I need to know what they were made of for a project. I can't seem to find it online lol. Thank you for your help!
2007-09-17 10:01:05 · 9 answers · asked by heythere :] 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Wow, lol. I didn't expect so many people to answer this question. Thank you so much everyone!
And I'm sorry but idk who to pick for the best answer but thank you. You made my day lol
2007-09-17 12:20:45 · update #1
Same as piston airplane, actually: aluminium alloy (look up duralumin for the exact composition).
WW2 jet airplane were not going fast enough to need the extra heat resistance that would call for more exotic and more expensive material, like titanium alloy, so they used the same old alloys and the same production techniques as their slightly slower piston forerunners.
2007-09-17 10:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Germans made the ME-262 and that little rocket plane ME-163 Komet (aluminum)and the Heinkle 162 Salamander (plywood due to shortage of materials at the end of the war, a prototype which never saw service). I got to meet a B-17 ball gunner who got a chance to shoot at a 262 but didn't hit it..it was fast!
2007-09-17 20:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by obsolete professor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the planes of WW2 like today were made of aluminum and the few jets that were produced were also. One of the leading fighter planes built by Great Britain in WW2 was the propeller driven plane called The Mosquito. Because of war shortages it was built of wood. It's combination of lightness and power gave it very good performance for it's day.
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2007-09-17 17:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by ericbryce2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum and steel were getting scarce during WW II that is why some manufacturers like BELL designed planes like the XP-77 all wood fighter, the Swiss had a jet fighter also that was wooden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_jet
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/bell/xp-77.htm
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p77.html
2007-09-18 21:47:05 · answer #4 · answered by pecker_head_bill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gloster Meteor, Bell P-59, Messerschmitt 262 were all metal.
Heinkel 162 was wood and metal.
2007-09-17 19:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by gromit801 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were made out of Steal and Alumm. WWI planes were made out of canvas and wood, not WWII planes. They were the first modern planes.
And jet planes were first put into use by the Germans in 1944. The US didn't have jet planes until after WWII was over.
2007-09-17 17:13:19 · answer #6 · answered by Howie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Most were built of metal but a couple of German designs were built of plywood to conceal them from radar....the first stealth jets.
The Horton HO-229b was one of them with internal engines and plywood body---- a captured one in a British museum was actually used in the development of our own stealth technology....they were only 40 years ahead of their time. Towards the end of the war, they were experimenting and developing all sorts of fantastic designs from several companies.
http://members.fortunecity.com/jpayne/Planes2.html
2007-09-17 18:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by paul h 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Metal
2007-09-17 17:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by sandy_dfw 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
aluminum and steel. i can't find the exact grade of aluminum.
2007-09-17 17:32:51 · answer #9 · answered by andy h. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋