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==Variants== [[File:Horten Ho 229 Smithsonian front.jpg|thumb|Horten Ho 229 V3 prototype at the Smithsonian's Garber restoration facility ([[National Air and Space Museum]])]] [[File:Horten Ho 229 Smithsonian rear.jpg|thumb|Rear view of Horten Ho 229 prototype]] ;H.IX V1 :First prototype, an unpowered glider, one built and flown (three-view drawing below).<ref name="WOTR" /> ;H.IX V2 :First powered prototype, one built and flown with twin Junkers Jumo 004B engines.<ref name="WOTR" /> '''Gotha developments:''' ;Ho 229 V3 :Revised air intakes, engines moved forward to correct longitudinal imbalance. Its nearly completed airframe was captured in production, with two Junkers Jumo 004B jet engines installed in the airframe. ;Ho 229 V4 :Planned two-seat all-weather fighter, in construction at [[Friedrichroda]], but not much more than the center-section's tubular framework completed.<ref name="WOTR" /> ;Ho 229 V5 :Planned two-seat all-weather fighter, in construction at Friedrichroda, but not much more than the center-section's tubular framework completed.<ref name="WOTR" /> ;Ho 229 V6 :Projected definitive single-seat fighter version with different cannon, one captured in production at [[Ilmenau]] by US troops.<ref>Dabrowski 1997, {{page needed|date=November 2022}}.</ref> '''Horten developments:''' ;H.IXb (also designated V6 and V7 by the Hortens) :Projected two-seat trainer or night-fighter; not built.<ref name="WOTR" /> ;Ho 229 A-0 :Projected expedited production version based on Ho 229 V6; not built.
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