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Originally posted by Red Admiral
I'm not sure its the most practical design. I would have expected something like the Junker 390 or that big Fw design if a heavy transport was needed. Where would Germany need to transport things to? Something like the Bev makes a lot more sense for ferrying heavy loads around Germany.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
Well, I'm not aware of any German territory over there... Ships are usually better as well.
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The Horten brothers were historically flying wing gliders at this time, that's where Jack Northrup got the ideas for the YB-35 and YB-49.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
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The Horten brothers were historically flying wing gliders at this time, that's where Jack Northrup got the ideas for the YB-35 and YB-49.
I'm pretty certain that Northrop's flying wings were developed entirely separately from the Horten ones. The problem with period flying wings is that you can either have an aircraft that is unstable, maneuverable and is going to kill you, or a stable aircraft that maneuvers like a train.
I'm sure the lack of need would kill all these large aircraft designs. There are some interesting smaller passenger aircraft though.
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