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Originally Posted by Bewolf

Fixed that for you.

Disagree.. The B49, as with all flying wings had stability issues.. It was not until the advent of fly-by-wire computer control pilot inputs was this problem solved, which is what made the B2 possible.. Something the Germans would have surly realized for themselves had they had more time to fully test the Go229. Or had the US bothered to fully test the Go229 post war

Originally Posted by Bewolf

Compared to the B49, which was a proven failure, despite even using vertical stabilizers? Yes.

Well that depends on your definition of failure.. Granted EDWARDS air force base got it's name due to the stability issues mentioned above

But as for the basic concept of the reduced drag a flying wing provides was not a failure

Add to that the basic shape of a flying wing is more stealth than say a B52 and it was not a failure.

Also note there were a lot of politics involved at the time that killed off the flying wings of the 50s, so even if they would have or could have addressed the stability issues in the 50s there is a good chance it woudl have been cancled due to politics

Originally Posted by Bewolf

And as you provided such nice pics in your post, let me provide some of my own.

You do realize that one can stretch and pull drawings to make them look like they agree when in fact they don't.. In your case here the leading edges.

And in doing so you missed the point

That the wing span of by the B49 and B2 are the same.. Which is very different from the wing span of the Go229

Originally Posted by Bewolf

I am sure you will have an opinion on that one, too.

See above

Originally Posted by Bewolf

For the rest, tools4fools already settled that.

I would expect nothing less from someone who considers the Germans supermen assisted by aliens..

But here in the real world

The Me262 experts (STORMBIRDS) that build reproductions of the Me262 don't say what the people who belive the Germans were supermen assisted by aliens say they are saying