MESSERSCHMITT RC ME 163 "KOMET" - GAS TURBINE "LEGENDARY FIGHTERS" AT WILLIS WARBIRDS - 2017

[@walterpalmer2749]

Never was there a design that looked more perfect. The profile of a swallow in flight. Excellent !!

[@tbobborap1]

Couldn't agree more!

[@chuckcawthon3370]

Fascinating aircraft and the outstanding video quality cannot be ignored. I watched this a dozen times until I finally figured out the very discreet speed brakes/airbrakes that close flush into the fuselage. Very clever craftsmanship.

[@tbobborap1]

thanks chuck

[@invictus3598]

Another incredible German design. Boy, if piloting it didn't scare the hell out of you, then you were already dead! It's such a joy to watch it in flight. Thank you!

[@tbobborap1]

many thanks invictus

[@bugmoto]

Superb model and flying. I'm a big fan of the Komet and Rudi Opitz (original test pilot). The speed brakes and NACA engine inlets are masterful. Really exceptional all 'round! What a treat to se this fly. Watch out for that dolly on takeoff!!!

[@tbobborap1]

Thanks a lot bug !

[@brianartillery]

I like the detail of the cloud of smoke on take-off, just like the original Walter T and C Stoff rocket motor would have done. That Komet is a thing of beauty.

[@tbobborap1]

thanks brian

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Excellent close up shots, and you kept it in frame the whole time ! An impressive flyer this one, but he only gets once chance in landing.

[@tbobborap1]

thanks chris

[@thomashockin4128]

Very unique plane ... I'm impressed that it can fly w/no tail ... design had to be perfect I bet! Nice job and goo luck!

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

Dude that is level 10 bad-ass right there!

[@tbobborap1]

thanks

[@stevemcqueen89]

Such skill and dedication!

[@1mauitodd]

That was fun!! Thanks.

[@tbobborap1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@frankgaletzka8477]

Very good Modell with a great Performance Thanks for sharing Yours Frank

[@tbobborap1]

Many thanks!

[@markliner3506]

Kompliment! Eine wunderschön detaillierte Komet mit toller Flugshow!

[@DonDiesel885]

now that is cool man, beautiful work on a great plane. nice flying. Nailed that landing!

[@spritecranberry160]

This looks fun as hell

[@BIGGBULLxxx]

Wow I did not know that such an airplane existed. And thumbs up to the video ographer😉 and pilot

[@tbobborap1]

thanks eric, yes she was the fastest aircraft in ww2 by far but too few were built to have an effect on the thousand bomber daylight raids !

[@carlossantillan559]

I've just read in David Irving's Hitler's War and The War Path that by january 1945 Hitler was dissapointed, the Luftwaffe had around 135 Me163 but they had only shot down 5 allied bombers.

[@MrTerrymiff]

Wow. A model aircraft with similar flight endurance to the real plane/

[@juanricardoacostaballester9414]

Excuse me, could you please sell me 163 komet or leave me a link to buy it?

[@jackmehoffer1037]

Very nice 👍

[@tbobborap1]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dragonrapid1623]

This Display was flown by Arnim Morgenweck, member of the Legendary Fighters. The Me 163 is a Kit from Alfred Brenzig, "Storchschmiede" and Scale is 1:4 with a Frank Raptor Turbine. Speed approx. 300 km/h

[@tbobborap1]

many thanks dragon, ill update the video - pete,

[@andypandywalters]

My compliments on absolutely stunning model. I really loved the 'smoke trail' as per the original. However, I note you didn't use the original types of fuel though ! 😅

[@tbobborap1]

lol - thanks andy

[@victordeltambo]

HERMOSO AVION

[@tbobborap1]

Muchas gracias victor

[@MichelBourque391]

WOW !

[@MrStr8den]

No air intake for the jet engine; did this cause any issue?

[@tbobborap1]

not that I can see !

[@Sheerwater909]

Nice that he glided the landing. Good that it didn't explode at that point too I suppose! :D

[@tbobborap1]

John Brooks yes he killed the turbine up high. No mixed chemicals on this model thank god john - lol

[@h8GW]

I wonder if it's possible to make it rocket-powered at this scale.

[@tbobborap1]

anythings possible these days

[@Spawn-td8bf]

Pete, very nice work at keeping up with an incredibly fast "rocket" plane. I was wondering where the intake/intakes were until I saw your stills at the end. Very clever to hide them in the wing root as the real 163 didn't need intakes. A lot safer also as the original was thought to suffer greater losses during the fueling of the C-stoff/ hydrazine/methanol component and the T-stoff/hydrogen peroxide oxidizer component than to the allies. One fuel truck would deliver it's load, finish, pull away and the cap placed on that tank before the other truck would even approach and they would still have mishaps where there was residue or an improperly capped tank which would result in instant detonation. Thank you as always for a great video and God Bless, Paul from Florida. PS, yes I do have some pretty useless stuff in my head.LOL

[@frankgaletzka8477]

You have to put in a Pilot camera with head movenent then you fly it with a 3d Googles and you have the Pilot view out of the Cockpit Yours Frank

[@billflynn6903]

Very nice demonstration and the Best Videography! A shame people are now so 'thin-skinned' they cannot be exposed to an entire Decal of historic (if not truly horrible) importance. Erase it and they will forget.

[@tbobborap1]

thanks bill - well said,

[@billflynn6903]

Thank You for your never ending efforts to show the truth! I don't know how you do it .. I just appreciate. Hashtag number One.

[@adamswitlak1242]

epic

[@pressloh]

Er trägt sie vom Platz, genauso, wie ich meine Braut über die Schwelle getragen habe.

[@ProMace]

'Nicht anfassen!' - Love It. :)))

[@tbobborap1]

thanks

[@regularguy8110]

Basically a flying wing. Would have been devastating with an Me-262 engine instead of a rocket with hypergolic fuel that dissolved human flesh or exploded on a regular basis.

[@etma01]

Are you sure the top speed is close to 1000 km/h? it looks more like 200 km/h.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Those figures in the Description are for the WW-2 Origidiginale version...; which handled perfectly, right up to 600 MPH, which equates to 525 Knots, or 965 Km/Hr... At 1,000 Km/Hr (621.38 MPH, or 543.7 Knots), the Me 163b became violently unstable in Pitch....; almost inevitably initiating a R.U.D. Event (Rapid Unscheduled Deconstruction), or breaking the Pilot's Neck, or both... Just(ifiably ?) sayin' Take it easy, ;-p Ciao !

[@tbobborap1]

describes the real aircraft etma

[@AIM9FOX2]

When this rolls into the room Other planes are sent back to 1929s lol

[@Mike9201984]

Would have been more realistic if the thing blew up on landing

[@torgarsteinbru3591]

did that happend a lot?

[@RichardTapp1]

Why would that have been realistic Mike? If they got to make a landing, I think all the rocket fuel would have been used up. Don't know why they would explode on landing. Well it seems I was wrong. Not all of the fuel was always used up (ran out of one component only?) and so there were explosive accidents on landing ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJvCc2x9ZqihrtU

[@drstrangelove4998]

It didn’t happen s lot