Horten 229: What is real, what is exaggeration?

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Originally Posted by Stephan Wilkinson

I'm sorry you disagree, and I do agree that the replica, if not my reply, defies logic.

But facts are facts. The replica was virtually all wood, except for those parts of the cockpit that would have been visible to radar--mainly the back of the instrument panel--as well as the very first-stage fan of each engine, which was reproduced with fairly simple aluminum discs.

If you still don't believe me, go here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgfjXaJxV8

...and watch the construction of the wooden replica.

Where did I say that I didn't believe you? What matters is time wasted by a well-known aircraft manufacturer on building a replica that was not a replica at all. Of an aircraft that did not exist? Again, logic dictates this is not the way to look at the "replica" or why it was constructed. Being familiar with the aerospace industry since World War II, this qualifies as a complete waste of time in every sense of the word.


Ed