Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

A little something that I ended up doing for a science class demonstration. I wish I knew more about the Komet other than what's on the page. The only other little bits of info that I know of are:

-Komet was designed to reach high altitudes in a matter of minutes, which made it ideal for a bomber interceptor.

-Komet's speed was so fast that it apparently had only about 4 seconds where the target would be in range of its guns, of the which 2.5 seconds were used to fire at the target. The remainder of the time was spent pulling the Komet up or out of the way (so as to avoid collision).

-Komet achieved a speed of 1004km/h by Heini Dittmar in October '41 (Any faster than this and the airframe tended to fail catastrophically, so far as IL-2 Sturmovik indicates... )

-Pilot's suit was made out of 'ersatz' material. Any organic threads would have been too susceptible to catching fire in the event of an accident.

-Maneuverability of the Komet was fantastic. From what I have gathered from having flown this aircraft in Sturmovik, the turning on it was very easy and light; so easy in fact, that blackouts tended to happen rather suddenly. Diving the nose down while horizontal was also a little difficult at times.

-The problem with Komets overshooting their intended targets was enough for German engineers to consider installing a light sensitive optic/lens system on the top portion of the plane. The idea was that the lenses would pick up on any shadow, and would thus activate the upward pointing cannons, shooting bombers from their undersides.

I don't know how much of any of this is accurate information. Wingsofwrath, care to chime in on this?