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Horten XIV building thread

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lothar4862:
Ouuhhh Keith,

Your Ideas were better some weeks ago :lol:  I remeber Heidi said: "Keith is a fine man I believe."

I think it's better, that she doesn't read this thread over here :wink:

Alan,

I will not cover the whole woodwork. I'll cover only the open areas with silk. You will see, looks like my Colibri in some weeks. I love thís wooden planes to much.

Regards

Lothar

Fred:
:clap:  :clap:  Very nice build Lothar !
Quick question, the external airbrakes, are they used as "virtual" rudder ?  :?:

One day, I will do one ! Very unusual shape, and looks really good in flight !

lothar4862:
Fred,

quick answer:

The real Hortens used them as "Side rudders". I build this only one time into a wing before. But this wing is to big to "go just a bit flying" to make many experiments. So I decided to make them into the HXIV too, to find out how good or bad they are working. It's learning by doing. The big wing takes the side down, where the brakes are driven aout of the wing.

I'll see.

Regards

Lothar

lothar4862:
Hi there,

the first experimental version of the Horten XIV is in the air:

http://www.rcmovie.de/video/eeef69b5ba034cb7577b

She's built by Andrès Chavarria.

Enjoy the video!

Regards

Lothar[/url]

Fred:
Hi Lothar,
Well.. That's a fantastic model here ! And built in lightspeed too !  :clap:

Really like it a lot !  =P~

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