Horten Nachtjäger 1/72 REVELL

[The Chaos]

Evening folks ,
my newest model a hoarding las night fighter.
Were complemented machine guns , the antennas and the 2 railguns.

[dumaniac]

I like the camo pattern

[zenrat]

I like it.

Why did these have such big wheels?

[Captain Canada]

Very nice. Your paint work is impeccable. Love the colours and especially the exhaust work.

[NARSES2]

I like the camo pattern

Me as well

[sandiego89]

I like it.

Why did these have such big wheels?

I like it also.  Great work on the paint, especially the scorched section aft the engines.

Perhaps a large nose wheel was deemed favorable to prevent cartwheeling with such a closely paired landing gear (short wheel base) and heavily loaded nose gear.  Landing attitude would also be critical with wanting the front wheel to touch first, or all three at the same time, to avoid a sharp rotation (slap down) onto the nose gear as is done with most conventional tricycle gear aircraft. Known as a wheelbarrow landing- which is a no-no in most tricycle aircraft. 

A large nose tire (tyre) would give greater floatation, thus less likely to dig in and flip the aircraft, and greater shock absortion.     

[Allan]

very fine model...yes the scorch marks are utterly convincing...one thing about the Horten is that there is no place to realistically put numbers or a unit marking....I like the idea that one modeller had: he put a big swastika on the back where the wings and the fus form a triangular shape
Allan

[Army of One]

Oh yes......I like this loads.......

[zenrat]

I like it.

Why did these have such big wheels?

I like it also.  Great work on the paint, especially the scorched section aft the engines.

Perhaps a large nose wheel was deemed favorable to prevent cartwheeling with such a closely paired landing gear (short wheel base) and heavily loaded nose gear.  Landing attitude would also be critical with wanting the front wheel to touch first, or all three at the same time, to avoid a sharp rotation (slap down) onto the nose gear as is done with most conventional tricycle gear aircraft. Known as a wheelbarrow landing- which is a no-no in most tricycle aircraft. 

A large nose tire (tyre) would give greater floatation, thus less likely to dig in and flip the aircraft, and greater shock absortion.     

Hmmmm, there is a lot of weight coming down on that wheel.  I think you're right.

[The Chaos]

Thank you for your replys Guys.

[matrixone]

Very nice work on the Horten!

I can't remember if it was here or another site where I answered the question about the Horten's landing gear but the Ho 229 was designed to sit with the nose angled higher than most other tricycle landing gear aircraft. This is because the Ho 229 did not have enough elevator force to raise the nose since the main landing gear was placed so far back, with the nose angled upwards a few degrees all the pilot had to do on takeoff was to keep it going straight ahead and when enough speed was reached the aircraft would lift off on its own. If the Ho 229 did not have the nose angled up like it was it would have been the fastest jet powered (and coolest looking) tricycle on the planet.

Matrixone

[Glenn Gilbertson]

A good looking model - great paintwork.

[dumaniac]

jet tricycle - most amusing Matrixone - most amusing

it would be one hell of a ride