The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (or Gotha Go 229 for extensive re-design work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production) was a German prototype fighter/bomber initially designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II. It was the first flying wing to be powered by jet engines. Group 1: Drop Bomb
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 42.4ft (12.9m)
- Length 25.7ft (7.8m)
- Height 7.4ft (2.3m)
- Empty Weight 6,433lbs (2,918kg)
- Loaded Weight 13,227lbs (5,999kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.019
- Wing Loading 32.0lbs/ft2 (156.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 413.7ft2 (38.4m2)
- Drag Points 3024
Parts
- Number of Parts 173
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 542
@WWIIPlaneBuilder XD
Lol, the post turned into me ranting about WWII aviation :p@Madlycat
@WWIIPlaneBuilder Agreed
... I meant if it was built early it would put Germany at an edge, but then the rest of the world would catch up... E.g. The British did have jet fighter but didn't allow them over enemy territory as they didn't want the Germans to get their jets, so all they were used for were to shoot down some V1s (early versions of the meteors...). @Madlycat
@WWIIPlaneBuilder I highly doubt that the tides would have changed for long. Germany was in shambles. All it would do is prolong the war. Besides that its a really cool airplane!
Well if they did fly, they would have been able to evade radar to some extent and if came earlier (like everything in nazi Germany's, it could have potentially won the war@Madlycat
@WWIIPlaneBuilder Thats unfortunate oh well
@Seeras bau doch einen lockheed ha-56 kampfhubschrauber. dieser exot sollte dir eingentlich keine rechten probleme bereiten wenn du dich rantraust. ach ja und simple planes hat eine funktionsfähige variante des hubschraubers notwendig.
das einzige das noch stört is das stäbchen mitten in der sicht.
@Madlycat it exists a jetbomber in germany with this design at the end of ww2
Good job
Np @WWIIPlaneBuilder
Thx@Hadesrocks
Based of actual planes, only 3 were built in WWII, one crashed and 2 were captured by the US and are still in storage (although they have mostly rotted away@Madlycat
Purley fiction or based off of actual plans?
Good luck! @WWIIPlaneBuilder
:p no probs... Fairly easy to mistake the different types of aircraft + I enjoy researching planes... And their different designs. Probably something to do with me training to fly the damn things :d@Hadesrocks
Ok, that clears things up, thank you @WWIIPlaneBuilder
No probs, love the look... This plane has such a history behind it!@Seeras
@WWIIPlaneBuilder
Thank you. =)
The me 163 isn't really a flying wing, there is part lithe fusalage that isn't connected to the wing (out the back). Although this doesn't really count but most other flying wings don't have it, the me 163 has a rudder/tail, where as flying wings such as the b-2, b-21 and ho229 don't have... But that can be contradicted by the xb-49 if I'm not mistaking... But the definition of a flying wing is "A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage. "
@Hadesrocks
I thought the komet was the first
Amazing work
Nice!