When the war ended the Germans had so many way out aircraft concepts, that never saw the light of day.
Until now.
Arado AR (E) 555 (1) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
Arado AR (E) 555 (4) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
Arado AR (E) 555 (6) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
Arado AR (E) 555 (7) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
Arado AR (E) 555 (9) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
6 hand built home made miniature gas turbines power this beast.
...fortunately for those pilots that were left! Very interesting model Kev, what's it like to fly?Originally Posted by NSS
Tom
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Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:7
Sadly not my model. I wish it were.
This was the maiden flight and resulted in 2 of the 6 turbines flaming out, as you can see in the third picture.
The pilot said it was very stable but lacked any real grunt. Uprated turbines would help.
Kev
Amazing model.
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www3.telus.net/murrdaka/
Same guy who built this also has an Horton Ho-229.
Horten Ho 229 (4) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
Horten Ho 229 (6) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
Horten Ho 229 (7) by Kevin Fairgrieve, on Flickr
Kev
And she flies, increadible!
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www3.telus.net/murrdaka/
How were they supposed to bail out in case of emergency though.
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