Talk:Horten H.XVIII

David Myhra's reliability on stealth claims
"Myhra, 1998." is a very poor reference format. More of David Myhra's work (assuming that's who it refers to) can be found on his site - http://www.luft46.com/Myhra/dmyhra.html Schiffer Publishing also seems like it might be (at least in part) a Self Publishing company. http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41604 Most stealth claims I've found assume that Horton aircraft are going up against 12m wavelength Chain Home radars (which had been largely replaced by 10cm radar by 1942-1943) and based upon wave top level flight, which is largely incompatible with a transatlantic crossing; at least with an aircraft of this design. Does anyone have a specific citation for this questionable claim? ANTIcarrot (talk) 19:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

I saw the stealth claim and thought it unlikely.

This looks a bit like a stealth aircraft, but there is a big difference in how they will perform.

Those wavelengths will likely pass through the wooden structure and reflect back from all the metal inside, of which there will be plenty.

I doubt stealth was a consideration, just the creation of an efficient flying wing design. And unless it is engineered in, with science that was not available at the time, I am very doubtful it would work. Sevenman (talk) 20:32, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Year?
I don't see a year built or even how many were built during this time. Can we get that in there? Interesting... Dinky town  talk  05:51, 30 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Sure. None were built, ever. Does that help? Greglocock (talk) 10:47, 13 April 2016 (UTC)