[Chaoic16]

If you make a airplane that is not physically possible to fly and you make it to fly (as the Lerche), it's exactly the same thing that to use "anti-gravity tech" in my book.

So, not "what if". "What if" can be something like that: how about building a He-280 (it really flew) and make an hypothetical campaign in 1943? See the difference between that and things like "how about building a plane impossible to fly and make it possible to fly and enter in the war" This is pure Sci-fi. Note, I have no problem with that....

A good What if must be "realistic to achieve" historically speaking. If not, there is no "what if". There is pure fantasy.

About "predicted FMs", the question is the same. There were planes cancelled because there were physically not possible to fly in. No Fly by Wire in 1940's. Giving flyable FMs to planes not possible to fly is the same thing than giving them Fly by Wire, or giving them "anti-gravity tech".

Good debate, by the way! :cheers:

If there is other aircraft that would seem to be impossible to fly similar to lecher, these aircraft could possibly would have not been flown right, being very unstable, or doesn't fly at all if we were doing it in most realistic way as possible? How about Amerkica bomber (flying wing), these would of been practical to fly as 'what if' part. Same thing applies to BV P.215, there are so many of 'what if' aircraft that is possible to be flyable too. You see, its like scientific method, determining each of experimental and 'what if' aircraft if they would have been fully flyable or completely the opposition.


Chaoic out...