Credit: Image copyright www.MilitaryFactory.com; No Reproduction Permitted. Only jets could provide the speed, but these were extremely fuel-hungry, so considerable effort had to be made to meet the range requirement. The H.VIII was another of the Horten Brother's "flying wing" proposals that utilized a blended body-wing surface while lacking vertical appendages and promoting excellent internal storage space to be taken up by fuel and drop ordnance. It had an 24,251 lb (11,000 kg) The H.XVIII carried many of the design features established in the Horten Brother's most memorable design, the Ho 229 flying wing, which was under development by the end of the war.

(Showcased structural dimension values pertain to the We do not sell any of the items showcased on this site. In early 1945, Ho.XVIII was approved to build in Junkers plant. Goring asked Horten to make a presentation for their Amerika Bomber. Proposed defense was a single turret manned by a dedicated gunner. Authored By: Staff Writer | Last Edited: The unbuilt H.XVIII represented, in many respects, a scaled-up version of the Horten Ho 229, a prototype jet fighter.

Horten proposed six jet-engines Ho.XVIII flying-wing bomber that was the scaled-up Ho.IX design. This emplacement was armed with 2 x 30mm Mk 108 series autocannons to defend the aircraft from interception from trailing aircraft. The H.XVIII carried many of the design features established in the Horten Brother's most memorable design, the Ho 229 flying wing, which was under development by the end of the war. The Horten H.XVIII existed as a proposed jet-powered bomber for the German Luftwaffe during World War 2. Please direct all other inquiries to militaryfactory AT gmail.com. The H.XVIII was one of many proposed designs for an Amerikabomber, and would have carried sufficient fuel for transatlantic flights. 559 mph (900 kph; 486 kts)

Horten were told to work with the Junkers and Messerschmitt engineers.

The XVIIIA variant, with its wood structure, buried engines in the fuselage, flying wing design and carbon-based glue component, would ha Horten Ho-IX / Gotha Go 229 - jet fighter, photo, technical data, development histor Horten Ho 229 Flying Wing The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 Two further test flights were made between 2 and 18 February 1945 Sharkit 1/72 Horten XVIII 'Fernbomber' By Allan Wanta History The the Ho-229. 70,548 lb (32,000 kg) Der Entwurf des Flugzeugs folgte einer Ausschreibung des Reichsluftfahrtministerium aus dem Jahre 1945 für einen Langstrecken-Schnellbomber mit 800 km/h Marschgeschwindigkeit, 4000 Kilometern Reichweite und 4000 Kilogramm Nutzlast. Defensive armament was considered unnecessary due to the expected high performance.The C model of the H.XVIII was based on the airframe of the H.XVIIIA with a huge tail.

6,835 miles (11,000 km; 5,940 nm) 4/22/2016 The ability of bomber crews, in an aircraft such as the Horten H.XVIII, to attack targets in North America, might have been hampered by existing and emerging Allied The B model of the H.XVIIIB was generally the same as the A model, except the four (down from six) engines and four-wheel retractable landing gear were now housed in underwing pods, and the three-man crew housed under a bubble canopy. Initially Proposed: 6 x Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet engines. The bomber was part of the "Amerika Bomber" initiative calling for a transatlantic bombing platform able to strike targets in far-off places - namely the United States whose homefront was virtually out of reach from current generation German bombers yet causing so much disruption to the German war effort in Europe. Material presented throughout this website is for historical and entertainment value only and should not to be construed as usable for hardware restoration, maintenance, or general operation. Beschreibung. 29,528 feet (9,000 m; 5.59 miles) The aircraft was to be built in huge concrete hangars and operate off long runways with construction due to start in autumn 1945, but the end of the war came with no progress made. Das Flugzeug war als dreigeteilter freitragender Nurflügel konzipiert.