If the 02 was an Airplane

[Slavs]

The Messerschmitt Me- 108 Taifun has many of the same attributes as an 02; A four seater, smart styling, economical, sound engineering, fast, good range, excellent visibility etc. But, it is not a car, but, rather a plane, built by the Nazis during the 30s. It is the cousin of Messerschmitt’s famed Me-109 fighter plane and has a similar silhouette. I’ve attached a pic of a post war Swiss Air Force version. Most of the pics are in Nazi livery, something abhorrent to me.

Edited June 17, 2019 by Slavs

[AV80R]

Interesting.

 

I'd have picked something a bit more svelte that would be more akin to the 2002's character.

[Mike A]

4 hours ago, Slavs said:

The Messerschmitt Me- 108 Taifun has many of the same attributes as an 02; A four seater, smart styling, economical, sound engineering, fast, good range, excellent visibility etc. But, it is not a car, but, rather a plane, built by the Nazis during the 30s. It is the cousin of Messerschmitt’s famed Me-109 fighter plane and has a similar silhouette. I’ve attached a pic of a post war Swiss Air Force version. Most of the pics are in Nazi livery, something abhorrent to me.

The empennage maybe , perhaps the shallow dihedral  but the nose and fuselage are too stubby to give it a BF-109 silhouette 

Edited June 17, 2019 by Mike A

[conkitchen]

What's your vector Victor? 

 

[SydneyTii]

10 hours ago, conkitchen said:

What's your vector Victor? 

 

Surely you can’t be serious....?

[conkitchen]

5 hours ago, SydneyTii said:

Surely you can’t be serious....?

Do you like Gladiator movies? 

[SydneyTii]

Dunno but Joey might?

[Slavs]

The Me-108 was often confused for a Me-109 as their silhouettes are nearly identical aft of the nose, where the Me-109 had the longer nose to incorporate the more powerful inverted 12 cylinder Daimler Benz 1,1200Hp - 1,500Hp engine.

 

The Me-108 was very innovative for its time and set the trend for both civilian and military aircraft which followed. This was a light weight all metal low wing monoplane with retractable gear, very good power to weight ratio, fast, able to seat 4 with an excellent range. It reminds me of an 02 in many ways. The engineering and build quality is excellent. For those of you who are unable to grasp good aviation technology, you might as well just ditch the 02 and buy yourself a muscle car which has a heavier frame than an 02 whole. The Allies loved these planes as they used captured examples and continued to use and produce them well after the end of WWII.

 

[conkitchen]

I'm more of a Horten 229 guy and even a Die Glocke myself.