Veeblefitzer Ve-387 F Stagger Jeager

Another late-war example of Prof. Anton Veeblefitzer's unique genius, and manic-obsessiveness with unorthodox aircraft designs.
Built in competition to the Dornier D0-335 "Arrow" fighter-bomber, the Ve-387 Stagger Jeager used the same motors as the Do-335. But instead of adopting a straight-line fuselage, Prof. Veeblefitzer divided the fuselage into two lobes, with the motors placed at each end, with the wings positioned at the center of each lobe.  This created a unique "stagger-wing" profile that appeared to be absurd upon initial viewing.
This odd design created a completely new approach to maneuvering an aircraft in combat.
A skilled pilot, when attacked from behind by an enemy fighter, could chop the throttle on the aft motor, and increase power on the forward motor, and then pulling hard-right on the control stick, could pivot the big craft around in a 180 degree turn, that was inside the turning radius of the British Spitfire(!!!).
The attacking fighter would suddenly find itself confronted with the deadly "business-end" of the Stagger Jeager, head-on!
By reversing the throttle sequence, a hard left-turn could be accomplished, with equally deadly results for any attacker.
The craft was armed with 6 x 30mm "Teutonic Mother Appreciator" auto-cannon, with 115 rpg.  Four weapons were wing mounted, with two weapons mounted in the front of the right-hand fuselage lobe.
This gave the craft unprecedented fire-power, superior to the Me-262 and the Do-335.
Being a "tailless design", directional stability was generated by the two counter-rotating propellers. Unfortunately, if one motor conked-out, the craft became unmanageable and the pilot was forced to bail-out.
The Stagger Jeager  proved to be a major threat to the evil Anglo-Western-Imperial Empire air forces, and in this Alt-Universe, the Central European Powers Alliance, which were NOT fascist and genocidal, were able to defeat the enemy, and save classic Platonic-Christian Civilization, and to create a new "Golden Renaissance" of art and science and culture.
And that's the truth! Pl-pl-pl-pl!

 
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