Thread: Horten Ho 229
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Old 06-03-2012, 01:41 PM
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Thanks for the comments. I think a paper version of that blue-print would be a major task!

My question was in reference to the dfference in performance in relation to the presence of tail fin(s).
The use of 'spoilers' on the Horten to effect yaw made me wonder about roll. A tail reduces roll in flat turns as I understand it.
The dogfight staged by the test facility between the Me262 & the Ho229 apparently showed the Ho229 out maneuvered the me262. So I got to wondering why so many aircraft kept tails if the flying wing & things like the B2 worked well without them... Not that the tail was the only factor but it seems relevant.
Hope I am being a bit clearer this time!

The animations from the flightsim games show the best views I've so far seen of the control surfaces in action e.g.
GO-229 (Horten HO-229) jet fighter plane GunTesting.wmv - YouTube
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