Horten 229

[healthyfirdge]

What was that American plane?

[EarlyRave84]

@healthyfirdge

No! From germany!

[gadgetmanjay]

@healthyfirdge Nazi Horten 229. But then the scientists went to the USA under operation paperclip thus the birth of the B2 Stealth Bomber.

[DragonPerjuro]

0:12 its like a frog xD!

[hubbojumbo]

Is that m

Nazi?

[Dreachon]

@hubbojumbo

The Go-229 or Ho-IX is a german flying wing yes.

Designed by the Horten brothers during wwII.

[Humbertusmarius]

@hubbojumbo.  I did not put a swastika because there was no vertical tail fin or rudder on this one. Otherwise I would have.

[spottydog4477]

@Humbertusmarius the swastikas were on the original = on the horzontal surface where you put a yellow strip

[Humbertusmarius]

@spottydog4477. I read that the swastikas were added here in the USA, and the Horten did not have them in Germany. That's why I did not put them on mine. Who knows?

[supercrapnstuff11]

@Humbertusmarius german planes didn't have swastikas, just the funny looking +'s which aren't swastikas per say

[Humbertusmarius]

@supercrapnstuff11. True, the Nazi ones are actually reversed, pointing the other way. Now I don't speak German, but I think they call it the "Hakenkreuz". I have also heard it referred to as "the crooked cross". I have heard it's illegal in Germany to display it, even on model airplanes! I guess some people think that erasing history can actually change history.

[supercrapnstuff11]

@Humbertusmarius yeah battlefield 1942 being a swedish made game had that problem with any of the german vehicles

[Humbertusmarius]

@supercrapnstuff11. What is really bad is when they repeat the balkenkreuz cross from the fuselage sides or wings on the tail fin, might as well leave the tail blank.  I am working on a heavily illustrated Luftwaffe 1946 book, and all my tail fins have swastikas.

[supercrapnstuff11]

@Humbertusmarius actually some had swastikas on them usually on the tail

[datzfast]

one thing a flying wig is not is maneuverable.

[Jomokb76]

very nice

[cervantesphantom]

Hello Mario! Muy buena la simulación, felicitaciones! Tal vez te interese saber que después de terminada la 2GM Reinar Horten se fue a vivir a la Argentina y desarroll´[o varios modelos allá. Vale la pena buscar el documental en you tube: Alas Argentinas - El Reflejo de un País". Uno de los capítulos sobre Horten, comentarios de su hijo Diego (argentino), lo encuentras en YouTube con el título:

"Reinar Horten, precursor de las alas volantes"

un abrazo and keep on the good job!

[Humbertusmarius]

@cervantesphantom. Gracias, me parecio facinante el documental "Alas Argentinas". Muy bien elaborado y muy informativo. Francamente es una linda historia, llena de triunfos y desafortunadamente algunos fracasos causados por razones politicas. Un amigo mio que es historiador aeronautico y ha escrito varios libros sobre los hermanos Horten tuvo la fortuna de conocerlos. El siempre me habla de Walter Horten y sus memorias de la guerra. Un abrazo!

[SrAlvaroEd]

Grat job, Merino. 8-229 vs FJ Fury

[Godsinwar]

Impressionante!!!

[danielnowotny]

Are you Mario Merino? Congratulations and keep your good work.  Thank you for share your art.

[Humbertusmarius]

Danielnwotny, si yo soy Mario. Gracias por el comentario, me alegra que el video sea de tu agrado. Saludos.

[Panzerturm]

Eine Horton ist nie als Kolben- oder Turbienenjäger mit Bewaffnung- MG oder MK- Raketen - usw- im Einsatz gewesen! Es waren leider alles nur versuchsflieger!

[EDquetrabalhamuito]

Thanks you Merino! Mario Merino's luft46 gallery!

[CanadiansOnCrack]

The plane that gets shot down in the video is a FJ 1 Fury.

[Pouk3D]

The first shot didn't have to be there, but it's not a problem, what is problem is the last one. In the last shot the plane fall too slow, you could have use more dramatic view or make the plane fall at least two time faster. But nice work anyway.

[Humbertusmarius]

Thanks man, I appreciate the comments because I want to make my animations more watchable. I will apply your suggestions to my next project. Cheers.

[620sly]

@Humbertusmarius their completely watchable :D good work

[huayunbaidu]

Too bad USA steal the technology.

[Shipocute]

They call it B-2 spirit huh?... Anyways, cool video! Amazing!

[OPE08]

Yeah, because the flying wings they already had a few years earlier weren't enough??

[breakdown997]

don't forget to leave out that the Horton 229 was only made once and it was also somewhat stealth... but radars could pick it up 6km from the station but that's pretty close....

[Nex3d]

Great work Humber.

[Humbertusmarius]

Thanks Nex3d, by the way very impressive Saturn V project.

[Nex3d]

Thanks bud, It's low poly but it and 5 other versions of it will be in the 3D world on Friday... if you want to have a look give me a shout in PM... take care Nex

[Humbertusmarius]

Don't forget people, the Hortens were the first to marry a flying wing design to the new jet engines. Jack Northrop is to the Hortens what Robert Goddard is to Von Braun. Remember that a lot of the Northrop rocket and jet desings from WWII had rudders, big ones. So they were actually 'tailless' rather than true flying wings like the Horten 229 and yes, the Northrop MN-1.

[achtungtshirtBill]

Very cool...I love the Horton. I want to make t shirt like my other Luftwaffe tees, but I'm not sure whether to use "Ho-229" or just "Horton" with an image of the plane.

[Humbertusmarius]

Thanks, glad you like it. How about "Horten 229". That's the way I saw it on a model kit boxtop a long time ago.

[baelsharon]

Northrop had done some work with flying wings (google northrop flying wing) but they got to look at stolen 229's its crazy how they had the ideas back then

[candr]

Not really, the first ones from Northrop were from 1923, and the M N-1 was built in 1940, similiar to the Horton. They had been in the flying wing experiments for awhile.

[Maus5000]

it is, they studied this plane's stealth capabilities to improve on it, and make it their own. And from these studies arose the B-2 spirit stealth bomber ( the horton

had good stealth caracteristics already, it was invisable due to the shape, but part that came from the fact that the outer surfaces were made maily from wood)

[Humbertusmarius]

I wish! Maybe someday someone will hire me full time to do this type of work and then, perhaps, I will live comfortably. I just enjoy doing what I do. Inexpensive Hobby, that's all!

[VeldigdeiligfraNorge]

god jul

[VeldigdeiligfraNorge]

god jul

[andersonlamarca]

Well done! :)

[JackiJackal]

You're not wrong, your dad is very talented with 3D graphics. And that was a sweet kill

[Humbertusmarius]

Thanks! Glad you like it. A good friend of mine knew the Horten brothers, they told him lot's of valuable information about their wartime development of the 229.

[Maus5000]

thats cool, even though im writing this 9 months too late, i thought i'd tell you: my uncle is like best friends or something with Willy Messerschmitt's grandson or nephew. im not realy sure, but i thought it was realy cool. he is bringing me to meat him sometime soon

[Humbertusmarius]

That's cool! He would be a great person to interview for a documentary.  Years ago I worked on a documentary where they interviewed Eugen Sanger's son. His dad designed the Sanger Anti-podal bomber, ancestor of the space shuttle! Have you met Mr. Messerschmitt yet?

[Humbertusmarius]

my dad does do great 3-D grafix, doesint he.

[IgorLobanov]

Very nice!

[Humbertusmarius]

Thanks, glad you like it.

[Poservagabund]

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