Horten H-VII Flying Wing

[dandee]

German Experimental flying wing and trainer. It's over at AVSIM.

http://library.avsim.net/sendfile.php?Location=AVSIM&Proto=file&ImageID=286863

 

[Lionheart]

NICE!!!!!


WUNDERBAR!!!!!


Many thanks for the heads up.


Bill

 

[fliger747]

Did the Horton ever actually fly?

Cheers: T

 

[mikezola]

Did the Horton ever actually fly?

Cheers: T

Hello- According to what I've read, the H-VII first flew in May of 1943- they had initially intended to use it to test the Argus pulse-jet as a means of propulsion.

Say, Fliger- for the most part this model flies pretty nice- but the ailerons lose almost all of their effectiveness above about 170 kts or so. Do you have any idea which part of the .air or the aircraft.cfg file I might tweak to adjust this? I compared the performance of it to the Northrop N9M, which behaves in similar fashion, but much more manageable...

Thanks, Mike Z.

 

[Tom Clayton]

Looks nice!

D/L page link...
http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=159741

 

[Sunny9850]

Did the Horton ever actually fly?Cheers: T

Here is a great site in english with likely more information on the Horten than you ever wanted to have.http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation history/flying wings/Horten V.htm

 

[Motormouse]

If you fancy the glider version; David Rowberry has done a very nice rendition,
you can find it at usual places.

ttfn

Pete

 

[fliger747]

Ailerons:

Table 342 affects effectivenss vrs angle, probably not you issue.

Table 518 is probably you culprit, aileron effectivness vrs dynamic pressure.

Also look in primary aerodynamics under Cl_da (roll moments, aileron control).

These are Hex tables and a bit difficult make sense of unless you get Aircraft Airfile Manager. The primary aerodynamics can be edited with AirEd.

Jet propulsion made these designs somewhat more practical.

Cheers: Tom

 

[mikezola]

Thank you very much, Tom! -Mike Z.

Sure enough- #518 was a straight line to a point where the line drops drastically off...