The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (English: Dragon) was a helicopter developed by Germany during World War II. A single 750-kilowatt (1,010 hp) Bramo 323...
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The Focke-Achgelis Fa 325 Krabbe was a proposed rotary wing transport designed in Nazi Germany by Focke-Achgelis in 1942. Heinrich Focke began designing...
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The Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (English: Wagtail) was a type of rotary-wing kite, known as a rotor kite. They were towed behind German U-boats during...
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1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company—Focke-Achgelis—in 1937. Professor Henrich Focke, through his development of the Fw 186...
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The Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 was an experimental single-seat rotary wing glider built in Nazi Germany by Focke-Achgelis in 1942. Only a single example was...
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Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Dragon), transport helicopter (20 produced) Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 rotary wing glider (prototype), 1942 Focke-Achgelis Fa...
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The Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 was a tiltrotor VTOL aircraft project designed by Henrich Focke. Conceived as a single-seat fighter, the Fa 269 project resulted...
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The Focke-Achgelis Fa 284 was a project to develop a large transport helicopter, designed in 1943 by Focke-Achgelis for use by the Luftwaffe. The helicopter...
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helicopter (prototype) Focke Achgelis Fa 330 helicopter (prototype) Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944 Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz ('Goldfinch')...
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700 kg (1,500 lb) payload. Focke established the Focke-Achgelis company on 27 April 1937 in partnership with pilot Gerd Achgelis, and began development work...
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nine-cylinder BMW/Bramo Fafnir 750 hp radial engine powering the larger Focke Achgelis Fa 223 helicopter, whose higher output (27.78 hp/L, 0.62 hp/lb), more modern...
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/ artillery spotter) Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 "Drache" - military transport helicopter, saw limited use for rescue Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 - single-seat rotary...
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configuration. Focke Rochen - a VTOL experimental aircraft project. Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 – a planned tilt-rotor VTOL fighter. Focke-Wulf Ta 152 – a...
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RLM aircraft by manufacturer (section Focke-Achgelis)
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Kite), transport helicopter (prototype Focke-Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse (Hornet), helicopter (prototype) Focke-Achgelis Fa...
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used by several of the early helicopters, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache and Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl convertiplane. Construction...
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Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Dragon), transport helicopter (prototype Focke Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse (Hornet), helicopter (prototype) Focke Achgelis...
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designs, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 200, Henschel Hs 126, Dornier Do 24 and Dornier Do 17, as well as the Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache helicopter. Its...
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prototype Focke Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse - helicopter prototype Focke Achgelis Fa 269 - tilt-wing pursuit helicopter project Focke Achgelis Fa 283 - jet...
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(1948) - a three rotor helicopter Firth Helicopter (1952) Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (1941) Focke-Wulf Fw 61 (1936) Kamov Ka-22 (1959) Kamov V-100 (1980s)...
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interceptor design Focke-Wulf TO Project Focke-Wulf Volksjäger – rocket-powered interceptor fighter project Focke-Wulf VTOL Project Focke-Achgelis List of RLM...
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Sikorsky R-5 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Flettner Fl 282 Platt-LePage XR-1 Notes "Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly"...
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development in the Second World War, with the introduction of the Focke Achgelis Fa 223, the Flettner Fl 282 synchropter in 1941 in Germany and the Sikorsky...
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List of rotorcraft (section Focke-Achgelis)
185 Flettner Fl 265 Flettner Fl 282 Florine Helicopter No.3 Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Focke-Wulf Fw 61 Freewind Bumble B Gadfly HDW.1 Gazda Helicospeeder...
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helicopters entered service. Another project, the more complex Focke Achgelis Fa 223 multi-role helicopter was beset with problems so that ultimately...
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production. Two years later it was followed in Germany by the twin-rotor Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Kite) transport helicopter and in America by the Sikorsky...
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265—was used in the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Aegean Seas. The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache, like the Fw 61, used two transverse rotors, and was the...
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bratukhin Omega Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Focke-Wulf Fw 61 McDonnell XHJD Whirlaway Related lists List of military...
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1941 Synchropter helicopter 223 Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache transport production 20 1940 helicopter 330 Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 reconnaissance production...
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abandoned. Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 A single DFS 230 converted to an auto-gyro by replacing the wings with the 3-bladed rotor from a Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, mounted...
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Do 217, Do 335 DFS 228 Fieseler Fi 103, Fi 156, Fl 282 Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, Fa 330 Focke-Wulf Fw 58, Fw 189, Fw 190, Ta 152, Fw 200 Fokker D.VII Gotha...
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