Fieseler Fi 166
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| Type: | rocket propelled fighter aircraft |
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The Fieseler Fi 166 was a concept study carried out by the Gerhard-Fieseler-Werke in 1941/42 of a rocket-powered aircraft that was to be used as a fighter aircraft at great heights.
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A first variant was the Fi-166 high-altitude fighter I . It consisted of the combination of a rocket with an airplane (based on the Messerschmitt Bf 109 ) with two jet engines. The missile was supposed to carry the aircraft up to an altitude of 12,000 meters, then be detached and returned on a parachute.
The second design was the Fi-166 Höhenjäger II , a two-seater aircraft whose rocket engine was to be used not only during take-off but also in flight.
Both designs did not get beyond the drafting stage.
In the spring of 1944 the idea of a rocket propelled aircraft was taken up again. Erich Bachem , who had been the technical director of the Fieseler Flugzeugwerke until the beginning of 1942, was responsible for the design . The result was the Bachem Ba 349 “Natter”, the world's first vertically taking off interceptor aircraft.
See also
Web links
- Fi-166 high-altitude rocket fighter (English)