This is the fictional aircraft from the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

It is very stable, but unfortunately also has a somewhat sluggish response to control input as I couldn't add more control surfaces without losing structural integrity. Still, I hope you enjoy this aircraft.

Info:
The Flying Wing was designed for Raiders of the Lost Ark by production designer Norman Reynolds. It was inspired by the Horten Ho 229, a prototype German fighter/bomber that never entered production during World War II, and modeled after a Horten VII by the German brothers Reimar and Walter Horten. It was built in 1944 as a test bed for a bigger jet propelled Horten IX.

The design of the aircraft is similar to the Junkers G 38 that came out in the late 1920's, particularly with regard to the landing gear, general shape and appearance. It was a flying wing based on Prof. Junkers own patent that predate Jack Northrop's theories, that the Horton Brothers used for their Ho 229.

The elaborate prop was built in England by Vickers Aircraft Company and painted at EMI Elstree Studios in London, before being disassembled and sent in parts to Tunisia, then rebuilt on location for filming.

After the Flying Wing was destroyed in the film in 1981, the remains sat quietly in the Tunisian desert, where parts of it was salvaged by prop collectors. In 1991, ten years after the production of Raiders Of The Lost Ark, the Flying Wing was finally bulldozed and its remains destroyed.

For some actually existing flying wings, see also my Northrop XB-35, my two iterations of the Horten Ho 229 and my Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit.