Author Topic: Horten XIV building thread (Read 34329 times)

Happy Days · « **Reply #30 on:** February 19, 2010, 21:45:46 PM »

Laying on the sofa….= terrible

Working on the model = excellent. :clap:

I’ve been trying to work out what the numbers 4862 mean. (Lothar 4862)
I’m going to hazard a guess and say they are your date of birth. But to work out your birthday depends on whether you’ve used the European or American way. i.e. Your D.o.B. is either the 4th of August 1962,…….or the 8th of April ‘62

I don’t think you’re Leo, I think your more of an Aries so I’ll go for the 8th April!

All a bit off topic I know. :oops: (Just thinking out loud really)

lothar4862 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 19, 2010, 21:54:18 PM »

Well Keith,

good combined.... but I am leo..... 4th August is fine to me. :lol:

In Germany we always us the TTMMYYYY system.

Regards

Lothar

lothar4862 · « **Reply #32 on:** February 24, 2010, 20:57:25 PM »

Hi there,

I was busy in finishing. The wings are covered and painted. Now I will concentrate on the center-sections. One will be scale and one with a Motor.

The pics are fresh from today (The snow too :!: )

Regards

Lothar

billscottni · « **Reply #33 on:** February 24, 2010, 21:05:02 PM »

Model looks great Lothar :clap:

Happy Days · « **Reply #34 on:** February 25, 2010, 18:18:36 PM »

That’s a big bird you’ve got there. Nice looking too. :clap: (Looks much better than you sleeping on the sofa :roll: ) :lol:

Don’t worry about the snow Lothar, it helps to “smooth” the air flow over the ground. Makes the flying easier!

lothar4862 · « **Reply #35 on:** April 26, 2010, 08:00:56 AM »

Well,

over the last days I did the maiden flights with a motor-center-section.

Surprise! It's flying!

Attached pictures are from yesterday. this was the fourth flight. I am getting used to it now and I am loosing the nervous feelings now.

The bungee-start:

in the air:

Arriving for landing:

She's a beauty in the air, pretty fast and she needs a lot of area for manouvres.

Lothar

Happy Days · « **Reply #36 on:** April 26, 2010, 08:17:12 AM »

That’s one BIG bird Lothar! Glad you’re getting used to flying her, she has a great outline against the sky.

I ‘Take my hat off to You’ Lothar. You’re a true model maker.

Well Done!

Keith

lothar4862 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 25, 2010, 20:28:05 PM »

Thank You Keith.

last weekend i've been with my friend Andrés. We had a great time together talking and flying our wings. His wife made a nice video of our XIV's together in the air:

http://vimeo.com/11975482

enjoy.

Regards

Lothar

Happy Days · « **Reply #38 on:** May 26, 2010, 09:37:24 AM »

Very good Lothar, :clap: they look very graceful in the air together. Tell me; is it as true for Hortens as for other planes , that the bigger ones are easier to land than the smaller ones? :?:

From the video, these big Hortens’ seem to come in very fast, for landing :shock: , then just “stop” and sit down on the ground!

lothar4862 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 26, 2010, 10:58:01 AM »

Well Keith,

the problem with those Hortens is the gliding ratio. They are faster than typical size-similar sail-planes. This makes landing so difficult. We use airbrakes to come down and in the last seconds. While landing, the plane faces very much the "bottom effect". It want's to glide and to glide and glide..... It's really not easy to land sometimes. :?

This "just stop" is in real quite nice fast and exciting.... It looks better in the video than in reality. :wink:

ähm the bigger the easier.... I feel, the bigger as more diffucult to land. See above. For example, You remember the little XII at Your airfield? This one is today easy, because in relation to the big one it gets down as fast as a stone.

Airfields can be rather short with a Hortenplane. But that's what I like, they are different from the rest

Regards

Lothar

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