{"product_id":"horten-go-231","title":"Horten Go 229","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevell 1\/72\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u0026amp;nbsp;Horten H.IX,\u0026amp;nbsp;RLM designation\u0026amp;nbsp;Ho 229\u0026amp;nbsp;(or\u0026amp;nbsp;Gotha Go 229\u0026amp;nbsp;for extensive re-design work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production) was a German\u0026amp;nbsp;prototype\u0026amp;nbsp;fighter-bomber\u0026amp;nbsp;designed by\u0026amp;nbsp;Reimar and Walter Horten\u0026amp;nbsp;to be built by\u0026amp;nbsp;Gothaer Waggonfabrik. Developed at a late stage of the\u0026amp;nbsp;Second World War, it was one of the earliest\u0026amp;nbsp;flying wing\u0026amp;nbsp;aircraft to be powered by\u0026amp;nbsp;jet engines.[1]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ho 229 was designed in response to a call made in 1943 by\u0026amp;nbsp;Hermann Göring, the head of the\u0026amp;nbsp;Luftwaffe, for\u0026amp;nbsp;light bombers\u0026amp;nbsp;capable of meeting the \"3×1000\" requirement; namely, to carry\u0026amp;nbsp;1,000 kilograms (2,200\u0026amp;nbsp;lb)\u0026amp;nbsp;of bombs a distance of\u0026amp;nbsp;1,000 kilometres (620\u0026amp;nbsp;mi)\u0026amp;nbsp;with a speed of\u0026amp;nbsp;1,000 kilometres per hour (620\u0026amp;nbsp;mph).\u0026amp;nbsp;Only\u0026amp;nbsp;jet propulsion\u0026amp;nbsp;could achieve the required speed, but such engines were very fuel-hungry, necessitating considerable effort across the rest of the design to meet the range requirement. The flying wing configuration was favoured by the Horten brothers due to its high aerodynamic efficiency, as demonstrated by their\u0026amp;nbsp;Horten H.IV\u0026amp;nbsp;glider. In order to minimise\u0026amp;nbsp;drag, the Ho 229 was not fitted with extraneous\u0026amp;nbsp;flight control surfaces. Its\u0026amp;nbsp;ceiling\u0026amp;nbsp;was\u0026amp;nbsp;15,000 metres (49,000\u0026amp;nbsp;ft). The Ho 229 was the only design that came close to the requirements, and the Horten brothers quickly received an order for three prototypes after the project gained Göring's approval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue to the Horten brothers' lack of suitable production facilities, Ho 229 manufacturing was contracted out to Gothaer Waggonfabrik; however, the company allegedly undermined the project by seeking the favour of Luftwaffe officials for its own flying wing design. On 1 March 1944 the first prototype H.IX\u0026amp;nbsp;V1, an unpowered glider, made its\u0026amp;nbsp;maiden flight, followed by the H.IX\u0026amp;nbsp;V2, powered by\u0026amp;nbsp;Junkers Jumo 004\u0026amp;nbsp;turbojet\u0026amp;nbsp;engines in December 1944. However, on 18 February 1945 the V2 was destroyed in a crash, killing its test pilot. Despite as many as 100 production aircraft being on order, none were completed. The nearly complete H.IX\u0026amp;nbsp;V3\u0026amp;nbsp;prototype was captured by the American military and shipped to the United States under\u0026amp;nbsp;Operation Paperclip. It was evaluated by both British and American researchers before entering long term storage. The H.IX\u0026amp;nbsp;V3\u0026amp;nbsp;is on static display in the\u0026amp;nbsp;Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51CTEmWRWqL.jpg\" alt=\"Revell 04312 Horten Go-229 1:72 Scale Unbuilt\/Unpainted Plastic Model Kit :  Amazon.co.uk: Toys \u0026amp; Games\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58624851771776,"sku":"04312","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/Revell04312_3c160a98-71c8-4c34-a4d4-a5a993605d5a.jpg?v=1785728611","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/horten-go-231","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}