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Steve, you are aware that Northrup built an exact replica and tested it at their Tejon testing facility in 2008, right?
The RCS results at 20 to 50MHz showed a remarkable reduction in returns with the cockpit and jet intakes having the highest reflection.
lol...well put!Unless they were on friendly terms with Dr Who they cannot possibly have been intentionally designing stealthy shapes
The Horton's and thier projects were accidental pioneers, it seems.
I´d like to have Your opinions on this one.
Horten Ho 229 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
pardon me for Wikipedia. What reasonable purpose might You expect such a plane will serve in? I have read fighter and fighter-bomber but honestly spoken, I don´t believe it. It´s to big for that (big target size in combination with poor climb, slow acceleration and tricky flight handling doesn´t serve well in this capacity).
Intruder or nightfighter maybe? The fuel capacity at least is excellent.
The Ho229 was not as large as you might think, it's winspan being roughly 10 feet wider that the Typhoon, P-47 or F4U.
Wouldn't it be great to see the sole remaining Ho 229 at the Smithsonian restored and put on display? Dare we ask that it be restored to flight and flown regularly at, say, Duxford??
I´d like to have Your opinions on this one.
Horten Ho 229 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
pardon me for Wikipedia. What reasonable purpose might You expect such a plane will serve in? I have read fighter and fighter-bomber but honestly spoken, I don´t believe it. It´s to big for that (big target size in combination with poor climb, slow acceleration and tricky flight handling doesn´t serve well in this capacity).
Intruder or nightfighter maybe? The fuel capacity at least is excellent.
I thought they had lost the wings. Are those the originals?