Focke rays
The Focke Rochen is the name of a type of aircraft that the aircraft manufacturer Henrich Focke began to develop in 1944. Sometimes the design is also called Focke-Wulf Schnellflugzeug or Focke-Wulf VTOL . After tests in the wind tunnel , Focke applied for a patent on it in 1957. It bears the name stingray after its flat construction. According to the structure, it can be assigned to two special types of aircraft :
- Ringflügler , a ring-shaped flying wing , i.e. an aircraft in which there is no differentiation between wings and fuselage. The stability around the longitudinal and transverse axis necessary for flight is generated by the wing itself.
- VTOL , a whiz kid , which until then had only been tested as a model airplane.
A vertical take-off is provided with the help of a central coaxial rotor . The aircraft type did not get beyond the testing phase.
Web links
Commons : Focke Rochen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- http://greyfalcon.us/restored/Focke%20Wulf%20Schnellflugzeug.htm
- http://www.luft46.com/fw/fwvtol.html
- http://www.aiaa.org/tc/vstol/unbuilt/fa/index.html
- http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Focke-Wulf-Schnellflugzeug
Individual evidence
- ^ DIE ZEIT, December 10, 1965, No. 50. Online: Learned from the dragonflies
- ↑ Patent No. 953938 of the German Patent Office