| − | Despite devs' claim, this plane is not "stealthy" in any capacity. This myth was created years after the war by some of its inventors to give them more credibility, even so this plane was not designed with any stealth capability in mind, and after testing is not stealthy at all, being on par with similar planes of the period.
| + | Although in popular culture there is a belief that this plane was designed with stealth in mind, this plane is not "stealthy" in any capacity. This myth was apparently created years after the war by Reimar Horten in a publication in 1983, There was a statement by Horten on the idea of making a charcoal based compound to absorb radar waves and adding it to another design that never was built. After research and tests done in the 2000's it was found out that there was no charcoal compound layer in between the wood and shows that the particular plane/specimen we havec was not originally designed with any stealth capability in mind. In fact it was on par with similar planes of the period in terms of radar signature but its advantage would have been speed. |