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[kirk1965]

Jennyyyyyy!

[Vampire_pilot]

The silly shape of things to come....

On October 4th, 1937, Heinkel test pilot Gustav Andermann took off in a He-112 test bed, dubbed "Lufthaken", for a secret rendezvous....

[Ta183Huckebein]

Oooh, looking forward to what comes of this!

[Ta183Huckebein]

"Inspired by the appearance of the Akron at the Olympics, the Luftwaffe decided to conduct it's own LTA experiment"

I guess the only question then is how this might be used by the Germans, as it seems a bit outside of usual doctrine. Perhaps it'd fill a similar role to the coastal patrol craft like the Condor or the Bv-138. This then begs the question as to how it might fare in WWII proper, I could see it having some sort of an initial impact spotting convoys for U-boats, or being deployed to act in some sort of hunter-killer task force with the Bismark or a related surface ship force, and then being hunted down by the RN like the IRL Bismark. Sadly don't see it surviving the war, not with Sunderlands, Hurricats, and CVEs around.

Could make for a cool campaign/mission set for sure!

This could actually cause some changes to a ZRS/ZRCV campaign project I'm putting together...

[KingTiger503]

That’s very nice.

I love to fly the He-112.


Best Regards KT503

[Vampire_pilot]

Honestly, the 112 was an afterthought as "something with guns". The main idea was to have the Ar-66 do postal and liaison duty (and looks like the plane they used in Indiana Jones ). The Hindenburg has no hangar, so the plane has to remain outside. I needed a plane with a sliding canopy, so the pilot can get in and out easy and climb a ladder into the ship. Hence the 112, and not a 109 for example.

[Ta183Huckebein]

Honestly, that sounds pretty fun too

Regardless, looking forward to it!

[Vampire_pilot]

Whatever you will make with it 
The trapeze and guns will be loadout options.

and now, off to Amerika...

[Vampire_pilot]

A small Zeppelin recognition guide


Q-class
A stretched P class for better altitude performance.
Length 178.5 meters
Operation altitude up to 4000m


R-class
The first of the super Zeppelins
Lenght: 196,5m
Diameter 23.9m
6 Maybach engines
Operation altitude up to 4500m


S-Class
A lightweight version of the R for higher altitudes
5 Maybach engines
Operation altitude up to 5200m


X-class
The final Zeppelin
Length over 200m
6 Maybach engines
Operation altitude up to 5800m

[Vampire_pilot]

DOF 1919  - Nordsee battles






You think this is all total fiction?

Well, not completely.

[Ta183Huckebein]

This looks sick!

Looking forward to it!

[Alfie Noakes]

Marvellous !

I wonder if the pilotless Camel that was launched off the R33 constituted the first Cruise Missile ?   

Pity the poor sod who had to spin her up for a start in mid flight 

Cheers

Alfie