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Horten Ho-229/Gotha Go-229

21.1k AquaViT  7.3 years ago

Another Nazi fighter and my first flying wing fighter
the yaw still little bit unstable but it will reduce by speed. The take off is little bit hard pitch up when the back wheel lift up and the landing is HARD because the front wheel keep bouncing when touch down
Trim To stable


Wiki:
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.
The design was a response to Hermann Göring's call for light bomber designs capable of meeting the "3×1000" requirement; namely to carry 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of bombs a distance of 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) with a speed of 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph). Only jets could provide the speed, but these were extremely fuel-hungry, so considerable effort had to be made to meet the range requirement. Based on a flying wing, the Ho 229 lacked all extraneous control surfaces to lower drag. It was the only design to come even close to the 3×1000 requirements and received Göring's approval. Its ceiling was 15,000 metres (49,000 ft).

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 75.6ft (23.0m)
  • Length 40.8ft (12.4m)
  • Height 12.9ft (3.9m)
  • Empty Weight 15,900lbs (7,212kg)
  • Loaded Weight 29,517lbs (13,389kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.761
  • Wing Loading 7.1lbs/ft2 (34.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 4,135.0ft2 (384.2m2)
  • Drag Points 13544

Parts

  • Number of Parts 332
  • Control Surfaces 26
  • Performance Cost 1,081
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    21.1k AquaViT

    @hopotumon your ho-229 is great on dogfight

    7.3 years ago
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    74.4k hopotumon

    good job... beter than mine

    7.3 years ago
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    114k TMach5

    Excellent !

    7.3 years ago
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    21.1k AquaViT

    @ChaMikey thanks

    7.3 years ago
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    50.7k ChaMikey

    beautiful!

    7.3 years ago
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    21.1k AquaViT

    @marcox43 thanks a lot

    7.3 years ago
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    23.4k marcox43

    can't test it right now, but to solve the bouncing, put a shock in the front wheel with soft and max dampening config, that way that wheel will have enough travel to not bounce, also the front landing gear goes a bit more further.

    7.3 years ago