Pterosaur

Design

In its concept, the BV 40 was another insane idea among the projects of the Luftwaffe during the Second world war. Contrary in the majority of the later projects, Bv 40 has even stolen, although it was not produced in series.

The BV 40 was conceived to solve an main issue in Luftwaffe, the insufficiency of trained pilots. Built of wood mainly, the BV 40 was a armed Planeur and could draw from a fish pond of personnel trained with the practice of the Gliding, sport very popular in Germany of before like after war. It was equipped with a pair of guns mk108 of 30 mm, but could carry only 35 shells per gun. It was to be towed by a Messerschmitt Bf 109G and could conduct an attack on a formation of bombers before being posed while planing. Its first flight took place in May 1944, the project was abandoned at the end of this same year.

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Other characteristics

A man controlled the apparatus at a cruising speed of 145 km/h and, to land, speed was to be less than 125 km/h. The supported wing load was of 109 kg/m ².

See too

List of the military aircrafts

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