This is a great recreation, inspirational design and craftsmanship.. one thing however...
HOLYYYY SHEEEET get a tripod for the video camera!!! Takeoff was exciting then the plane turned into an indistinct blur dancing wildly all over the screen.
The only real problem with the YB-49 was yaw hunting when flying a straight line and they solved that by using the auto pilot as a yaw damper (this is an inherent problem with tailless aircraft) There was no real problem with the YB-49 that hadn't been solved. It was killed by political bullshit and sabotage and a likely murder (to tie up a loose end with the sabotage). Read about this on Wikipedia.
I still want to know why we couldnt get the B49 to work like that?? It takes us 40 odd years to get the flying wing bomber right? Jack had prop scale versions flying decently.If I remember correctly the northrop wings had and stall issues.How big of a drag penalty would a pair of rudders have been?Could you imagine a stealthy bomber fleet in the 1960s??? The USSR would have screamed "were pwnded" if we had a few hundred of bomber they couldnt see.
Sorry for no response, I haven't checked in for awhile. Yaw stability comes from the leading edge sweep and the thickened center section. The roll rate is slow, but it otherwise handles much like any other plane in normal flight modes. Knife edge is kinda hard though :-)
they would have had to put a thousand of them in the air to make a difference. at that time they did not have the fuel on hand or the pilots for that many planes.
only an atomic weapon could have bought them some time or won if for them
Tailless is one thing, but how do you control a plane with no fin or rudder? It looks awfully stable in flight, yet you'd expect it to skitter all over the place. What's the key?
Wow This is so fast :D
Metalicalypse 5 months ago
... I SEE A UFO!!! LMAO
SpadSopwithAce 1 year ago
How much for one?
& where I can buy one?
charleslegeo2009 2 years ago
This was way before it's time and we fly around in designs that are 40 years old.
I am proud to be half GERMAN.....
faron27 2 years ago
This is a great recreation, inspirational design and craftsmanship.. one thing however...
HOLYYYY SHEEEET get a tripod for the video camera!!! Takeoff was exciting then the plane turned into an indistinct blur dancing wildly all over the screen.
mattpostle 2 years ago
so why does this have perfect pitch control if it was so difficult for Northrop?
morbidfrost 2 years ago
gotta keep those bucks rolling in
UFOtuber 2 years ago
Bell shaped lift distribution
KKM57P 2 years ago
The only real problem with the YB-49 was yaw hunting when flying a straight line and they solved that by using the auto pilot as a yaw damper (this is an inherent problem with tailless aircraft) There was no real problem with the YB-49 that hadn't been solved. It was killed by political bullshit and sabotage and a likely murder (to tie up a loose end with the sabotage). Read about this on Wikipedia.
Atomicskull 2 years ago
Nice Job!
mastmar 2 years ago
god jul
VeldigdeiligfraNorge 3 years ago
Hilsen fra oslo
Oslosfantasi 3 years ago
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Hilsen fra oslo
Oslosfantasi 3 years ago
I still want to know why we couldnt get the B49 to work like that?? It takes us 40 odd years to get the flying wing bomber right? Jack had prop scale versions flying decently.If I remember correctly the northrop wings had and stall issues.How big of a drag penalty would a pair of rudders have been?Could you imagine a stealthy bomber fleet in the 1960s??? The USSR would have screamed "were pwnded" if we had a few hundred of bomber they couldnt see.
Dwnshifter 3 years ago
nice
2805alexander 3 years ago
Sorry for no response, I haven't checked in for awhile. Yaw stability comes from the leading edge sweep and the thickened center section. The roll rate is slow, but it otherwise handles much like any other plane in normal flight modes. Knife edge is kinda hard though :-)
ghethco 3 years ago
Thanks for showing that full stall. I'd like to see a model Northrop try that.
CamelDrifter 4 years ago
Very stable shape-this plane almost entered service, those nazis were so ahead of their time.
billyposter 4 years ago
by the time they flew this plane in 1944-45
they would have had to put a thousand of them in the air to make a difference. at that time they did not have the fuel on hand or the pilots for that many planes.
only an atomic weapon could have bought them some time or won if for them
johnnecron 2 years ago
Tailless is one thing, but how do you control a plane with no fin or rudder? It looks awfully stable in flight, yet you'd expect it to skitter all over the place. What's the key?
NVanWendy 4 years ago
Good job.
This plane is based on the WW2 Horten Ho IX experimental jet plane RCsuperpowers.
cchj768 4 years ago
Wow
SmiertSpionem 4 years ago
Wow, great job making a tailless plane fly!
RCSuperPowers 4 years ago
respect
BatsBensa 4 years ago
Wow ! Good work guys :)
Celeon999A 4 years ago