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Aircraft and configuration
Rara-Avis Sim represents the Horten IX / Ho 229 as a Jumo 004-powered flying wing. Its custom flight model is accompanied by metric instruments, oxygen equipment, circuit breakers and a custom landing-gear system.
Horten IX / Ho 229
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Rara-Avis Sim represents the Horten IX / Ho 229 as a Jumo 004-powered flying wing. Its custom flight model is accompanied by metric instruments, oxygen equipment, circuit breakers and a custom landing-gear system.
History & design
From the H IX project to Ho 229
Reimar Horten used Roman numerals for his designs, including H IX for the all-wing jet project. Official approval for the first glider prototype around August 1943 brought the project under the air ministry’s Ho 229 designation.
National Air and Space Museum · Ho 229 V3 research update, January 2015 ↗Smithsonian curator research update, January 2015
Three prototypes with different histories
The first prototype was a glider. The second, Ho 229 V2, flew twice before crashing; the Smithsonian preserves the V3 artifact. The museum’s naming research is useful when reading accounts that alternate between H IX and Ho 229.
National Air and Space Museum · Ho 229 V3 research update, January 2015 ↗Smithsonian curator research update, January 2015
Systems & details
The simulated cockpit and its systems
Rara-Avis depicts Jumo 004 engines, metric instruments, an oxygen system and working circuit breakers. Its product description also calls out the landing-gear mechanism, low-fuel indications, pitot heat and canopy heat. An options clipboard handles presentation choices such as the pilot and exterior equipment. These are features of the MSFS rendition: the preserved V3 airframe’s existence does not establish that this virtual cockpit reproduces a completed operational aircraft.
In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
Horten IX / Ho 229 — simulator documentationRara-Avis Sim · Horten IX / Ho 229 product descriptionMuseum aircraft record
Ho 229 V3 research update, January 2015National Air and Space Museum · Smithsonian curator research update, January 2015Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Rara-Avis Sim Horten IX / Ho 229
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The jet-powered Horten flying wing, represented with Jumo 004 engines.
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