MESSERSCHMITT ME 509

The Messerschmitt Me-509 was a low-wing single-seat fighter with a German all-metal construction. The drive was provided by a single Daimler-Benz DB605B engine with 1455 HP. The machine did not go beyond the stage of study work - not even a Me-509 prototype appeared - and in mid-1943 work on the plane was stopped. The design of the Me-509 was planned to be based on another Messerschmitt project - the Me-309 fighter. However, it was planned to use a three-lobe wing and to move the power unit, which was to be located behind the pilot's cabin. This solution was analogous to that used in the American Bell P-39 Aircobra. The target armament of the Me-50 was two MG 131 machine guns and two 20mm MG 151 cannons. The maximum speed of the plane was to oscillate around 760 km / h. Ultimately, however, work on the project was discontinued, although it is worth noting that it became an inspiration for the Japanese company Yokosuka, which created an experimental aircraft, very similar to the Me-509, called R2Y Keiun.