Talk:Horten H.IV

Aspect ratio not Airfoil?

I might well be wrong, but that number 21.8 looks very like the aspect ratio. If so, the wing area is about 18.9 sq m, which is just the same as that of his later I.Ae.34. This had a slightly shorter span. Where do the specs come from?TSRL (talk) 21:29, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

(moved under heading)Is it possible that the Horten IV is a record holder for its design attributes? Highest aspect ratio among flying wing aircraft? Powered or unpowered? DeepSkyFrontier (talk) 20:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

If the numbers on plausible web sites (e.g. http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=158) are right, then the Horten VI certainly trumps the IV with an aspect ratio of 32.4. Photos make that number seem possible.TSRL (talk) 21:11, 2 January 2010 (UTC) For compaison, the highest value I could find for any other aircraft after a very short search was the DG Flugzeugbau DG-800 at 27.4. Mind, modern gliders are span limited by class (this one is an 18 m), whereas the Horten VI had a span of 24.2 m.TSRL (talk) 21:31, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I've looked around more, and the Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 has an AR of 38.8. Not a flying wing, of course.TSRL (talk) 16:41, 27 January 2010 (UTC) It also exposes my ignorance of glider classes, with a span of 26.5 m.TSRL (talk) 21:58, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

As its name implies the Open Class is open to any aircraft with few limitations. As you so rightly said there are classes which impose limits on dimensions, typically span, and accoutrements like flaps. Unfortunately these classes are quite fluid and those that I remember have been altered beyond recognition.Petebutt (talk) 15:13, 21 June 2012 (UTC)