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Published: 2013-03-03 21:22:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 24051; Favourites: 434; Downloads: 658
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Looks like I'm still working out my Ho 229 issues
RPublishing HO229 Poser model [link] . Customized textures by me. Me262 by Bazze. DAZ Studio render w/ Photoshop.
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Beautifully done!ย Are those anti-shipping missiles, or can they be used against American and British bomber forces?ย
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Not sure. I'd have to dig back into my research for an answer.
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If these Horton's have radar then they might be used against bomber formations at a distance.ย Otherwise, those missiles appear to be of the type used against shipping.
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I'm guessing those are half-generation air-to-air guided missiles under the wings. ย Nice pic; the Ho-229 was definitely ahead of its time; I just wonder how the Horten brothers would have solved the same instability issues at speed that Jack Northrop had issues with on the YB-49 in the 1950s.
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Have you seen the flying re-creation?
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Not yet. ย It would be interesting to see if the recreation has the same issue with instability that doomed the YB-49.
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Just saw a documentary on this plane tonight on the National Geographic channel where the guys at the American skunkworks recreated one and then tested it for radar surveillance.ย Definitely the worlds first stealth aircraft!
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Indeed, this was a plane ahead of its time!
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First rate illustration, just finished a book called "Last Talons of the Eagle" about these planes and the other experimental designs that were churned out. Is the picture for a book you're working on or are you going to publish your pictures.
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Naw, this one was just for my own fun... but thanks for those encouraging words!
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is it just me, or are the German flying wings the coolest looking planes out there?
Also, very nice picture man.
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AMONG the coolest, certainly
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indeed.
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When they're seen flying towards you, you'll probably do 2 things; 1: take a picture of it.ย 2: Run for your life.
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Great work. Background is maybe a little bit too blueish but the planes are very good.
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Great, love the more mat finish and the flatter approach for the lights/colors
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Thanks! This one's been more popular than I expected.
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That was the idea - THANKS!
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Might copy the style of the plane in my Horten 229 from Revell.
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Cool! Gopherit!
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LOL! No screenshots here.
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They really were an amazing design.
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The Ho229 was a very sleek aircraft, it was a generation or three ahead of it's time. You did a fantastic job of capturing the sleekness of the aircraft and the truly advanced look of the craft.
I'd love to have seen the expression on the face of the first Allied personnel who laid eyes on the captured sample they found after WWII
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I wonder if they thought it was an incomplete plane, due to the lack of stabilizer surfaces?
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Probably but I am sure they were also relieved it never made it into the air.
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It only had testing flights, not combat flights. By the end of the war they were working on a prototype that would be testing the guns and munitions.
If those tests were successful, then things might change quite a bit.
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I doubt the outcome would have changed, but the fight would have been even more costly.
and there would be portions of Europe that would be still glowing... The A-bomb was originally intended for Germany after all.
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Actually, if deployed in appreciative numbers, the Go-229 would make bomber crews say 'I aint going to Germany no matter what you pay me!' because it mounted 2x 30mm cannons which is more than enough to kill bombers.
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The 262s, and volksjagers would have done theat on their own in larger numbers.... the Horton would have been a major OFFENSIVE threat. I saw a show where they examined the stealth capacities of this design... at low level it would have been almost impossible to effectively intercept. Not because it was invisible to RADAR bt it could get much closer to the radar stations before it was detected. by then it's speed made it a hard target to intercept with conventional fighters.
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Yeah, then there is the Ho XVIII...
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considering the fling wing segins took the US a couple of decades to perfect, I am always impressed by German aircraft engineers...especially the Hortens.
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Remember, the Germans might be conservative in many ways, but the widespread Protestant work ethic and great minds tend to make the perfect storm...
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Just add proper motivation, a few million Marks, a dash of desperation, and you have a damned impressive burst of creativity.
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AWRIGHT!! Flying Winged aircraft! I'm Hooked, Arcas.
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Funny how flying wings are still so futuristic-sexy even today, hm?
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Here's a link to some other folks art of this bird.
In some shots you can see the slight curve in the wings.
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Very much cheers to you and yours.
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You are much welcome.
I stumbled across the HO 229 many years ago and have been collecting books and internet snippets about such ever since.
A truly beautiful and graceful machine. I do hope the one surviving example will be used as a template (Much like the surviving Me 262's have been) and new machines will one day take to the skies.
After the war one of the Horten brothers was involved in trying to build a transport aircraft in South America. Only one example was ever finished. It flew once and was then left to fall apart in a hanger due to said government's corruption/incompetence etc.
Also, did you know that neither brothers Horten ever met Professor Alexander Lippisch? Their works evolved completely separately and with no contact. Amazing yes?
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Very much cheers to you and yours.
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