Messerschmitt Circular Winged Aircraft (1941)
These were designs based on the AVA Gottingen K1253 circular wing tests studied by Dr. Alexander Lippisch and Messerschmitt. This may have some connection to the private venture of Arthur Sack who in 1939 impressed General Udet with a circular winged aero model and who was given permission and limited funding to build a full scale manned version. Sack was provided with wood and parts salvaged from both a Me Bf 108 Taifun and Bf 109B aircraft. While Sack was busy designing and building bigger aero models Messerschmitt was studying this type of wing in 1941.
When Sack’s A.S.6V-1 failed to fly in 1944 due to structural problems, inadequate Messerschmitt parts, and a low-hp Argus engine both the test pilot and a Me-163 Komet pilot recommended that Sack get help from Messerschmitt directly and wind tunnel test the craft.
In early 1945 preliminary design studies were made on the projected A.S.7 if such an aircraft could be improved over Sack’s failed A.S.6. The design was provisionally designated the Me-600. The Komet pilots jokingly dubbed the suggested combat aircraft the “Bussard” (Buzzard).
This would have mated a Me Bf 109 modified fuselage to a new Messerschmitt improved Sack wing aerodynamically tested for optimum flight performance and armed for combat.
Whether or not this design bore any resemblance to the 1941 K1253 designs is not known, other than that the Me Bf 109 of 1945 was a K-4 model.
When Sack’s A.S.6V-1 failed to fly in 1944 due to structural problems, inadequate Messerschmitt parts, and a low-hp Argus engine both the test pilot and a Me-163 Komet pilot recommended that Sack get help from Messerschmitt directly and wind tunnel test the craft.
In early 1945 preliminary design studies were made on the projected A.S.7 if such an aircraft could be improved over Sack’s failed A.S.6. The design was provisionally designated the Me-600. The Komet pilots jokingly dubbed the suggested combat aircraft the “Bussard” (Buzzard).
This would have mated a Me Bf 109 modified fuselage to a new Messerschmitt improved Sack wing aerodynamically tested for optimum flight performance and armed for combat.
Whether or not this design bore any resemblance to the 1941 K1253 designs is not known, other than that the Me Bf 109 of 1945 was a K-4 model.