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	Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri" helicopter - development history, photos, technical data
		Flettner's first rotorcraft, flown in 1932, had a 2-blade rotor 29.87m in diameter, with a 30hp Anzani engine mounted part of the way along each blade driving a propeller - a form of propulsion similar to that used by the Italian Vittorio Isacco on his so-called 'helicogyros' developed in the U.S.S.R. in the 1930s.
		The Fl 185 was a gyroplane equipped with a three-blade rotor; torque balance was achieved by means of variable-pitch pusher propellers driven by extension shafts located at the ends of outriggers mounted on each side of the fuselage.
		Flettner's improved helicopter was the two-seat Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird), and to speed the development of an aircraft that could prove valuable for naval use, a total of 30 prototypes and 15 pre-production examples were ordered in early 1940.
	avia.russian.ee /vertigo/flettner_kolibri-r.html (4386 words)

	Anton Flettner
		Flettner also made several improvements to military tanks, and he apparently designed a guided torpedo which was never built.
		Flettner also removed the autogyro's main propeller and replaced it with two smaller propellers on outriggers located on the side.
		The Fl 282 is most notable for pioneering the Naval use of helicopters, particularly for hunting submarines.
	www.neam.co.uk /helicopters/flettner.html (1109 words)

	Flettner Fl-282 Kolibri Nazi Helicopter
		Flettner's first rotorcraft, flown in 1932, had a 2-blade rotor 100ft in diameter, with a 30hp Anzani engine mounted part of the way along each blade driving a propeller - a form of propulsion similar to that used by the Italian Vittorio Isacco on his so-called 'helicogyros' developed in the U.S.S.R. in the 1930s.
		The RLM therefore agreed to wait for the Fl 282, to hasten whose development it ordered thirty prototypes and fifteen pre-production aircraft in spring 1940.The maiden flight was made in 1941.
		The Fl 282 was designed so the rotor blades and landing gear could be removed and the helicopter stored in a compact area such as the pressure tank of a U-boat.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Flettner-282/flettner.php (1541 words)

	Flettner Fl 282 History
		The innovative Flettner Fl 282 was one of the first (if not the first) operational helicopter that was used on board of ships.
		Being the successor of the Flettner Fl 265 which first flew in May 1939, the Flettner 282 was only build in small numbers, 30 prototypes and 15 pre production vehicles were completed.
		At the end of the war, only three Flettner Fl 282 were still operational and none of this remarkable aircraft survived until today.
	www.german-navy.de /kriegsmarine/aviation/shipbased/fl282 (232 words)

	Huma 1/72 Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri
		The Flettner Fl 282 was a development of the Flettner Fl 265 dating from 1938.
		The fuel tank was than removed from the centre and moved to the sides so that a passenger/observer could take place in the hull facing the rear and with his head under the propellers.
		The Flettner also has a tubular frame at the front and for its landing gear and the removal from the sprues as well as the cleanup of those parts is very delicate and demands extreme precautions.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/choppers/fl-282_erwin.htm (1838 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Flettner Fl 282
		The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri ("Hummingbird") is a single-seat open cockpit intermeshing rotor helicopter, or synchropter, produced by Anton Flettner of Germany.
		The incomplete frame of one Fl 282B is located at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry, England.
		Flettner Fl 282A-2:-single seat recon helicopter aboard submarines equipped with special hangar in deck,only project.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Flettner_Fl_282 (199 words)

	Flettner Fl 282 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri is a single-seat open cockpit intermeshing-rotor helicopter, or synchropter, produced by Anton Flettner of Germany.
		Plans to build thousands of Kolibris were abandoned after the Flettner factories were bombed by the Allies.
		Only three of these helicopters survived the war; the rest were destroyed to prevent capture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flettner_Fl_282 (160 words)

	Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri
		V armádní službě se vrtulník Fl 282 B 2 používal většinou na řízení dělostřelecké palby, navádění tanků v nepřehledném terénu a to hlavně na východní frontě.
		Fl 282 V 22 v Töplitzee blízko Aigen v Rakousku 6.5.1945.
		Fl 282 je, asi bez nadsázky, možné označit za nejlepší vrtulník druhé světové války.
	www.vrtulnik.cz /flettner282.htm (1254 words)

	Flettner Fl 282 \| THG Lexikon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Anton Flettner arbeitete bereits seit einiger Zeit an der Entwicklung von Hubschraubern.
		Oktober 1941 mit der Fl 282 V 2.
		Oktober 1942 wurde die Bordfliegerstaffel 3./196 gegründet, deren Hauptaufgabe in der Erprobung von Hubschraubern wie der Fl 282 und der FA 330 als sogenannte „Bord-Sonderflugzeuge“ bestand.
	www.thgweb.de /lexikon/Flettner_Fl_282 (1067 words)

	Anton Flettner—Kolibri
		The Fl 282 Kolibri was the first to use two closely intermeshing rotors.
		Flettner also removed the autogyro's main propeller and replaced it with two smaller propellers on outriggers located on the side.
		The Fl 282 is most notable for pioneering the Naval use of helicopters, particularly for hunting submarines.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Rotary/flettner/HE6.htm (1018 words)

	SK Films \| Straight Up! Helicopters in Action (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was the first helicopter to undergo extensive military testing, including demonstrations in which the Fl 265 used its agility to escape from simulated attacks by fighter aircraft.
		This intermeshing rotor design was an improvement on the Fl 265, and became the first helicopter to enter military service.
		Flettner built twenty-three prototypes, but the complexity of the transmission prevented it from receiving approval for mass production.
	www.shaftesbury.org /straightup/facts_links_02.htm (1707 words)

	FLETTNER FI 265
		FL 265 V2 l primer diseño de Anton Flettner, fue la construcción de un helicóptero bipala, a las que se les instaló a cada una un pequeño motor y hélice respectiva para el giro del rotor, eliminando así el par de torsión.
		Although the Fl 265 was a German naval machine, the first prototype was painted as a civil aircraft with registration D-EFLV.
		The results tabulated after 20 minutes of simulated' attacks on the evading helicopter, and verified by the gun camera films from both fighters, showed that no hits were made on the helicopter.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/5249/fle265.htm (1215 words)

	Huma 1/72 Flettner Fl 282
		Six of his Fl 265’s were evaluated by the Navy, spotting from warships and submarines.
		Ideally the 282 is not a suitable kit to be made in 1/72 scale in the limited run format as there are many small and delicate parts, however, we must thank Huma for doing so since the “big boys” are never likely to make a kit of this historically important aircraft.
		The 282 is a “tail sitter” but a small bit of flat lead glued to the back of the bulkhead (24) did the trick.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/choppers/fl-282.htm (708 words)

	Fletter Fl 282 by Dave Orloff (Huma 1/48) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One such visionary was Anton Flettner, whose development of a series of helicopters intended for naval use began in earnest in 1935 with the opening of his Berlin-Johannisthal factory.
		This was the first successful use of twin intermeshing counter-rotating rotor blades, but a single seat aft of the transmission and the engine mounted in the nose combined to make this a less than ideal type for full service.
		A direct development of the earlier Fl-265, the 282 was a neat little machine, using Anton Flettner’s revolutionary rotor system to produce a stable helicopter unencumbered by a complex tail rotor mechanism.
	www.kitparade.com /features01/fl282do_1.htm (960 words)

	1086
		In addition, The center of the UniCopter's H-force should be closer to the craft's X-axis, because of the greater stagger than the Flettner and the greater blade thickness toward the root.
		In addition, this vertical pickup [71] is on the starboard side and the motion appears to be coincident with the yaw vibration during forward flight and the moments through the craft's center of mass.
		The vibrations of the Flettner ship at the pilot's seat would indicate sufficient amplitude to be objectionable, although the pilot who was flying this machine, and had flown many other helicopters, did not feel that the vibration of the Flettner machine at the pilot's seat to be relatively objectionable.
	www.synchrolite.com /1086.html (554 words)

	TransportStation
		Models such the Flettner FL 282 Kolibri were used in the Mediterranean Sea.
		Mass production of the military version of the Sikorsky XR-4 began in May 1942 for the United States Army and was used over Burma for rescue duties.
		The slightly different system of intermeshing rotors, also called a synchropter, which was developed in Nazi Germany for a small anti-submarine warfare helicopter, the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri, features two main rotors on separate, obliquely mounted axles.
	www.transportstation.org /show/4812/Helicopter (2045 words)

	Luftwaffe Annex - Warbirds Resource Group - Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Flettner Fl 282 V6 Kolibri aboard the minelayer "Drache", Aegean Sea, Winter 1942-43
		In October, 1942, two Fl 282 helicopters were delivered to Triest with their personnel, including Cpt.
		Since November, 1942 until January/February, 1943, the first helicopter Fl 282 V6 GF+YF had been employed as the recco' craft over Aegean Sea, basing upon improvised helicopter carrier Kriegsmarine's minelayer "Drach" ("Schiff 50", ex-Yuogoslavian "Zmaj").
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /LRG/fl282.html (139 words)

	[1.0] European Helicopter Pioneers
		His first helicopter, built in 1930, was a bizarre and unworkable machine with twin engines and propellers attached to the main rotor.
		After initial test flights, Flettner then powered the rotor of the machine and removed the propeller from the nose, replacing it with two small propellers, each on an outrigger, to provide control and forward thrust.
		The German Navy began to provide funding to Flettner in 1938, and the Fl-265 made its first flight in May 1939.
	www.vectorsite.net /avheli_1.html (4100 words)

	Flettner Fl 265 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Fl 265 had a radial engine in the nose, and an enclosed cabin for the pilot.
		It was the first helicopter to receive a production order, but after six had been built it was cancelled in favour of the more advanced Fl 282.
		The Fl 265 was used in tests of shipboard helicopter operations.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/db/ger/FL265FLE.html (74 words)

	Flettner Fl 282 by Fabrice Fanton (Huma 1/48) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Flettner Fl 282 by Fabrice Fanton (Huma 1/48)
		Here are some pictures of my two Flettner Fl 282s in 1/48th scale by Huma.
		The grey Flettner was used for testing on a German military ship.
	www.gallery02.kitparade.com /fl282ff_1.htm (113 words)

	Kamen K-225
		In Germany during World War II, Anton Flettner had originally pioneered the intermeshing rotor configuration when he designed and flew the Flettner Fl 282 helicopter.
		After the war, the concept migrated to the United States and picked up the nickname 'synchropter.' Kaman believed that intermeshing, counter-rotating rotors were more efficient for certain types of helicopters than the single main/tail rotor designs pioneered by Igor Sikorsky during the war.
		The K-190 was nimble enough to demonstrate aerobatic maneuvers that most other helicopters of that era could not perform but it was also underpowered and Kaman soon designed an improved model designated the K-225.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/kamen_k225.htm (2004 words)

	Warbirds: / Flettner FL 282 Kolibri
		De Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri was één van de eerste helikopter die werden ingezet tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en dit vanaf januari 1943.
		De Fl-282 maakte zijn proefvlucht op 15 augustus 1941, bij het ene prototype zat de piloot volledig vrij bij een ander was hij omgeven door een glazen behuizing, bij een van de prototypes werd een plaats voor een passagier voorzien achter de motor.
		Van deze 32 gebouwde toestellen overleefden er slechts drie de oorlog, de rest werd vernield door de Duitsers omdat ze niet in geallieerde handen zouden vallen, één, de V20 werd na het beindigen van de oorlog overgebracht naar Groot-Brittannië, hiervan zijn nog resten ondergebracht in het Midland Air Museum.
	www.warbirds.be /web/content.php?article.176 (197 words)

	0474
		At a dinner meeting where Flettner and Sikorsky were both present, Sikorsky was taken aback by the technological advancements shown in the film of the FL-282.
		Autorotation: In 1939, Flettner's Fl-265 intermeshing helicopter was the first helicopter to demonstrate transition into autorotation and then back into powered flight.
		Flight tests were made on the Flettner FL-282 Helicopter to determine the power requirements, control response, couple response between rudder and aileron, static stability, and the difference between a straight and a butterfly stabilizer.
	www.unicopter.com /0474.html (645 words)

	Flettner FL 282 Kolibri
		In 1940, Hitler 's Kriegsmarine (German Navy) made a request for a naval helicopter for operate from its units.
		Derivative from the Flettner FL 265, the FL 282 deliveries begun in 1942 and the next year, 20 prototypes were in service.
		The model demonstrate to be very effective so plans for 1000 units where approved but being a Navy aircraft had little claim on production facilities and they were finally aborted due allied bombs to the BMW and Flettner factories.
	www.helis.com /pioneers/h_fl282.php (151 words)

	Huma 1/48 Fl-282 Preview
		Flettner was working on the problems of stability in helicopters and came up with the concept of intermeshing rotors; each turning in an opposite direction.
		The previous helicopter, the Fl-265, was approved for production in 1940, but Flettner came up with an improved design capable of carrying a crew of two.
		So successful were the 20 prototype and pre-production machines that a production order for 1,000 examples was made to BMW in 1944 as Flettner did not have the production capabilities needed.
	modelingmadness.com /scotts/axis/luft/282preview.htm (627 words)

	Helicopter Simulation News - Free Dodosim Flettner Fl 282 Released
		Helicopter Simulation News - Free Dodosim Flettner Fl 282 Released
		Providing helicopter related information resources to expand your helicopter simulation and helicopter training experience.
		The Flettner Fl 282 is a German World war 2 reconnaissance and anti-submarine helicopter.
	www.hovercontrol.com /artman/publish/article_75.shtml (114 words)

	Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri
		Um die Fl 282 zu verbessern, waren folgende Arbeiten nötig:
		A rather courious bird, having been used in WW 2, was the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri.
		This helicopter, of which had just been produced only a 24 specimen, had to approve service trials on a cruiser in the Baltic Sea, and recieved its baptism of fire when watching convoys in the Eastern Mediterranean.
	www.pmf.at /Fl282.html (386 words)

	Flettner Fl 282 by James Davis (Huma 1/48)
		Flettner Fl 282 by James Davis (Huma 1/48)
		Needing a change from Bf109s and moved by the recent Classic volume on German Helicopters I built my first ever helicopter kit.
		The Huma 1/48 Flettner Fl 282 was built straight out of the box for Australia's Model Expo held every March in Melbourne.
	hsfeatures.com /fl282jd_1.htm (318 words)

	The Invention Of The Helicopter
		While the Germans were pioneers in helicopter development and operations, the country's defeat in World War II meant that leadership in the postwar development of the field would pass to other countries, in particular the United States.
		* Focke, Flettner, and some of the other German inventors had made workable helicopters, but Igor Sikorsky would be the first to actually make a real success of the thing.
		Following his frustrated experiments in helicopters before the First World War, Sikorsky turned his attention to fixed-wing aircraft.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avheli.html (7629 words)

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