Horten "X" XIIIb
Limited edition Luft 46 kit ; 1/72 scale. Price eur48
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Horten X Supersonic Delta-Wing
The Horten X (XIIIb) was a Top Secret project that was still under development when World War II ended in May 1945.
The single-seat fighter was to be a mixed propulsion aircraft powered by a both an He S-011 turbojet and a Walter rocket engine. The aircraft was expected to break the sound barier in a steep dive and then maintain supersonic level flight during combat. Engineers calculated that the plane would achieve a top speed of Mach 1.4.
The project began with the construction of a full-sized glider with a 70-degree nose-angle wing to investigate subsonic handling and landing problems. The glider was almost finished when it was destroyed in 1945 by advancing Allied troops.
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 This is one of our first - and still most popular - models. Click here for front view and side view plan, from the kit instructions. You will have to fill and sand the body/wing junctions and use metal wire for the main landing gear legs because the model is a bit heavy.
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