Ba 349 Natter in War Thunder

Thank you Polaska001 for your hard work!

[edd]

If im not mistaken the first launch of one of these was also the first time a human flew in a vertical rocket. Pretty cool milestone in history. Test pilot died in the attempt though

[Koiwayo]

"shit i forgot this shit dont have a landing gear"
famous last words.

[Viktor-jnvs]

And then you hold "J" cuz u cant land.

[TheStarshipGarage]

"So uhh, how do I land this thing?"
"That's the neat part! You don't!"
Seriously though, you were just supposed to run out of fuel and bail out. 💀

[Unknown_Comrade_]

Alright let me lay it on THICC:

I used to live near where the test flight took place.
There is a military museum in the Truppenübungsplatz Heuberg in Stetten a. k. M. which houses a copy of the original Natter. (Even has some original parts like the takeoff rocket boosters.)

The Natter was made of wood, and is incapable of "landing". The pilot would initiate a system, which splits the aircraft in two behind the cockpit and deploys a parachute.
For takeoff the Natter would be connected to a vertical takeoff guide rail, and it would have extra takeoff boosters, which would fall off once empty to be reused.
It also has a takeoff autopilot meant to keep it flying straight upwards until it hits its required speeds.

The first test flight, was done by an experienced Luftwaffe pilot Lothar Sieber, on the 1st of march, 1945.
Due to technical difficulties the takeoff assist was non functional.
For still unknown reasons the aircraft descended rapidly once it reached 500 meters of altitude. The pilot did not survive.
A reason for the pilot being unable to bail out of the aircraft is believed to be, that he was flying in the high transsonic speeds region.

[AbrumThunder]

YOU SEE ANYTHING??
No. Nothing. Goes hard

[Potatos_boss]

WHY DOES ROCKET AREA LOOK LIKE EGGS IN THE BEEHIVE 💀

[illegalisntlegal]

We need more goofy vehicles like this in war thunder

_GAIJIN WHEN_

[Darkmesna]

The interior cockpit is exactly as crude as I imagined this last ditch wunderwaffen would look like.

[quintssenta]

German engineers: what if we add a rocket... To a rocket?
Everyone loses their shit and scream.

[invadervim]

"What does 'hypergolic' mean?"

"It just means fast, now stop asking questions and get in"

[mikezulu]

F-16: my plane has a gun
A-10: my gun has a plane
Ba 346: hold my beer

[cainmathewson]

"Wait a second. I just lit a rocket.... Rockets explode"
-Woody

[giacomogorasso]

Literally a rocket pod with wings... Next time we will have flying rocket pods drones

[Theatomicwatermelon]

For some reason that looks like something a nine-year-old and his friends would build out of cardboard

The nose of this plane causes me a slight attack of trypophobia.

[Hilbilii]

Dude its like :-
Step one : Launch
Step two : Send flowers to the widow

[BELCAN]

This was basically a manned anti aircraft rocket.

[vermouthsavage]

Man I only know about this plane because when I was kid the library had a book called "The World's Worst Airplanes" this one was so unique i could never forget that top picture lol

[GenkidamaUser]

That looks like something straight out of Ultraman ngl.