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Published: 2014-06-06 17:10:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1673; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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If you've never heard of this plane it's because the plane never made it past the prototype stage. Only a few various prototypes were made in the Luftwaffe's attempt to make a "flying wing" aircraft. the final product would've had 4 30mm cannons, and most likely have been used as a bomber interceptor.In the picture above it just destroyed a Boeing B-17G flying Fortress.
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I don't think it would have worked as a fighter. Flying wings need high speed to fly stable and also are not very agile as well as unpredictable in dogfights.
However they do have a very long range and can carry a lot of load for their size because everything about the plane generates lift. As well as being stealthy so that makes them excellent bombers.
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these ARE stealth bombers desinated to evade radar
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no they're not. They are fighters and they weren't designed for stealth, that came as a nice bonus.
It was intended as a fighter. They were also designing a larger bomber version but they never got to finish it.
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This looks very similar to the UFOs sighted over Washington state in 1947.
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probably the USAF testing to see is the design was feasible as an aircraft.
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they didn't test this plane but they made their own versions of it; the Northrop YB-35.Β They made 4 prototypes and they worked fairly well. The airforce was thinking about buying it but it proved too unstable and too hard for the pilot to control.
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yes, I am aware of the YB-35 and its grandchild the B-2; however, I would think the USAF would have tested the design's worthiness for fighter duty in off-the-record tests.Β
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I doubt it.
The YB-35 was far too large for that and I don't know if they ever seriously considered a flying wing fighter.
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I ment a smaller Ho-229 size fighter,Β
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Very great, I like this NurflΓΌgler, they look so futuristic for that time^^
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That would halved been a game changer for Hitler, but thank God we won that war, otherwise I would speak German right now
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the later version with jets engies would be a war changer
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that's what I was saying
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