The longer nose-wheel for increased aoa was a distinctive feature on the actual prototype plane! So cool to see that fix discovered in small-scale model testing. :)
There is an old saying; scale flies like full scale. Bad airframes/aerodynamics full scale will fly that way scale. I have watched more people write off scale P-38s trying to do things low and slow, and the Lightning was pure death on things like that. Tommy Maguire (no 2 USAAF ace during WWII) lost his life in a crash when he broke his own rule about NEVER engaging in combat at low altitude and spun in.
I always considered the front wheel of the prototype to be the main gear. The two smaller rear wheels are the equivalent of a tail wheel on planes of the same era.
My wife just got an A1 mini, and the AMS for her birthday during the sale. We have had several 3d printers, and we are both impressed with the quality and speed. It is an incredible printer!
Love it. Reminded me of the older days, "Hello I'm Josh, and this is Josh: Hi". When you guys were testing other aircraft models as well as doing the ready-board planes. That was fun.
The best material to 3d print a plane like this is HIPS(High Impact Polystyrene). If you can print with it, it is stronger lighter and has a glass transition temp around 95C. It prints a lot like ABS with less warping.
Gives off some nasty VOCs, though. I remember when it was first pitched as an ABS support martial years ago. I'm yet to see any aircraft printed in it. Have you tried it yourself?
@@ksweens01 During Covid PLA was scarce and HIPS was cheap and available. It's lighter so you get more per kg than PLA or PETG. A well ventilated area and a printer that can print ABS is all you need. I've printed a small throwing glider. It's a much more stable plastic than PLA. It doesn't warp under load like PLA.
@@ksweens01 print it in an enclosed printer with active air filtration. It prints really well in my Voron 2.4 with a nevermore v6 air filter with activated carbon filter media.
I like to see more of the backscene stuff. Like when you repaired the plane and when you were joking abuot a ramp! Good job Flte Test I love your content!
The nosewheel in the original version was reportedly a Heinkel He 177 bomber tailwheel. The longer nosewheel used later was a He 177 mainwheel. The main landing gear used Bf 109 units. The weight distribution of the design meant that the front wheel carried nearly half the weight of the aircraft while taxiing.
Can you increase the elevator throws? Have you played around with stall characteristics, just to get a hint at how it'll behave near or in a stall condition?
A tad bit too ahead of it's time since, if I recall correctly, none of the prototypes ever managed to make it off the ground. Today we can easily make a Horten fly with all the tech we've managed to advance, but 1944 Germany was just one decade behind the tech required. Especially if you believe the rumors that it was meant to be a stealth bomber. :p
@@manualcontrol5581 from Wikipedia: On 2 February 1945, the first flight of the H.IX V2 was conducted at Oranienburg.[3] The Horten brothers were unable to witness this flight as they were occupied with producing the design for a new turbojet-powered strategic bomber in response to the Amerikabomber competition. All of the subsequent test flights and development were conducted by Gothaer Waggonfabrik. The test pilot was Leutnant Erwin Ziller. Two further test flights were performed on 2 February 1945 and on 18 February 1945.
The engine thrust is above the wing surface which likely pushes down the nose, so the angle of attack from the landing gear is essential to compensate for the downward push from the engines.
Hey! I know this has nothing to do with the video but i Just got a carbon cub s2 and was wonding if itd be worth installing flaps? I was told by a few guys its not as it doesnt make that much of a difference with that airstrip on the top of the wing
Great flight guys. Eclipson has optional keel for that plane. Can you try to hand launch it? I only have grass runways and will probably try to hand launch.
The yaw damping and frequency provided by the bell-shaped lift distribution decreases with decreased angle of attack and lift coefficient, to the point that at high speeds these aircraft can snake quite badly or even become completely unstable in yaw. Having a extra little strake like that really helps.
My all time favorite aircraft has always been the Horton 229. I see there is a LW ASA filament available now. Stronger than PLA and better heat resistance. Have you guys tried it? Lastly, could you share your LW Filament profile settings for X1-Carbon?
I was wondering the same. It leads me to believe there where liberties taken with the design that effected the lateral stability, so the designers are compensating.
Interesting, the ME262 as a tail dragger had to have the brakes applied during taxi to get it off the ground, so it was redesigned w/tricycle gear, and sits level…but this won’t fly unless…it is pitched…would it take off faster as a tail dragger?
Hey . You could always do the digital paint scheme in light blue or grey or green etc.. or overlap.. Itd help keep your design idea without it becoming a warpton
Kenneth Arnold’s flying saucer sighting near Mt Rainer WA in 1947, his description and artist rendering actually looked like the flying wing Horton. The flying saucer comes from where he said they skipped through the air like a flying saucer. Makes one wonder if what he saw were top secret experimental aircraft based on the Horton
Wow, an amazing reproduction. The original Hortens were great gliders but the jet versions had this minor flaw of being destroyed by their own engines. I'm not surprised the model is quick. The HO-229 was 20% faster than the P-51.
seriously !! hornet !! no man Horton two brother whith genius you have to have a little respect for these guys, they and others, it is true, invented the concept of a flying wing so respect
@@redtsar no I know that's why I said "among others" and indeed the HO 229 is surrounded by myth like that of its stealth with the "famous" charcoal glue which is a pure legend reinvented in the 70s by one of the two Horten brothers to get a boost. The fact remains that at the very beginning of the 1930s the Horten brothers manufactured and flew 100% flying wing gliders with finesse that many modern gliders would envy.
The original had them. Sort of. The wing tips had drag rudders, plates that lifted up out of the wing. Whether they could be lifted together?? She also had 'normal' ailerons, and flaps running a third of the entire wing span. There was also a socking great spoiler underneath the craft, just behind the landing gear, and there was a parachute brake.
I sincerely would LOVE the Indiana Jones aircraft to be made by you guys, even tho it is fake, it really is an eye catching aircraft, especially since I'm a sucker for push props
so.. up next in the flying wing series: Northrop YB-35 and YB-49, B-2, the BV-38 from Raiders of The Lost Ark, and some of concepted but never built or flown designs?
That's why I don't use PLA for my 3d printed airplanes...PLA just warps too easily in the Hawaii sun. I have done some testing with HT LW-PLA and that is promising. I have yet to actually build a plane though.
You could add even more depth to your story by introducing us to your awesome FPV- drone pilot. Just a few seconds. Let him say hi and give him a short credit.
Remember there was a pnf version of the indy-horten 5-10 years ago, got good reviews, dont know if its still made. Edit: its on aliexpress, Horten Bv-38
I would have loved to see you try to fly it without the rudder. I mean, it was designed to be flown that way, and pilots managed to make it work. It would be a fun test of skill. Fun to watch, anyway LOL
I asked that question on the eclipson channel and apparently its unstable when throttling up. I'm building mine now and dont want to use the fin. But i fear i'll have to. Also i'll have to bungee launch it as i dont trust hand launching it.
Stability. I asked the manufacturer if it would fly without it and they said it would, but its unstable. I have a feeling its partly due to the twin engines throttling up unevenly. I scratch built a horten h3 last year and it has one prop and its still a little wobbly. Flies great though! ☺️
@@olliea6052 I fly several flying wings without vertical surfaces, some are twin-engined and fly stable I think; this is the last one, 3D printed: th-cam.com/video/atf8RjgTqVs/w-d-xo.html
I'm not surprised that it would not slow down when trying to land, it is basically a glider and it just does not bleed speed when it is going in a straight line, perhaps landing flaps are needed?
Call me 'old school', but I'd love to see another attempt at a rigid airship of some sort. Maybe a steampunk version or even something like the 'Prydwen' from the Fallout series. 🧐🙂
I've seen tons of videos with people converting boat model kits into RC, but I wonder if anyone tried (with the new brushless very powerful electric motors) to convert a plane model kit into RC plane? Like I have a huge B-24 model kit. Probably way too heavy. 🤔
In one of the 1960's magazines (probably American Modeler) they converted a Monogram 1/32 scale P-51 Mustang plastic model to controlline with a Cox Peewee .020 engine. I also remember a Revell A-1 Skyraider being converted in a similar fashion. For R/C a plastic model airplane would be too heavy and fragile.
3D Printing has progressed so far over the years, once a material that doesn't melt in bright light can be developed I think real industry shifting work can be done. Still prefer foam myself lol
I need to tune my pritner for LW-ASA at some point. That should have much better temperature resistance. I'm hoping it will also have better layer adgesion than regular ASA.
there are plenty of filaments that can withstand sunlight, like Polycarbonate and it's blends, Nylon and it's blends, PPS and it's blends and so on, but... they cost from triple to hundreds of times more per Kg than PLA, and to be so heat resistant (you can brew your tea in cups printed with such materials and drink it) they also need high temperatures to be printed with, PLA goes from some 200C to some 230C (depends on the blend) Polycarbonte starts at 260 to 280 C (again depends on the blend) Nylon even hotter, and PPS over 320C. So you need machines that can beat Bambulab at performances, I made mine, not easy to make one, but it prints now with a wide range of filaments much more heat and mechanical resistant, and much more expensive too.
The longer nose-wheel for increased aoa was a distinctive feature on the actual prototype plane! So cool to see that fix discovered in small-scale model testing. :)
There is an old saying; scale flies like full scale. Bad airframes/aerodynamics full scale will fly that way scale. I have watched more people write off scale P-38s trying to do things low and slow, and the Lightning was pure death on things like that. Tommy Maguire (no 2 USAAF ace during WWII) lost his life in a crash when he broke his own rule about NEVER engaging in combat at low altitude and spun in.
I always considered the front wheel of the prototype to be the main gear. The two smaller rear wheels are the equivalent of a tail wheel on planes of the same era.
@@fooman2108 Maguire also committed the cardinal sin of getting overconfident and tried to dogfight with his drop tanks still attached.
My wife just got an A1 mini, and the AMS for her birthday during the sale. We have had several 3d printers, and we are both impressed with the quality and speed. It is an incredible printer!
Love it. Reminded me of the older days, "Hello I'm Josh, and this is Josh: Hi". When you guys were testing other aircraft models as well as doing the ready-board planes. That was fun.
Yea, I love the reviews and other products, the foam board is nice but it gets stale
The best material to 3d print a plane like this is HIPS(High Impact Polystyrene). If you can print with it, it is stronger lighter and has a glass transition temp around 95C. It prints a lot like ABS with less warping.
Gives off some nasty VOCs, though. I remember when it was first pitched as an ABS support martial years ago.
I'm yet to see any aircraft printed in it. Have you tried it yourself?
@@ksweens01 During Covid PLA was scarce and HIPS was cheap and available. It's lighter so you get more per kg than PLA or PETG. A well ventilated area and a printer that can print ABS is all you need.
I've printed a small throwing glider.
It's a much more stable plastic than PLA. It doesn't warp under load like PLA.
@@mikenoel3522 lighter than LW-PLA, too...?
@@ksweens01 print it in an enclosed printer with active air filtration. It prints really well in my Voron 2.4 with a nevermore v6 air filter with activated carbon filter media.
I like to see more of the backscene stuff. Like when you repaired the plane and when you were joking abuot a ramp! Good job Flte Test I love your content!
The Horton brothers would be proud of you
Horten sie hießen Horten nicht Horton!
From what few pictures we have as well as the cockpit and landing gear assembly, the Ho 229 had a pretty high AOA while sitting on the ground.
The nosewheel in the original version was reportedly a Heinkel He 177 bomber tailwheel. The longer nosewheel used later was a He 177 mainwheel. The main landing gear used Bf 109 units. The weight distribution of the design meant that the front wheel carried nearly half the weight of the aircraft while taxiing.
Can you increase the elevator throws? Have you played around with stall characteristics, just to get a hint at how it'll behave near or in a stall condition?
Such entertaining content. I'm not an rc guy and I'm watching these. Nice job
This is my favorite jet of all time. So glad to see it as a printable/flyable version now! I would love to get one of these!!
It was an amazing plane to fly after we got it up in the air. After the episode we all took turns flying it!!!
Wow, I had no idea that was a late WW2 design. Definitely far ahead of its time!
A tad bit too ahead of it's time since, if I recall correctly, none of the prototypes ever managed to make it off the ground. Today we can easily make a Horten fly with all the tech we've managed to advance, but 1944 Germany was just one decade behind the tech required. Especially if you believe the rumors that it was meant to be a stealth bomber. :p
@@manualcontrol5581 from Wikipedia: On 2 February 1945, the first flight of the H.IX V2 was conducted at Oranienburg.[3] The Horten brothers were unable to witness this flight as they were occupied with producing the design for a new turbojet-powered strategic bomber in response to the Amerikabomber competition. All of the subsequent test flights and development were conducted by Gothaer Waggonfabrik. The test pilot was Leutnant Erwin Ziller. Two further test flights were performed on 2 February 1945 and on 18 February 1945.
@@manualcontrol5581the first prototype was a glider but the second was powered by 2 Jumo 004 jets. First flew in Dec 44 but crashed in Feb 45.
@@Paul-b2s4j It touched a roof, i think no plane would like that.
The YB-35/36 program was started in 1941 so it’s not as advanced as one might think.
my all time favorite plane, even have the Revell model of it 😃
Awesome design, would love to see more like it!
I believe a little bit extra wing twist would have helped a lot here, would also do away with the need for that tail
I appreciate that you arent stingy about support material.
The engine thrust is above the wing surface which likely pushes down the nose, so the angle of attack from the landing gear is essential to compensate for the downward push from the engines.
You have chosen a beautiful role model. I like it. I would be interested to see if an Argentine FMA IA 36 Condor would fly as a 3D-printed airplane.
Why you use zap a gap? Is it good ca glue?
Yes, it is .
Hey! I know this has nothing to do with the video but i Just got a carbon cub s2 and was wonding if itd be worth installing flaps? I was told by a few guys its not as it doesnt make that much of a difference with that airstrip on the top of the wing
Great flight guys. Eclipson has optional keel for that plane. Can you try to hand launch it? I only have grass runways and will probably try to hand launch.
On some pieces, they say "remove bottom layer". How have you done this?
Why was a vertical tail put on it? Was the wing twist and wing sweep not enough?
The yaw damping and frequency provided by the bell-shaped lift distribution decreases with decreased angle of attack and lift coefficient, to the point that at high speeds these aircraft can snake quite badly or even become completely unstable in yaw. Having a extra little strake like that really helps.
I think we need to see Eclipson make a B-2 bomber.
My all time favorite aircraft has always been the Horton 229.
I see there is a LW ASA filament available now. Stronger than PLA and better heat resistance. Have you guys tried it?
Lastly, could you share your LW Filament profile settings for X1-Carbon?
mint design there. great vid guys. thank you
Beautiful ! ✈️👍 Hello from Germany !
Why use a tail fin? I built a small 19" foam one that flew great without one.
I was wondering the same. It leads me to believe there where liberties taken with the design that effected the lateral stability, so the designers are compensating.
Got him ! this is gone be a fun build
I Think it would look better if you keep only the bottom half of the transparent vertical stabilizer too keep the scale look ...
Interesting, the ME262 as a tail dragger had to have the brakes applied during taxi to get it off the ground, so it was redesigned w/tricycle gear, and sits level…but this won’t fly unless…it is pitched…would it take off faster as a tail dragger?
Love this plane. thanks for featuring it.
Absolutely, it was so fun to review!!!
Hey . You could always do the digital paint scheme in light blue or grey or green etc.. or overlap..
Itd help keep your design idea without it becoming a warpton
Kenneth Arnold’s flying saucer sighting near Mt Rainer WA in 1947, his description and artist rendering actually looked like the flying wing Horton. The flying saucer comes from where he said they skipped through the air like a flying saucer. Makes one wonder if what he saw were top secret experimental aircraft based on the Horton
did you have to add noise weight., I'm thinking hand launching mind?
It looks like it could use reverse thrust on landing to shorten the post landing rollout.
05:54 Great idea for less failures.. Make a longish Ramp - double plus good, YES
That was fast. Just got email from Eclipson about the model. I wonder if they made any changes after the beta.
Yes they fixed the landing gear issue. We just had the prototype files to test their plane out.
Eclipson could incorporate bell shaped lift distribution in the wing to eliminate the tail. That would be epic.
I would love to see a kit build (available for sale) Scaled Composites Proteous from you guys. Also a Voyager by Scaled Rutan also.
Great video! At 3:43 you talk about stabilization differential thrust. How is that achieved? Thanks!
We utilize the FT Aura5. it is available on our store and an amazing value with incredible stabilization.
Wow, an amazing reproduction. The original Hortens were great gliders but the jet versions had this minor flaw of being destroyed by their own engines. I'm not surprised the model is quick. The HO-229 was 20% faster than the P-51.
if you ever need to give the plane a more positive angle of attack but cant lengthen the nose gear wire, just put a bigger tire on the front. 😁👍
That's exactly what the Horten brothers did with the full sized aircraft!
Cool. Thanks.
seriously !! hornet !! no man Horton two brother whith genius you have to have a little respect for these guys, they and others, it is true, invented the concept of a flying wing so respect
Major Respect!!!
@@FliteTest so guys give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and give back his name please and thank you for all your inspiring content
they did not invent the concept.... don't get me wrong, I love the Ho 229 but there is so much misinformation about it
@@redtsar no I know that's why I said "among others" and indeed the HO 229 is surrounded by myth like that of its stealth with the "famous" charcoal glue which is a pure legend reinvented in the 70s by one of the two Horten brothers to get a boost. The fact remains that at the very beginning of the 1930s the Horten brothers manufactured and flew 100% flying wing gliders with finesse that many modern gliders would envy.
@@sylvainponchelet4188 yeah, and that it inspired the B-2, which it did not
Great job guys 👍🏻
Thank you 😁
louks like speed brakes could be a good addition, especially if made retractable
The original had them. Sort of. The wing tips had drag rudders, plates that lifted up out of the wing. Whether they could be lifted together??
She also had 'normal' ailerons, and flaps running a third of the entire wing span.
There was also a socking great spoiler underneath the craft, just behind the landing gear, and there was a parachute brake.
I sincerely would LOVE the Indiana Jones aircraft to be made by you guys, even tho it is fake, it really is an eye catching aircraft, especially since I'm a sucker for push props
How about the source of the blue prints?
Reimar is message Walter approves this message ! 09:15 Nice haircut !
You guys should check out some of the titan dynamic models next
Hay Family!! You guys Rock!! Inspired me! Threw my Recovery!! 🤙🍍
Have y'all tried LW-ASA filament? It should be significantly more temperature resistant than LW-PLA
so.. up next in the flying wing series: Northrop YB-35 and YB-49, B-2, the BV-38 from Raiders of The Lost Ark, and some of concepted but never built or flown designs?
The real Horten had huge front nose gear so the wing had high angle of attack on ground. Very cool model.
The original Ho 229 didn't have a vertical stabilizer as you have in your model.
That's why I don't use PLA for my 3d printed airplanes...PLA just warps too easily in the Hawaii sun. I have done some testing with HT LW-PLA and that is promising. I have yet to actually build a plane though.
You could add even more depth to your story by introducing us to your awesome FPV- drone pilot. Just a few seconds. Let him say hi and give him a short credit.
I would like to see more 3d printed planes all skill levels, different flight characteristics, etc
Definitely, Check out our other Eclipson episodes. We have been reviewing their planes for the past 2 or so years. Definitely worth a watch
@@FliteTest I have watched them all, and would like to see more.
What infil did you use?
Can you make a TBD-1 Devastator for the next video?
Yes please
It would be great to see an RC plane of that one in the Indiana Jones movie.
YES!!! That sounds so fun
Remember there was a pnf version of the indy-horten 5-10 years ago, got good reviews, dont know if its still made. Edit: its on aliexpress, Horten Bv-38
I would have loved to see you try to fly it without the rudder. I mean, it was designed to be flown that way, and pilots managed to make it work. It would be a fun test of skill. Fun to watch, anyway LOL
Second that. Also seems like one could setup differential thrust to get some crazy moves plus yaw stability that way.
There is no rudder on this plane. Wish granted.
I asked that question on the eclipson channel and apparently its unstable when throttling up. I'm building mine now and dont want to use the fin. But i fear i'll have to. Also i'll have to bungee launch it as i dont trust hand launching it.
Wow! 👏
The last thing before the old F-4 phantoms would do before carrier launches was jack the nose gear up.
Weren't those specifically Royal Navy Phantoms? I don't recall USN or USAF phantoms with the long nose gear.
I'm going to build this. Thanks gents.
EA6B Prowler. My favorite bird on Nimitz equal to the F14's in competition.
Always innovating
What if you painted it in mirror chrome?
When on the ground, the real aircraft's tail was pretty close to the ground. (They actually used a nosewheel assembly from a crashed B24).
What's that weird fin for? Horten didn't have that :-D
Stability. I asked the manufacturer if it would fly without it and they said it would, but its unstable. I have a feeling its partly due to the twin engines throttling up unevenly. I scratch built a horten h3 last year and it has one prop and its still a little wobbly. Flies great though! ☺️
@@olliea6052 I fly several flying wings without vertical surfaces, some are twin-engined and fly stable I think; this is the last one, 3D printed:
th-cam.com/video/atf8RjgTqVs/w-d-xo.html
great Job.....thumbs up 👍👍
All the images of the real Ho229 show it with a longer then normal front landing gear, to give that nose-up performance on the runway.
The British navy has an angle of attack solution that I would love to see y'all try, put a jump ramp at the end of a runway!!!
Horten made loads of gliders so I’m not surprised it flew well.
Fancy flying 😉.
Is there a model with retractable gear?
No but if you get the files then you can modify them and add your own in. That would be so amazing!!!
I'm not surprised that it would not slow down when trying to land, it is basically a glider and it just does not bleed speed when it is going in a straight line, perhaps landing flaps are needed?
With the vert stab it looks like a ww2 themed Alula.
"The cheaply printed parts are just as good" - doesn't show the cheap ones up close. 😂
I always wonder how a revolutionary design like the Horten could fly, now I have my answer
you should make a mighty mini bell p-39 airacobra🤔🤔
😏🤔😂
Are we going to see the real rv 12 again its been a while
Call me 'old school', but I'd love to see another attempt at a rigid airship of some sort. Maybe a steampunk version or even something like the 'Prydwen' from the Fallout series. 🧐🙂
Finally you guys made the ho 229🎉
LW-PLA-HT could be helpful
Very True
Now build the big Horten with the 6 Turbines
My third favorite plane behind the arrow then the vampire.
I love your videos ❤
IIRC, The key to stable flying wings with no vstab is downwash.
👏👏👏
Print in ASA. No problem with heat either.
Nice.
Can you guys make a p51 mustang model and fly it?
Very cool!!
this is the first time ive seen you fly like i do. splat.
Why dont these designs include holes for spars? Carbon is available in all sizes.
I've seen tons of videos with people converting boat model kits into RC, but I wonder if anyone tried (with the new brushless very powerful electric motors) to convert a plane model kit into RC plane? Like I have a huge B-24 model kit. Probably way too heavy. 🤔
In one of the 1960's magazines (probably American Modeler) they converted a Monogram 1/32 scale P-51 Mustang plastic model to controlline with a Cox Peewee .020 engine. I also remember a Revell A-1 Skyraider being converted in a similar fashion. For R/C a plastic model airplane would be too heavy and fragile.
@@duncanstone8758 😯
Hi flitetest, Can you build a giant rc V-22 Osprey Aircraft
3D Printing has progressed so far over the years, once a material that doesn't melt in bright light can be developed I think real industry shifting work can be done. Still prefer foam myself lol
Yes 3D printing is getting better and better! The bambuLab printers are just amazing and so quick!
I need to tune my pritner for LW-ASA at some point. That should have much better temperature resistance. I'm hoping it will also have better layer adgesion than regular ASA.
there are plenty of filaments that can withstand sunlight, like Polycarbonate and it's blends, Nylon and it's blends, PPS and it's blends and so on, but... they cost from triple to hundreds of times more per Kg than PLA, and to be so heat resistant (you can brew your tea in cups printed with such materials and drink it) they also need high temperatures to be printed with, PLA goes from some 200C to some 230C (depends on the blend) Polycarbonte starts at 260 to 280 C (again depends on the blend) Nylon even hotter, and PPS over 320C. So you need machines that can beat Bambulab at performances, I made mine, not easy to make one, but it prints now with a wide range of filaments much more heat and mechanical resistant, and much more expensive too.
Sheet metal is the best.