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« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2009, 02:57:12 am »

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Some interesting comments from rec.aviation.military by someoen who works at SDAM (where the mockup went after testing):

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The wings at the Smithsonian right
now, displayed with the center section, has not even been proven to
FIT the center section - and were found many miles away at a different
facility.  Folks at the NASM decided instead of trying to fit the
three pieces together, they'd build a box for the wings and display
them alongside the center section.  If they fit, they'd have
reassembled them prior to displaying the aircraft.

Maybe someone should send him this photo.

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What we KNOW from the historical record
and original source documents is that the second prototype crashed and
killed the pilot on it's second flight due to controllability issues.

The crash was the result of controllability issues encountered during an engine failure.  The pilot was able to trim the airplane with one engine out.  During the landing approach, the pilot ran out of yaw authority and crashed short of the runway.

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Much was made of the fact that it was silver-based, provided the same conductivity as metal structures... and cost $2500/gallon.
  I didn't get to see the show yet but I doubt they actually used stuff that costs that much unless they had some sitting on the shelf about to go bad.  The stuff usually used on pole models, at least in my experience, is considerably cheaper.

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Wouldn't aluminum foil have been cheaper?
  It would be cheaper but a lot bumpier...  I think I saw some aluminum foil behind the fake compressor blades.
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« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2009, 03:33:13 am »


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Wouldn't aluminum foil have been cheaper?
  It would be cheaper but a lot bumpier...

I dunno... I've applied foil to properly prepared surfaces and have gotten near-mirror smooth finishes. It's not that hard.
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« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2009, 10:58:36 am »

Just found this. Very Interesting indeed how close they really where:

http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/jun/30/slide-show-1-hitler-stealth-fighter-reincarnated.htm

Hitler's secret fighter revealed!

Top stealth-plane experts have re-created a radical Nazi aircraft, a retro-futuristic fighter, which was made during World War II, under the orders of German dictator Adolf Hitler.

According to a report in National Geographic News, to replicate the Ho 2-29, a team from the Northrop Grumman defence-contracting corporation used original Nazi blueprints of Hitler's stealth fighter and the only surviving Ho 2-29, which has been stored in a US government facility for more than 50 years.

The engineers' goal was to determine whether the so-called stealth fighter was truly radar resistant.

In the process, they have uncovered new clues to just how close Nazi engineers were to unleashing a jet that some say could have changed the course of the war.

The all-wing Ho 2-29 looks more like today's US B-2 bomber than like any other World War II aircraft.

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« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2009, 11:18:45 am »

No posting of images until you've made 5 posts. Those are unfortunately the rules now to stop spammers and hackers abusing the forum.
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« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2009, 11:20:00 am »

Appreciated. Would be good to pop them in though at that bird looks the business ;-) even today!
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« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2009, 02:10:17 pm »

1. Shouldn't this be in the post 1945 part of the forum.
2. Just because it looks cool doesn't make it a great fighter.  That's why postwar aircraft generally don't look as cool as the whimsical German paper designs. The flying wing platform has some issues, which make it a poor fighter layout. The HO-229 was a unstable gun platform. Also, the first unarmed prototype had a total of two hours of flight time before it crashed, the Germans were years away from fielding a effective aircraft if they ever could.
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The all-wing Ho 2-29 looks more like today's US B-2 bomber than like any other World War II aircraft.

The future Builders of the B-2, Northrop had build a string of flying wing aircraft since the early 1940, and flew a jet wing fighter XP-79 in September of 45, and a bomber XB-35 in June of 46.
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« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2009, 02:14:10 pm »

Wow, fourth topic on the same subject  Roll Eyes  Roll Eyes

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5851.0.html
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3583.msg59314.html#msg59314
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6035.0.html
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« Reply #22 on: July 02, 2009, 11:24:12 pm »

http://punto-informatico.it/2660158/PI/News/stealth-hitler.aspx

http://gizmodo.com/5305249/the-hitlers-stealth-planes-that-could-have-dropped-a-nuclear-bomb-in-nyc
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« Reply #23 on: July 03, 2009, 05:34:08 am »

Now we can happily wait for the sensational news, that a stealthy Horten aircraft
has evacuated Adolf Hitler in 1945 from Berlin, flown him to the secret fortress in
antarctica, where he's still hibernating and waiting for the signal from the german
stronghold on the moon, that time has come again to conquer the world.
And surely the recent economical crisis was just triggered by his paladins, as a
first step !

Well, I really think, we can do nothing against such stories, there are just too many
people eagerly awaiting them and happily believing !   Angry

Of course, we, too, could try to make profit from it ! I'll at once start to reconstruct
the Ho.329, a modification of the 229, which was enlarged and stripped from all weapons
to give a longer range for a VIP transport. And as a proof, I certainly will find quite a lot
of UFO sightings and even photos, that will confirm the shape !
Just wait for my documentation !   Grin
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« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2009, 06:27:15 am »

interresting....but not a news....

Ho 229 is the really first stealth aireplane....with ferrite cover paint.....the Grandfather of B2....40 year berfore...

german very advanced technology....
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« Reply #25 on: July 05, 2009, 08:30:14 am »

... and so, back from the antarctic fortress (wich of course has energy
from nuclear fusion !) in his Horten bizjet for a second tour around the world ...


(from "Adolf II, Ich bin wieder da !" (I'm back again) by Walter Moers, a cartoon highly recommended for all
admirers of such sensational projects, thoroughly investigated and proven beyond all doubts)

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« Reply #26 on: July 05, 2009, 04:10:21 pm »

hahahah....jemiba.....You're a great joker.....all germans was not "nazi"....and you can't change the history......i think NASM and NORTHROP
are a serious office....

"inglourious basterds " propaganda film can't change the reality....sorry for you

soon

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Ps : Radar test was made on area 51 "totem"....in the same place like "have blue"

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« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2009, 05:16:37 pm »

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/hitler-s-stealth-fighter-3942/Overview55#tab-Overview
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« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2009, 06:14:40 pm »


i look it and i find it very

if they build a Aircraft that's look like a B-2 bomber
don't mean its a stealth aircraft for ze Führer...

the only thing good in this NG nonsens, is that Northrop build replica of Ho 229
the orginal is in very very bad shape

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« Reply #29 on: July 05, 2009, 06:30:36 pm »

the best infos on it is the video of the "nat" link.....i think you invert the time....michel   Grin Grin Grin
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