- Horten Ho IV
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name = Horten Ho IV
type = Glider
manufacturer = Horten
caption = Horten Ho IV in the Deutsches Museum at Schleissheim, Munich
designer = Reimar and Walter Horten
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number built = 4
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variants with their own articles =The Horten Ho IV was a German tailless
flying wing glider in which the pilot lay in a prone position to reduce the frontal area, and hence drag. It was designed by Reimar and Walter Horten inGöttingen . Four were built between1941 and1943 . They were flown in a number of unofficial competitions in Germany duringWorld War II . After the war the flying examples were transported to theUnited Kingdom and theUnited States where several contest successes were achieved.pecifications
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length main= 3.81 m
length alt=12 ft 6 in
span main=20.3 m
span alt=66 ft 7 in
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airfoil=21.8
empty weight main= 246 kg
empty weight alt= 541 lb
loaded weight main= 349 kg
loaded weight alt= 768 lb
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* Minimum sink rate: 0.55 m/s at 55 km/h
* Best glide ratio: 32 at 73 km/hmax speed main= 200 km/h
max speed alt= 108 kts, 123 mph
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* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200006/ai_n8907071 Detailed history]
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*List of gliders
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