Full IL-2 1946 mission: He-162 Volksjäger (Multiplayer Mission)

[@gebus5633]

16:57 "We are now passing Uncanny Valley"

[@Kurogumo]

Yes! I love this aircraft, it doesn't get flown nearly enough. Instant favorite!

[@htos1av]

I LOVE this flight sim, I've had it for many years.

[@johanderuiter9842]

All credit due to Ernst Heinkel, who by 1939 had a fully flyable prototype two engined jet ready to go. At that time the fledgling Luftwaffe procurement office didn't want to know about jets, with Goering only putting his foot down on the things Hitler wanted done. Heinkel was told to shelve all jet related projects as his staff were to be employed building regular planes. Not until the last year or so when Albert Speer replaced Goering did the procurement office recognise the potential of the jet fighter. Much to the chagrin of Hitler. By then the German war industry was largely forced to operate piecemeal from sheds, underground facilities, hidden bunkers etc causing a logistical nightmare to manufacture any planes. Again Heinkel was by-passed (largely due to Junker's influence) and the Luftwaffe procurement office decided to mass produce the ME-262 (with Junker engines), a rather inferior plane to the HE-280 (Heinkel engines) in all areas of performance. Personally Heinkel saw little in the HE-162 as a viable weapon. Due to the scaled down configuration, in the last year the Luftwaffe procurement office did manage to build 1,600 HE-162s who were at various stages of completion by the time of capitulation, most of the ones that were received by front line units were bombed to pieces during airfield air raids.

[@jackhammer111]

hey, that would be interesting... if it was true. Please, everyone, just drag some text into a google search. it ain't that hard. The single engine He 178 flew a demo flight that growing did not attend and the aircraft was a pig. I didn't impress anyone because it topped out at 372mph in a prototype that was just an airfram and an engine. No guns no armor no nothing. Those that saw the flight should have been impressed because it demonstrated a new technology with potential but did not perform well in the test. Plus, Hitler preferred Messerschmit over Heinkle. the 280 didn't fly until 41 and had all kinds of problems, mostly related to the engine. just to the the wiki pages.

[@windsorspitfire]

I downloaded this mission, converted to offline with FMB, and flew it in BAT 3.7.2 last night. Very enjoyable! Tomorrow I might try the other side. Just want you to know, we appreciate you making these great missions available.

[@PLDroneOperator]

The entire external front cockpit area of the HE-162 reminds me so much of the A-10 Thunderbolt. Such a modern looking design to me. Makes me wonder what the Germans could have really put on the front if they had focused on jet fighters with the resources they had in the beginning of the war.

[@JamLeGull]

Not enough oil and rare earth metals for high temperature alloys. They would have probably not have fared any better.

[@sometimehurt]

Good kills with skills :) and lovely short burst.Dont forget play with the throttle and flap.This little hornet has more speed, you must manage it....

[@chulian1819]

the most heroic, brave, saddest story i've seen in this game, brilliant flying

[@whisthpo]

Best Dog Fight in a while.... 🐶

[@raymondyee2008]

Omg the “People’s Fighter”.

[@granjard4018]

Super de chez super les mots me manquent , pouce bleu jacques

[@JamLeGull]

I’d love if you could do some videos with comms or commentary. You’re really good at that, very interesting and entertaining. Comms would be fun for the panicked yelling in particular.

[@johnbertrand7185]

These fly much better than the real ones did. Made of whatever the Germans had on hand by the late stages of the war, and piloted by teenagers, most of them fell apart or caught fire long before they could engage Allied aircraft

[@momotheelder7124]

Not entirely true, it had good performance. Yes, some experienced construction defects, but it was the rush to get it operational which meant all the kinks were not ironed out. Eric Brown probably the most prolific test pilot of all time rated it-with the caveat that you had to know how to handle it properly.

[@jeova0sanctus0unus]

It wasnt a bad design, but had flaws. jet engines being what they where at the time, they had problems with Flameouts, then there was the problem of rushed production(but you should see what bf109 production looked like at the time Frankenstein aint got shit on that patchwork.), the general issues of operating a newly introduced Aircrafttype from makeshift runways,together with the Allies having complete Air Superiority, frankly, im not sure anything would have performed well there.

[@jonathanhansen3709]

Problem for the Wehrmacht was they needed those aircraft in 1942, not not 1946!

[@pedrogim6952]

A-10, He162

[@wpatrickw2012]

I would like to see the version with a V-1 pulse jet engine.

[@Bullseyearchery]

Saw a Salamander at DUXFORD a few weeks ago.

[@waffles4622]

2 fast boys first (P47) made out of metal the second (He 162) made out of wood and glue

[@Pandacat80]

When you return to pacific theater, can we see some missions on Japanese side?

[@elliottcollins1668]

Pandacat80-the suicide jets though-blossom

[@barrycarlisle4511]

Japanese fighter victories.

[@jacobyao3790]

16:57 that face lol

[@bf-1109]

안녕하세요! 오늘도 재밌게 시청하고 갑니다. :)

[@firepower7017]

김Bf-110 I am superior to you in every conceivable way. I am more cheap,rugged and also powerful not to mention the flight characteristics is easy to master

[@photon9565]

tail cut? wt flashbacks...

[@Daronor01]

Its my favourite plane of WWII. Nice mission. What mods /pack do you use?

[@thatcanadiangirl5726]

Alkali His mods are in the description by the bottom. Hope you find what you’re looking for!

[@oscarsalvador8626]

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[@jean-pierrekouvalchouk4980]

Wenn das mit diesen Flugzeugen so gut geklappt hätte, sähe es in der Welt wohl anders aus.

[@EstonianShark]

if only they were this effective in real life :/

[@kobenrivers1189]

well of course because they were never actually made

[@polaskatyu9368]

Kyle Ageloff the volksjäger was made, a total of 300 units all armed...

[@htos1av]

@@kobenrivers1189 Here ya' go: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_162

[@ericbusch87]

@@kobenrivers1189 They were built

[@olivergarcia2304]

Who made it and who died? Darkky died at the end. What a tragedy. But who was the first one to get shot down? (edit) Tony made it. He was the first one to land. Fishyy landed as well. Fishy was the 2nd one to land.

[@Mishadedogist]

Oliver Garcia I got shot down first

[@brettlloyd4446]

Don't know if he 162s ever became operational at end of ww2 in Europe unlike the me 262 and me 163, think some were operational in closing months of war in 1945

[@Kurogumo]

They were operated from March to April 1945 by 1./JG1, operating out of airfields near Parchim, Ludwigslust, and finally Leck, where they'd remain till the end of the war.

[@kobenrivers1189]

No the plane was only ever in the blueprint stage of development.

[@Kurogumo]

Blatantly wrong. Literally *all* evidence proves otherwise.

[@kobenrivers1189]

@@Kurogumo was that towards my reply or Mr. Brett's?

[@kobenrivers1189]

@@Kurogumo Cause if so then your wrong the He-162 was only ever in the blueprint stage there was a wooden mock-up of it but none were ever produced nor saw combat against allied units.

[@thomaszhang3101]

Why are there two pointers on the air speed indicator?

[@debbiebost5139]

Hey please tell me you can do more missions with he 162s right

[@น่านน่าน-ษ7น]

เรื่อยๆเถอะ....ป้องกันMagnetic..ของเรา.(ดอนแก้วกับวัดพระธาตุแช่แห้ง)

[@Desertduleler_88]

Sad ending....

[@davidhorkoff902]

I loved it though! Lucky for the pilot he wasn't there to witness it first hand.

[@kannah4394]

Interesting…

[@migmadmarine]

gocarts with wings. did they ever actually fly any of these things?

[@cicatriz.9761]

Actually, yes. A unit called the Jagdgdeschwader 1 operated them during the closing stages of the war. The He-162 scored only one kill on an allied fighter.

[@thomaszhang3101]

c i c a t r i z . Actually scored several unconfirmed kills. Also one had an encounter with a P-51. Neither sides can gain upper hand in a dogfight so both broke off.

[@marc13bautista]

More jets

[@Otokichi786]

It's great fun to take down enemy fighter aircraft, but how about taking down airfield/factory/city/destroying BOMBERS? Single seat fighters can be more easily replaced than bomber crews. Oh well, fighter-vs.-fighter combat is always more interesting than the tedious-climb-to-20,000 feet+ bomber interception missions. Or is that task handled by Me-262s, instead?

[@htos1av]

I've flown the Comet in this sim, that's the toughest of all.

[@-Minuano-]

What controls do you use? Joystick, keyboard, etc...?

[@htos1av]

I use all of them.

[@Brumbieman]

Everyone always wonders 'what if' with the 262 - imagine if this was operational mid-1943 with proper glue and trained pilots. Even more - why not just bolt one of the V1 engines on instead? Almost as much thrust and a service life 1000x longer than the jet engines they had. Eric 'Winkle' Brown reckoned if the pilot was experienced the 162 was better than any allied fighter at the end of the war and a very stable gun platform. And it was designed and flying in less than 100 days ffs.

[@peterbrooke-vh1xz]

It's not even fair. LOL

[@darrenwilson8921]

those were late model Mustangs and Thunderbolts…but simply cant outrun the jets….! talk about a suicide mission..??!!

[@gabrielleandreamicca796]

De haber durado un año más la guerra, estos Heinkel, junto con los Me-262 y los Dornier Do-335 habrían limpiado de cuatrimoto res el cielo de Alemania

[@richmerowitz5610]

Since this plane was never operational, how can its game performance have any basis in reality?

[@MrArgus11111]

It was, in fact, flown operationally, but only a few times. They performed very poorly and most were lost to accidents, poor construction, and poor piloting by kids that had no idea how to fly an aircraft. If you search youtube you can even find an interview with a 162 pilot who survived the war. He didn't have much good to say about the thing.

[@thomaszhang3101]

MrArgus11111 they were not flown by kids, but by highly trained FW-190 pilots from JG1. They were meant to be flown by Hitler Youth, but (surprisingly...) it turns out that it makes more sense to let professional pilots handle high performance fighters.

[@andersforsgren3806]

They were operational, but only for a very brief period of time, active missions only for the last month of the war. If you look at the video the airbase they fly from get bombed after take off - and craters can be seen when the Volksjäger do a flyby. And this reflect reality, they had to relocate several times. Some had been put together in quite less than optimal condition, these tended to loose part in the air and crash. Germany have had the glue factory bombed, and used some other glue that was not good together with wood. ​ Young and inexperienced pilots could have ended up flying these, if it ever had been mass produced. Thomas Zhang is however correct. A group of ME262 pilots who had lost their aircraft were moved over to Volksjägers and reported it was a very good aircraft. But it did actually had a set of flaws that were solved with compromise solutions - as it was rushed into service so fast they did not have time to fix the problems properly.

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

The Germans were so far ahead of the game in WW2...

[@spitp51]

First!