Lightjug wrote:
Wow!
I have never seen any of these. Thank you so much for sharing.
Is the HO229 in pictures 26 and 27 the one recently discussed in
This Thread ?
That's sure what it looks like to me. Very cool pics!
I just glanced over at that other thread you mentioned. Somebody was almost ranting about how the recent National Geographic special on the Horten 229 gave them way too much credit for developing anti-radar or "stealth" capabilities. He claimed that the Ho-229 probably would not have any better stealth qualities than a deHavilland Mosquito, as an example of another mostly wooden aircraft of the same era.
I'm no radar expert, but it seems to me that the big spinning metal disks of the propellers on the Mosquito would reflect a lot more radar than the buried engine nacelles on the 229. Also, from everything that I've ever read about stealth technology, the blended wing and fuselage of the 229 would also contribute to its stealthiness compared to the relatively conventional configuration of the Mossie, which includes a big slab-sided vertical stabilizer and rudder.
I have read that the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird actually had pretty good "stealth" qualities too - without anyone ever intentionally researching or developing them for those aircraft. So, saying that the Ho229 didn't have them just because they weren't trying for them does not necessarily "compute."
-IMHO
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