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Originally Posted by robtek
Btw, the wing of the 262 was of course intentionally swept and not accidentially.
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Yes it was intentionally swept to correct the cg due to the heavier than expected engines..
Which is very Very VERY different from intentionally sweeping the wings to take advantage of swept wing theory/technology
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Originally Posted by robtek
It really doesn't matter if the intention was to get better aerodynamics or a different cog.
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It does when your trying to dispel the myth that the Me262 was the first 'intentionally' swept wing jet fighter design to take advantage of swept wing theory/technology.
As I pointed out before, the history channel types belive that, and the only way to belive that is to belive the Germans were way ahead of everyone else..
Which they would have to be for the Me262 to be the first 'intentionally' swept wing jet fighter design to take advantage of swept wing theory/technology.
But as we now know the wings were swept to correct the cg and not to take advantage of swept wing theory/technology, thus the Germans were not as advanced as the history channel would 'lead' people into thinking
That being the Germans were some sort of super race and/or being assisted by aliens from outer space.