Horten Ho-Vc

The Horten Vc was converted from the Ho 5b, which had been badly damaged by the elements. In Minden the two-seat Ho 5b
became a single-seat aircraft. The pilot was accommodated in a normal seated position. The Ho 5a's Hirth engines were retained,
as were its steel tube and wood construction and fixed undercarriage. As property of the military, it was finished in standard
Luftwaffe camouflage. The Ho 5c made its first flight on May 26, 1942.Construction of the Ho 7 took place at the Goettingen Bureau.
The aircraft's wings, were of wooden construction, while the center section was of welded tube steel construction with Dural skinning.
The aircraft made its first flight in May 1943.

Ho Vc with one of the Horten brothers.

Rear view of the Ho Vc with engine arrangement.

Ho Vc 3-view drawing by Airborne Grafix, enlarged version

Ho V original layout.


Horten Ho-VII

The Ho 7 was powered by two Argus AS-10-SC engines driving two-bladed constant-speed propellers via extension shafts.
Construction of the Ho 7 V2 began in 1944, but the aircraft had not been completed when the war ended.
On April 7, 1945, US troops occupied the airfield. The aircraft presumably suffered the same fate as the Ho 5 and was burned.

Very rare in-flight study of the Ho VII.

Construction drawing of the Ho VII.

Ho VII in a high speed shallow dive.

Ho VII under maintenance, at the far right the Ho Vc.

Rear view of the Argus engines.

Top view of the Horten Ho VII  (1944)

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