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- From: paladin@west.darkside.com (Paladin)
- Newsgroups: rec.pyrotechnics
- Subject: Re: H2O2
- Message-ID: <6ss3XB10w165w@west.darkside.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 07:18:17 GMT
- References: <1k588hINNd4s@cronkite.cisco.com>
- Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM
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- dstine@cisco.com (David Stine) writes:
-
- > In article <1993Jan25.134757.20334@ryn.mro4.dec.com> pierson@empror.enet.dec.
- > >In article <1993Jan24.044854.13176@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>,
- > >
- > >> Speaking of German rockets. The V2's used hydrazine and H2O2...
- > >
- > > V-2s used LOX and Methanol(?) (called mumblestoff and otherstoff 8)>>)
- > > Hydrogen Peroxide was used in the Walther cycle engines in the some of
- > > the torpedoes and the Me 163 Komet.
- >
- > A bit off the topic, but perhaps interesting:
- >
- > The Me163 Komet had some unique problems in the early models with leaky tanks
- > for the H2O2 and hydrazine; the result being that the pilot essentially
- > "dissolved" in mid-flight. Seems to be an icky way to die.
- >
- > Even when this was fixed, the Komet was purported to be a near-suicide
- > machine; there was no landing gear, since it was cradled on a rolling frame
- > which dropped off after take-off and it had one 37mm cannon, which was to be
- > used against slower-moving bombers by flying through the formations and
- > firing one or two of the 37mm rounds into a B-17 or B-24. Defensive
- > armour and weaponry was practically nil.
- >
- > But for about 10 to 20 minutes, it was a human-guided airborn 37mm cannon tha
- > could move like a bat out of hell.
- >
- > dsa
- >
- >
-
- ^^^^^ someone obviously was watching "Wings" on The Discovery Channel
- last night.
-
- If only Hitler had pulled his head out and used the Me262 and 163 as
- defensive and not offensive weapons... shudder to think.
-