Aviation: Aircraft Template‑class

This template is within the scope of the Aviation WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.AviationWikipedia:WikiProject AviationTemplate:WikiProject Aviationaviation articles Template This template does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This template is supported by the aircraft project.

"Northrop N-9M (United States) and Horten Ho 229 (Nazi Germany) are the first propeller-powered and jet-powered flying wing-stealth aircraft in the world, respectively."

While being the first flying wing aircraft is true, it is irrelevant to the topic of stealth aircraft, and neither of them are stealth aircraft, contrary to the note. ThatOneDoge (talk) 06:14, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Stealth technology?

A jet-powered flying wing design such as the Horten Ho 229 has a smaller radar cross-section (RCS) than conventional contemporary twin-engine aircraft because the wings blended into the fuselage and there are no large propeller disks or vertical and horizontal tail surfaces to provide a typical identifiable radar signature.

LuciferAhriman (talk) 06:30, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Ho229 was not a stealth aircraft 12.13.17.154 (talk) 19:10, 3 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Reimar Horten claimed that one of them was, although the specimen at the Smithsonian is an earlier one which was not. Meanwhile the Northrop was an aerodynamic prototype with no regard for stealth per se. Best if the whole note goes - which I have now done. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 07:42, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]