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Topic started on 6-1-2003 @ 07:30 AM by mad scientist
Most people can tell you that the Germans were developing some weird aircraft during the war. The S馬ger Amerika bomber was one of these. A
revolutionary orbital bomber, it was designed as one of the highest-flying warplanes ever.
Dr. Eugen S馬ger was a well-known scientist who had published a number of articles about rocket powered aircraft. This notoriety led to a request from the German government to take charge of a secret aerospace research laboratory in Trauen, where he would design and build an aircraft called "Silverbird". Silverbird was a strange aircraft which carried one man and could reach orbit. S馬ger had been working for years on this concept, and was already developing liquid-fuel rocket engines. In the early '30s, he had actually perfected a liquid-fueled rocket engine that was cooled by it's own fuel, which would circulate around the combustion chamber.This incredible rocket produced 3048m/second of exhaust velocity, much greater than even the V2 rocket.
Dr. S馬ger, along with his staff, continued work on the Silverbird under the Amerika Bomber program. The S馬ger Amerika Bomber (or Orbital Bomber, Atmosphere Skipper) was designed for supersonic flight in the stratosphere. The flat fuselage created lift, and the wings were short and wedge shaped. There was a horizontal tail surface at the extreme aft end of the fuselage, which had a small fin on each end. Fuel was carried in two tanks, one on each side of the fuselage, running from the wings aft. Oxygen was stored in tanks located one on each side of the fuselage,forward of the wings. The huge rocket engine of 100 tonnes thrust was mounted in the rear, and was flanked by two smaller rocket engines. The pilot was housed in a pressurized cockpit in the forward fuselage, and a tricycle undercarriage was fitted for a glide landing. A central bomb bay held one 3629 kg (8000lb) free-falling bomb. As the aircraft would fly far beyond the range of Allied interceptors, no defensive armament was included in the design. The dry weight was to be in the neighbourhood of 9979 kg (22000 lbs).
For more artists pictures click me. In Russian but the pictures look good
The test facilities for full-scale engine tests were being constructed when the USSR was invaded in June 1941. All experimental programs, including Amerika Bomber, were canceled due to the need to concentrate on improving existing designs. Dr S馬ger went to work for the DFS and later resumed work on other futuristic designs, but the Silverbird project was never picked up again. After the war, some of the Silverbird research papers were captured by the Allies and taken to other research facilities. As for Dr S馬ger, he later did some work for the French Air Ministry and was almost kidnapped by the Soviets, who obviously realized the Silverbird's potential, both for scientific and military applications.
The S馬ger Amerika Project
WWII German diagram (top) shows RaBo inertial reference planes and trajectory measurement axes. Pilot was to navigate by taking star bearings during exoatmospheric ballistic peaks. Diagram (above) shows nuclear-bomb-like energy dissipation and radius of destruction produced by hypersonic impact of RaBo's ten metric ton conventional weapon on its primary target -- lower Manhattan. (USAF)
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Dr. Eugen S馬ger was a well-known scientist who had published a number of articles about rocket powered aircraft. This notoriety led to a request from the German government to take charge of a secret aerospace research laboratory in Trauen, where he would design and build an aircraft called "Silverbird". Silverbird was a strange aircraft which carried one man and could reach orbit. S馬ger had been working for years on this concept, and was already developing liquid-fuel rocket engines. In the early '30s, he had actually perfected a liquid-fueled rocket engine that was cooled by it's own fuel, which would circulate around the combustion chamber.This incredible rocket produced 3048m/second of exhaust velocity, much greater than even the V2 rocket.
Dr. S馬ger, along with his staff, continued work on the Silverbird under the Amerika Bomber program. The S馬ger Amerika Bomber (or Orbital Bomber, Atmosphere Skipper) was designed for supersonic flight in the stratosphere. The flat fuselage created lift, and the wings were short and wedge shaped. There was a horizontal tail surface at the extreme aft end of the fuselage, which had a small fin on each end. Fuel was carried in two tanks, one on each side of the fuselage, running from the wings aft. Oxygen was stored in tanks located one on each side of the fuselage,forward of the wings. The huge rocket engine of 100 tonnes thrust was mounted in the rear, and was flanked by two smaller rocket engines. The pilot was housed in a pressurized cockpit in the forward fuselage, and a tricycle undercarriage was fitted for a glide landing. A central bomb bay held one 3629 kg (8000lb) free-falling bomb. As the aircraft would fly far beyond the range of Allied interceptors, no defensive armament was included in the design. The dry weight was to be in the neighbourhood of 9979 kg (22000 lbs).
For more artists pictures click me. In Russian but the pictures look good
The test facilities for full-scale engine tests were being constructed when the USSR was invaded in June 1941. All experimental programs, including Amerika Bomber, were canceled due to the need to concentrate on improving existing designs. Dr S馬ger went to work for the DFS and later resumed work on other futuristic designs, but the Silverbird project was never picked up again. After the war, some of the Silverbird research papers were captured by the Allies and taken to other research facilities. As for Dr S馬ger, he later did some work for the French Air Ministry and was almost kidnapped by the Soviets, who obviously realized the Silverbird's potential, both for scientific and military applications.
The S馬ger Amerika Project
WWII German diagram (top) shows RaBo inertial reference planes and trajectory measurement axes. Pilot was to navigate by taking star bearings during exoatmospheric ballistic peaks. Diagram (above) shows nuclear-bomb-like energy dissipation and radius of destruction produced by hypersonic impact of RaBo's ten metric ton conventional weapon on its primary target -- lower Manhattan. (USAF)
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