Focke-Wulf Fw 186
Focke-Wulf Fw 186 | |
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Type: | Gyroplane |
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First flight: |
July 27, 1938 |
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- |
Production time: |
- |
Number of pieces: |
2 |
The Focke-Wulf Fw 186 was a two-seat gyroplane in composite construction, which was developed by Erhardt Kosel in 1937/1938 on the basis of the gyroplane Cierva C.30 built under license by Focke-Wulf . A conventional gyroplane with a 12-meter rotor, powered by an Argus As 10 C (240 hp) , was created using the Fw-56 fuselage, which was extended to 8.20 m . The first flight of the prototype took place on July 27, 1938. Since the flight characteristics of a second machine built were not convincing either, development was discontinued in 1939.
As a rival design to the Fieseler Fi 156 , the Fw 186 was intended as a STOL aircraft.
literature
- Heinz J. Nowarra : The German Air Armament 1933-1945. Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Reinhold Thiel : Focke-Wulf aircraft construction . Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89757-489-2 , p. 103 .