This is the very famous flying-wing "stealth" fighter developed by the Germans late 1945,designed by the Horten brothers , it was built, tested, and flown theres also a story of it being flown agianst an Messerschmitt Me-262 the current jet fighter and it won on all fronts, but during testing the aircraft suffered a engine burnout and crashed destroying the prototype and killing the test pilot, another was built but before it was flown the war ended and the Horten brothers fled to Argentina like most of the Nazis to continue thier work there, the 2nd prototype was recovered by the Americans shipped back to the US tested but it was then put into storage forever until Northrop-Grumman wanted to prove it's stealth qualities, they rebuilt a mock-up 1:1 scale and it definetly had stealth qualities, today the Horten Ho-229 lives on in many flying-wings of today like Northrop-Grumman's B-2
Specifications
Spotlights
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General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 131.4ft (40.0m)
- Length 62.9ft (19.2m)
- Height 18.8ft (5.7m)
- Empty Weight 34,086lbs (15,461kg)
- Loaded Weight 41,306lbs (18,736kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.544
- Wing Loading 16.0lbs/ft2 (78.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,586.0ft2 (240.3m2)
- Drag Points 30110
Parts
- Number of Parts 179
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 599
Youtube has some great documentaries on this plane. Most people dont know wood was used extensively in building it. Some experts claim if it made it into production the war wouldve had a different outcome. Nice build! Looks great!
fantastic as always
To actually take-off the aircraft as soon as the back 2 wheels are off the ground pull-up also due to the engines being mounted technically above the aircraft it has a slight downward pitch but nothing major also to yaw the aircraft just give light taps