Flettner FL-282 Helicopter

[Rotor Rooter]

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Tittle: The Luftwaffe Profile 06 - Flettner FL-282 (http://www.unicopter.com/Temporary/Luftwaffe_Profile_Flettner_FL282.pdf)

Description: 34 pages of information on the above craft.

Keywords: Flettner, FL-282, Intermeshing, Synchropter, German

[Jean Claude]

Both rotors intercrossed are an exceptional inventiveness

[quadrirotor]

Yes, Jean-claude, indeed! :D

http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6417

[bryancobb]

Starting at 2:17, here's some video of it flying. I think, ironically, that this helicopter was designed by a Jewish man.

WW2 German / Nazi Helicopters part 1 : Where Eagles Dare - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SrUyNG4fYA)

[Rotor Rooter]

I think, ironically, that this helicopter was designed by a Jewish man.
Bryan; Anton Flettner wasn't Jewish but his wife was. She converted to Catholicism when she was 16. Dr. Kurt Hohenemser, Anton's right-hand man, was Jewish.


Video of US testing of the Flettner FL-282 by Prewitt Aircraft Company
Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJoyyof6FU&feature=related)

Partial Copy of Prewitt's Evaluation; TR ATI No. 20283 Evaluation and Tests of the Flettner282
German Helicopter ~ Sept 1948.
Summary (http://www.unicopter.com/Prewitt-1.gif)
Pilot's Comment's & General Comments (http://www.unicopter.com/Prewitt-2.html)
General Comments (cont.) & Conclusions (http://www.unicopter.com/Prewitt-3.html)


Dave