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Title: Horten 229
Post by: Mano on September 08, 2010, 01:32:00 PM
This plane would have changed the war. It was decades ahead of it's time.
It would be a great addition to any late war scenario. Faster and more maneuverable
than the Me-262.....even though the two engines used came from a Me-262.

http://www.greyfalcon.us/The%20Horten%20Ho%20229.htm (http://www.greyfalcon.us/The%20Horten%20Ho%20229.htm)

 :aok


(http://greyfalcon.us/picturesd/hor121.jpg)

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(http://greyfalcon.us/pictures/ho229B.jpg)
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Jayhawk on September 08, 2010, 01:42:50 PM
This plane would have changed the war. It was decades ahead of it's time.
It would be a great addition to any late war scenario. Faster and more maneuverable
than the Me-262.....even though the two engines used came from a Me-262.

Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: LLogann on September 08, 2010, 01:46:00 PM
You've been here long enough to know better.........


....With that said, I would love to see a post war arena!!!!!

Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Pigslilspaz on September 09, 2010, 01:23:30 AM
simple, just play IL-2 1946  :D, you get all the experimental ac you could want
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Infidelz on September 09, 2010, 09:38:46 PM
simple, just play IL-2 1946  :D, you get all the experimental ac you could want

Hi tech would use a different name than that like "the experimental war arena", the "for-get about it arena" or even "the youz gotta be kidden me arena".  Something catchy like Mig alley might even fly it just depends.

Infidelz.
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Plazus on September 09, 2010, 11:10:44 PM
This wish? Um.... how about.... no?
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Jayhawk on September 09, 2010, 11:30:27 PM
I would love to have HTC model some more modern aircraft.  They did such an awesome job on the WWII birds, it would be great to have them do others (like every other one).

But, that would mean taking time away from improving the current game, and it's just not worth it.
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Krusty on September 09, 2010, 11:48:36 PM
It was a pipe dream. Flying wing designs are inherrently unstable especially in regards to stalls and spins. It took until the computer age with fly by wire and micro computers to be able to reliably control them. Wood-and-cable pulleys in WW2 were a laugh. On top of that it was a last-ditch effort in a lost war. There were no resources, no facilities, and little hope it would perform "as advertised" -- it was a prototype mockup and a far cry from an actual war-ready production machine. It never would have made it into combat, IMO.
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Megalodon on September 10, 2010, 12:23:12 AM
It was a pipe dream. Flying wing designs are inherrently unstable especially in regards to stalls and spins. It took until the computer age with fly by wire and micro computers to be able to reliably control them. Wood-and-cable pulleys in WW2 were a laugh. On top of that it was a last-ditch effort in a lost war. There were no resources, no facilities, and little hope it would perform "as advertised" -- it was a prototype mockup and a far cry from an actual war-ready production machine. It never would have made it into combat, IMO.

Hmm,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBnBSJ9bz3A&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBnBSJ9bz3A&feature=related)
Maybe...... but I would pay 1000 perks to flyn it. Same for the F7 or the F8 maybe 500-750 a few elite perk planes if you wish..maybe some others mark1 mustang, f6f-5 for 300 hundred Alex!

Who could possible say for absolute certain these planes never flew once in combat? <some "intelligence" mission or some "ultra top secreat" training exercise>

I'll take a chance on HT making them as right as  the 163, and supply any info I can  :rock
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: oakranger on September 10, 2010, 01:37:32 AM
Good thing that we will never see it on AH.  If we did get the Ho 229, I can see MoM terrorizing everybody in it.  Far worst then when they are in the 262. 
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: Viperius on September 10, 2010, 03:33:14 AM
There were only 3 prototypes built altho in a mock combat test against a Me 262 it outperformed it in every category despite its lack of fly by wire.
Title: Re: Horten 229
Post by: cooldued on September 10, 2010, 03:34:43 AM
Hi tech would use a different name than that like "the experimental war arena", the "for-get about it arena" or even "the youz gotta be kidden me arena".  Something catchy like Mig alley might even fly it just depends.

Infidelz.
oh man id love a mig alley arena!iv wanted to find a game with it for weeks.