Dale wrote:
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:27:41 -0600, Pat Flannery wrote:

Coincidentally, I just finished building a 1/72 scale model of the
manned A9/A10 a few days back.

Have any pictures of it? How big is that in 1/72?

I was wondering how the pilot got home. Apparently, after dropping his one ton
bomb, he flew back using turbojets. Not nearly as romantic as Japan's Ohka.

Found this at-
http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v1/v1n1/ww2space.htm


Another bull**** website. Example:
"The A9/A10 project was a two-stage, hypersonic, semi-ballistic manned
bomber with a planned 3000-mile range. Taking the aerodynamics of the
experimental, winged A4b version of the V2 for their starting point,
the engineers at Germany's Peenemünde rocket center added a
pressurized cockpit, landing gear, flaps, ailerons, elevators, and a
turbojet sustainer engine. They planned to mount this A9 on a huge A10
booster, in essence a V2 grown to monstrous proportions."

Coupla things wrong here. The A-9/A-10 was *never* though of as a
"manned bomber," but as an unmanned ICBM. The "turbojet sustainer" on
the vehicle shown was a ramjet. This vehicle was meant to be a
single-stage research vehicle (think X-15). It did not feature a
jettisonable engine cover as their art shows.