Belly landing the Me-262

[polisheagle1939]

I don’t have Bodenplatte yet and was curious about something. Has anyone belly landed a ME-262 on land? I was curious how it would behave with the two underslung engines, whether that would be an advantage or disadvantage.  I can imagine trying to set it down in the water would end badly but I wasn’t sure about how it would work on land. Thanks for your replies.

 

Edited July 14, 2019 by polisheagle1939
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[LP1888]

It slides pretty well haha 

[Lusekofte]

I only failed landings with it. I cannot stop before the runway ends. 

Probably chisen too short runways in qmb

[LLv24_SukkaVR]

1 hour ago, LuseKofte said:

I only failed landings with it. I cannot stop before the runway ends. 

Probably chisen too short runways in qmb

 

And you also have to brake the front wheel separately

[Lusekofte]

 

 

10 hours ago, LLv24_Sukkaa said:

 

And you also have to brake the front wheel separately

What???

ok you mean I should learn to fly it before I take off?

hmm new approach for me. I give it a try

thanks??

[SCG_Tzigy]

i catted in few times; it does quite well...very survivable

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I have scrapped the bottom along the ground breifly at 600 kmh + and everything was fine. 

[E4GLEyE]

weird, did they not ditch the tail dragger layout IRL because engine striking the ground resulted in flames and heat? I mean I love that our planes skid around on the ground, but landing on first gen engines... Sounds like it would/should be more of an explosive experience.