To my great surprise, the Museo Nacional de Aeronautica (National Aeronautics Museum) of Buenos Aires, restored another Horten wing, this time a small one, the Ho Xb Piernifero II ('Piernifero' means 'animal that has legs'). It can be considered a kind of ultralight glider, designed to take off on its pilot's legs, running against the wind or being towed by a car on a long rope. After take off the pilot took a semi-prone position.
This is the second in the Piernifero series: the first was Ho Xa Piernifero I, nicknamed " L'alita" (little wing) built in
Cordoba (Argentina); and the third, Ho Xc Piernifero III was built by Phillip Moyes (as I read in TWITT page).
Lateral view, shows
dihedral and
built-in wash out. In fact, the pilot flew in a
half-prone position.
Behind is an AVRO-La Cierva, and to the left, a Bleriot
XI wing.
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