The Horten H.VIII was a

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research aircraft designed by

Reimar Horten Walter Horten (born 13 November 1913 in Bonn; died 9 December 1998 in Baden-Baden, Germany) and Reimar Horten (born 12 March 1915 in Bonn; died 14 March 1994 in Villa General Belgrano, Argentina), sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were G ...

during

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and only partly built by the end of the war.

Design

The H.VIII was conceived in 1943 as a flying wind tunnel, as Horten himself was denied access to the existing facilities. Following his usual swept and tapered

pattern, a large open-ended test chamber was fitted beneath the centre section. Horten intended to test items such as laminar-flow aerofoils and those from other aircraft types, as well as jet engine intakes, at intermediate speeds of up to .Lee (2020), pp.119-120. It was to be powered by six Argus As 10 engines driving pusher propellers.Lee (2020), p.203. Construction was of mixed wood and metal. Horten had difficulties in obtaining timbers of sufficient quality and length, and the site was overrun by the Allies before the airframe could be finished.

Specifications (H.VIII)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Lee, Russell E. (2020). ''Only the Wing''. Smithsonian. Flying wings

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