FR Messerschmitt Me-163B Released

**mike_cyul** · April 24th, 2014, 11:57

Flight Replicas is pleased to announce the release of the Messerschmitt Me-163B Komet. A real "tour de force" in terms of aerodynamics from Bernt, whose father, as you may already know, actually flew this astonishing aircraft during the War. More details are available here:

http://www.flight-replicas.com/Me-163B%20Home.htm

The Me-163B will be available from the Flight Replicas website exclusively for the first week or so, in case any changes need to be made, and after that will be available from other vendors.

Small thing to note! Please read the Manual carefully, after you have installed the aircraft but before you start FSX, in order to avoid the 'duplicate Maule' message, which will disappear once the Messerschmitt Bf-110 is installed as tow plane and FSX adjusted accordingly - a very simple adjustment that just takes a minute.

Mike

**flaviossa** · April 24th, 2014, 13:00

Very nice!!!

Will get it May 1th.

***pbearsailor*** · April 24th, 2014, 14:34

What an amazing airplane!

Couple of glider flights and then a couple powered so far and it is just unlike anything in FSX. The sky turns a much darker blue very quickly. Much respect for those who flew the real ones.

Great job, Mike! And Bernt too on the flight model!

cheers,
steve

**YoYo** · April 24th, 2014, 15:08

CRG!!!

**HansRoaming** · April 24th, 2014, 15:24

You saucy minxes you, will buy tomorrow!

***Sundog*** · April 24th, 2014, 17:48

Thanks Mike, I look forward to flying it this weekend.

**bstolle** · April 24th, 2014, 20:52

Originally Posted by pbearsailor

The sky turns a much darker blue very quickly

Funny that you mention that. During the first 'hot' take off my father noticed that the sky got really dark and he could even very faint see the stars.
As this was considered impossible in the 1940s he didn't dare to tell anyone after landing because he thought that they would immediately declare him unfit to fly!
And thanx for the kind words of course

Like during training try taking off with only 25%-30% fuel. You won't climb as high as with full tanks of course but the initial climb rate and angle is much more impressive.

**mgchrist5** · April 25th, 2014, 05:01

This thing is lots of fun...at least in the sim. Great work, as always!

I certainly wouldn't want to light the candle on a real one. It must've taken nerves of steel to fly such an explosive combination; let alone to fly one in actual combat.

***Daube*** · April 25th, 2014, 05:24

Will buy as soon as I can !!

**dvj** · April 25th, 2014, 06:46

Originally Posted by HansRoaming

You saucy minxes you, will buy tomorrow!

What exactly is a saucy minx? Never mind, I looked it up on the Internet.

**txnetcop** · April 25th, 2014, 06:47

What Daube said...AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

**dhazelgrove** · April 25th, 2014, 09:14

Love the exhaust effect.

It's very quiet up here.

Mine's a pint!

Dave

**dvj** · April 25th, 2014, 14:55

ODD DX10 behavior. If I extend the landing skid, the wheels appear and re-attach themselves. Otherwise a cool addition to FX.

**mike_cyul** · April 25th, 2014, 17:08

Originally Posted by dvj

ODD DX10 behavior. If I extend the landing skid, the wheels appear and re-attach themselves. Otherwise a cool addition to FX.

I'm not sure if that's DX10 or just the coding for the wheel drop. Try restarting the flight (using the "x" key) or restarting FSX and see if it still does the same thing. Two testers ran the 163 in DX10 and didn't report any problems.

Mike

**bstolle** · April 25th, 2014, 23:25

Doesn't that only happen if you extend the skid too early after take off ?

**DaveWG** · April 26th, 2014, 01:01

Looks great. Before I get out the credit card, is this compatible / usable in P3dV2.2?

**centuryseries** · April 26th, 2014, 02:13

That looks awesome

Such a a futuristic looking design!

**Stickshaker** · April 26th, 2014, 02:31

And the occasional wing drop at high speeds adds to the sensation of high performance of a 1940's plane.

**dvj** · April 26th, 2014, 05:03

Originally Posted by mike_cyul

I'm not sure if that's DX10 or just the coding for the wheel drop. Try restarting the flight (using the "x" key) or restarting FSX and see if it still does the same thing. Two testers ran the 163 in DX10 and didn't report any problems.

Mike

I can't get the problem to reproduce itself and didn't do anything different. Everything else working fine.

**Dumonceau** · April 27th, 2014, 06:14

Really like this bird!

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**dhazelgrove** · April 27th, 2014, 08:04

Touchdown's a doozy!!

Dave

**HansRoaming** · April 28th, 2014, 02:36

I'm running DX-10, don't see the wheels attach, will try again though.

Really like this insane aircraft.

**511Flyer** · May 2nd, 2014, 01:57

I served in the RAF as an airframe mechanic during the late 50's, and we actually had one of these aircraft in a hanger at RAF Colerne. We also had a pilotable version of the V-1. These were rolled out for display at our annual Battle of Britain displays in Setember.

When the station closed in the mid seventies, these aircraft and many others, formed the basis of a musuem to which my wife and myself were invited for a private viewing. The museum closed after a relatively short time, and I don't know where those aircraft are now, or if they even survived.

One of the test pilots of the Me-163, was Hanna Reitch. She was badly injured when she crashed in one, but recovered to fly again. She was also involved in the testing of the proposed "suicide bomber" a pilotable version of the V-1 rocket called the Reichenberg. A very interesting lady, who despite her extremely dangerous occupation, lived to a good age. Lots of information about her and her flying career on Google.

**mike_cyul** · May 2nd, 2014, 03:11

Here's a good website that lists the known histories of individual Me-163B's. Perhaps the one you remember is in there?

http://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/me163.htm