It was overall a better plane than the Me-262, a fraction of the price and a better performer. It needed adjustment to its wing camber to stabilize its handling, a minor change that almost every airplane gets as it’s tested. Successes like the F4U Corsair and F-4 Phantom had much more extreme adjustments, it’s totally common. But Hitler forbade the change because it was past the estimated in-service date by the time flight testing revealed what angle was needed, and the adjustment and testing would have taken another whopping two weeks. As a result the “everyman’s fighter” had exceptionally touchy controls and was flyable only by the most experienced and skillful pilots. The Me-262 is widely remembered as ahead of its time despite most of its “innovative” features (aside from jet propulsion itself) being accidents or kludges, and the mostly superior He-162 is largely forgotten.
but the wings were made of wood?
The Mosquito wasn’t a jet
maybe, but I do know that the “volksjager” had a issue of its wings falling off due to poor quality glue at the time it was built.
Wait, wasn’t the one with the glue problem the Natter?
Ain’t it’s fault the only available glue is rather shoddy
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