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Hornet Ho-229

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The Hornet Ho-229 is a german Flying wing plane,first flight in 1944 this plane have a unique design for the time a tail-less jet powered wing plane originaly made for bomber role it was switched for fighter whit 2 30mm canons for destroyng allied bombers,the plane remained a prototype due to difficult build also due to allied advancing fast and the bombing of the hornt factory so the project was scrapped and today 1 plane remained locate in the National Air and Space Museum,USA

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 57.8ft (17.6m)
  • Length 25.5ft (7.8m)
  • Height 10.0ft (3.0m)
  • Empty Weight 3,515lbs (1,594kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,762lbs (3,067kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 7.477
  • Wing Loading 8.7lbs/ft2 (42.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 776.8ft2 (72.2m2)
  • Drag Points 7683

Parts

  • Number of Parts 103
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 602