Weser flight P.1003
The Weserflug P.1003 was a project by the German Weser aircraft construction company from 1938 to develop a two-seat military tilt rotor aircraft with VTOL properties.
history
At the beginning of 1938 plans arose for a tilt rotor aircraft, the development of which under the designation P.1003 was supported by the Reich Aviation Ministry . The aircraft was a monoplane with a conventional fuselage. The aircraft was built with wings mounted high up that opened halfway and with a propeller on each wing tip. A Daimler-Benz DB 600 was installed in the middle of the fuselage . Drive shafts connected the engine to two propellers four meters in diameter. The original plans included a retractable landing gear.
For takeoff, the entire outer part of the wing could be rotated 90 degrees so that the propellers were pointing up and lifting the aircraft off the ground. Then the propellers would be pivoted horizontally for the transition to level flight.
However, the aircraft was never built due to the complexity of the VTOL system.