 2015 when bombers were like tonks, thicc AND stronk
Well they only fixed the tail of b-17
@@iknowwhereyoulive7661 You mean they’re weak? Yes they are, that’s why they fly in formation irl. Minengeschoß rounds are designed to kill bombers. Also they’re already much tougher than fighters in the game. You have to spray 20mms, while fighters are dead after 3-5 good hits.
“The only way to make a piston engine plane, s to make the propeller significantly bigger.”
The ME-163: not in this town..
If possible make the B1 have the ability to actually user the tail flaps at high speeds because at around 300-400mph they become obsolete
Will there ever be more modern planes like the A-10 and other iconic planes?
I do want the A-10 but the Japanese tech tree has something like that it’s not the m10 but it has the same minigun
Probably yes because war thunder is the type of game that can't die. They Will eventualy add almost every plane ever made
@@j.r.2087 the A-10 is too specific though that’s why I think it would be hard to add because it does not really go anywhere with top tier jets because it’s slow and heavy and flys low to the ground so any spaa or jet will kill it almost instantly
@@humanhuman5024 well there are bombers like that so I think they will. It one of the most requested vehicles.
@@Seems12345 those are generally low tier and won’t meet radar AA or jet planes and the ones that do you can clearly see they don’t work
That’s why I said the warthog would be too good at low br but too bad at high br
It’s the same problem the maus and the e-100 had it does not fit anywhere because too high br makes it get penned by heat but low br makes it way to strong
FIRST BAHAHAHAH
You! Turn out thoes pockets! Rocket planes... one two three... Three of them!
Nice work not mentioning that the BI has been unavailable since 2020 and all of these planes have a crippling repair cost for their utility
Do one on turbo props like the ca.183 bis . Don't forget the ones which aren't in game yet
I like the BI Rocket Interceptor Aircraft but the ME-163 Comet is my favorite
sweet 6 more years and ill be able to start research to play with this plane
I think they should have been bigger to carry a bigger payload and the fuel tanks should have been redesigned becuase of the flammability and chance to explode.
Also I don't like the new sound that is made when you pass another aircraft. It was fine in the tailspin event although I didn't play very much of it.
The Komet can also go supersonic at high altitudes. It wants to go past Mach 1.1 but the plane in-game can't handle those speeds.
BI probably can go over Mach 1 too in the game but have fun trying to control that.
No, BI has very low rip speed.
Aaaahhhh
It’s been so long comrade
I haven’t played WT in a while I sort of stoped
One day I was looking at my games and saw WT I remembered when I thought the game was fun and how much I enjoyed it.
I saw this video and thought I had to see this.
Thanks Bruce!
How can you think this is fun?
@@Prokerboss by ignoring all of the problems?
@@Kalashnikov413 Is it possible to learn this power?
@@Prokerboss not from a P2W player
They were certenly an interesting idea, its a shame the fuel was so unstable and volotile for them, the liquid fuel came as a 2 part mixture and when mixed created huge amouts of power to the point that if fuel tanks were not cleaned out properly between flights the aircraft would explode, plus the grusome habbit the fuel had of melting the pilots if any of it leaked into the cabin which given the dodgy landing sled happend more than a fiew times
Great video and well doen mister grant
How convenient for them to release this video and I'm just now starting on the 163B
don't waste your time like that
They could add the Me 163 C variant. Unlike the Ki200, the Me 163 C was used in combat at the time
well to me , they could have make a limit over the throttle when diving and when climbing up or anything alike , just imagine what you can do with it . you can out speed maybe slow missile and even better makes your enemy climb to the top which they will lose over . simply it's like a jet engine on steroid but with heavy downside over fuel and top speed .
a challenge with a rocket plane: reverse climb bait.
make the enemy to climb bait you into stall below him, only for him to be the baited on, into climb stall above you
Japan: buy sweett tiger 1
German : sory but your delivery is gone cant help ya
Japan : buy sweet looking plane
German : sory but this delivery is gone
Japan :..................SUS
2:37 bro that voicecrack lmao
Him: the Comet
Everyone else: flying dorito
Me : the starling from GTA
Japan: buys license to build any german plane.
Germany: ok here we send through submarine.
Japan: *NOT AGAIN*
1:01 ...to providing peace to the galaxy?
Still no mention of the absurd Battle Rating of these WW2 rocket planes facing aircraft that have access to Sidewinders 😅
love the bi for taking out b29´s
Rocket planes go zoom ☄🛩
I have an opinion.
They look really cool
Can't wait for the fuel to dissolve me if something goes wrong!
Legit tho, this is so cool! Pricey, but cool!
The most dangerous parts of the me 163 was fueling and landing pilots could have their backs broken. And as for fueling they could explode
Russia had a really good idea. Japan just couldn't do it and Germany got it right with the Me-262
@Mason Murchison no i was talking about the me-262. The 262 was a jet. The 163 was a rocket propelled aircraft. I was saying that Germany got the idea right with the 262...
@@longhorne1096 arguably the Japanese kikka was an improvement over the 262. The fuselage shape was more acclimated for the speeds the aircraft would operate at and the removal of 2 of the 30mm cannon increased it's maneuverability.
Again, I say 'arguably' because we don't have much flight performance data on the kikka (to my knowledge) and both aircraft were made in relatively small numbers with subpar materials, making a true evaluation of the aircrafts' capabilities difficult.
@@nickkurzy2246 I just want to thank you for giving me an educated argument. That's very rare to see these day's. And also you bring up a very good point.
I know of another rocket plane that I think would be cool in war thunder, the bell X-1. I know it didn't have armament or was even planned to have it. But I think it could have .50 caliber machine guns in game.
When I saw the combination of rocket plane and the X designation my thoughts immediately went to the X-15.
That would be a difficult plane to use in a combat environment..
Nice vid, but I would add one thing: the Comet was operational in 1941 - it even went above 1000 km/h then (1130 later).
it was not operated untill 1944
@@Kalashnikov413 imagine f it was deployed in 1939 along with the me262, if that happened it would start a jet arms race 20 years earlier. Imagine the f22 being made in 1970 and the f35 in the 1990’s. We would have 6th to 7th gen fighters by now
@@CASA-dy4vs there's a possibility to that
Super corsair: I'm the best at my BR!
Me-163: Are you now?
wdym, 163 B-0 at 8.7 is overtiered
The sound when you fly by a prop plane for example a bomber i dismal it sounds like a toy, i mean why did you put the sound from tail spit it was great
I definitely want the XF-85
Nice story about rocket engines
Gaijin: Acknowledges that Germany and Russia has the first ever jet fighters
Also Gaijin: Gives the lowest BR fighter to America tech tree
I avoid fighting the 163 any way I can. They can turn on a dime. Only engage them if they are low and slow. Even then, they are so small it’s hard to get a good hit.