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  2. Horten Aircraft HX-2 - Wikipedia

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    HX-2 Flying Wing during flight testing in Eisenach, Germany. The Horten Aircraft HX-2 is a two-seat flying wing or "Blended Wing Body" aircraft powered by a Rotax 912 iS2 engine. It was built and first flown by Horten Aircraft in 2018 as an experimental aircraft. Test flying continued in 2019 at the Kindel Airfield near Eisenach in Germany.

  3. List of free flight simulators - Wikipedia

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    B-17 Flying Fortress (possibly not still available) Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer; CRRCSim; DARWARS; Digital Combat Simulator; Dogfights: The Game; Falcon 4.0 (see FreeFalcon) FlightGear; GeoFS; Gunship 2000; Linux Air Combat; Maestro; MusicVR; Microsoft Flight; Pie in the sky (game engine) Red Baron; Rise of Flight: The First Great ...

  4. ShinMaywa US-2 - Wikipedia

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    The ShinMaywa US-2 is a large Japanese short takeoff and landing amphibious aircraft that employs boundary layer control technology for enhanced STOL and stall suppression performance. Manufactured by seaplane specialist ShinMaywa (formerly Shin Meiwa ), it was developed from the earlier Shin Meiwa US-1A seaplane, which was introduced during ...

  5. Northrop N-1M - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft had an open cockpit in the center wing section and single, rear-facing, pusher propeller connected to a Menasco Cirrus inverted-four piston engine blended into the all-wing shape. [2] X-216H was first flown in 1929 with Edward Bellande at the controls; [ 3 ] the aircraft displayed adequate performance and was noted for its unique ...

  6. Free flight (model aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    F1B Model by Stepan Stepanchuk. Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free Flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over multiple competition rounds, within various class ...

  7. Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 - Wikipedia

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    The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 was an early flying wing aircraft designed and produced by British aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft.. The A.W.52 emerged from wartime research into the laminar flow airfoil, which indicated that, in combination with the flying wing configuration, such an aircraft could be dramatically more efficient than traditional designs.

  8. Sling Aircraft Sling 2 - Wikipedia

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    Development of the Sling 2 commenced in 2006. The Sling is a two-seat, low wing, all metal aircraft with tricycle landing gear made from composites. The aircraft is powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL,100 hp (75 kW), a Rotax 912ULS, or a 912iS engine, or optionally a turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 UL, driving a 3-bladed Warp Drive Inc propeller.

  9. Vought XF5U - Wikipedia

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    The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc-shaped body (resembling a flying flapjack /pancake, hence its nickname) serving as the lifting surface. [ 1 ]