Ho 229 - The First Stealth Fighter?

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The Horten Ho 229 is one of those aircraft that has a lot of mystique surrounding it and it's suposed 'stealth' characteristic. Let's have a proper look at this claim, by looking at what Reimar Horten has said about the aircraft, its material and construction, as well as having a cursory glance at stealth itself.

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Sources
Andreas Wessling, Radar Target Modelling Based on RCS Measurements, Institutionen för Systemteknik, 2002

Andrei Shepelev, Huib Ottens, Horten Ho 229, Crecy Publication: 2016

Bahman Zohuri, Radar Energy Warfare and the Challenges of Stealth Technology, Springer 2020

David Lynch, Jr. - Introduction to RF Stealth, SciTech Publishing: 2004,

Rebecca Grant, The Radar Game, IRIS Independent Research: 1998

Russell Lee, Only the Wing, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011

Lauren Horelick et al., Technical Study of the Bat Wing Ship, Objects Specialty Group Postprints, Vol. 21: 214

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Thomas L. Dobrenz et al. Aviation Archeology of the Horten 229 v3 Aircraft, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference 13 - 15 September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas

Tony Chong, Horten Ho 229 -- The World's First All Wing Jet Fighter

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-Timecodes
00:00 - Sponsor
00:14 - Intro
01:10 - Public image of Ho 229
02:02 - What is 'Stealth'?
06:40 - Why is the Ho 229 seen as a Stealth fighter?
08:07 - Sources for video
10:36 - Three Chapters
10:59 - Chapter 1: Reimar Horten's Claims
14:12 - Chapter 2: Materials used in the Ho 229
23:10 - Chapter 3: The Flying Wing
28:19 - Summarizing
30:20 - Northrop-Grumman Study
32:36 - Problem of hindsight
36:09 - Outro [Sponsor]

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