Horten HO 229
Bout time i released another "full" aircraft instead of a bunch of parts... This is a rough version of a horten HO 229, a more detailed and exact version will come out later. As it is a flying wing, the controls for it are a bit different from what you might be excpecting. I did not hide any vertical wing or gyro inside the frame, there are only horizontal ones. What that means is that the plane is stabilized by FT programmed airbrakes on it's wingtips (the bigger ones are automated, they move only slightly so you might think they're static, but they're not.
AG 8 deactivates the airbrake stabilization system.
If you do that you can gain more speed but the plane has high chances of drifting and ultimately falling right out of the sky (adjust YAW with the small airbrakes, which are manual).
TRIM moves the flaps
(only cosmetic, it didn't help the plane lift in any way so i scrapped it)
I'm quite happy with how this one turned out, making a flywing in SP isn't the easiest thing to do. Upvote if you like it, and leave a comment if you wanna say anything ^^
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 73.7ft (22.5m)
- Length 30.8ft (9.4m)
- Height 7.5ft (2.3m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 7,132lbs (3,235kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 6.617
- Wing Loading 21.5lbs/ft2 (104.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 332.3ft2 (30.9m2)
- Drag Points 3339
Parts
- Number of Parts 292
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 902
It's a replica, it's just very rough and simplified (i'll make a complete version later)
@onyx63 oh ok so its kind of like a mixture of replica and fictional?
@MrShenanigans In theory it's based off... well the HO 229 which is a german prototype bomber from the end of WWII.
In practice i botched the engine placement (too much space between the two) so i wouldn't call it an exact replica. The wings are full replicas though (they're still 2d).
is it a replica or fictional design?
Also shoulda made the gun delay like 1 second so it bum bum bum instead uf dakakakakakaak if u get me
Hence the "rough" in the description, the refined version will have the correct pitch and roll rates, and also 3d wings.
Also, the real horten had the guns on the outer spots of the engine not inner, and the roll rate on the the real horten was insanely slow, but good job on looks!
@onyx63 !Surprized pikachu
@DieDieTheLoaf insert surprised pikachu face
FunFactEveryoneKnows :Ho stands for horten