John R Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The V1 started life with a piston engine and tailwheel u/c. Jet engines were added making it a 3 engined a/c. I am building the Hi-Planes version and wondered if the tailwheel was retractable. It was only when tidying up the moulding around the tailwheel housing that I realised that the rough holes at the front and the back which I was filling in might actually represent the gap between the tailwheel doors and should be cleaned out! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Here is the second prototype (incidentally the first one of PC+UB I've seen) that shows a retractable unit. http://forum.valka.cz/files/me262v2_126.jpg A quick Googling found this of PC+UA http://www.luftwaffen-projekte.de/lwp/jaeger/archiv/me262_v1.jpg In shadow and a poor picture, but a tail wheel door appears to be there. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thanks. I have seen those and they do make it look as if it's retractable. what caused the uncertainty was the way the kit made it seem as if the doors were just fairings. Unless I hear otherwise I will go for doors. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 John, In 'The Warplanes of the Third Reich', William Green's text, photographs and drawings show a tailwheel with doors. The text states that for Project 1065, (the Me 262 proposal name), ....and the tailwheel retracted aft. ​Hope this helps. Regards, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek burton Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yep in the 262 bible (classic ) its a retractable tail wheel. Dek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thank you all. That seems to put it to bed John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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