Talk:Focke-Wulf Fw 61

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This machine was probably the first to take off succesfully, but is it not an "Autogyro" instead of a Helicopter?

nope - the rotors were powered. autogyros rotate by forward movement. -eric ✈ 06:09, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 "First helicopter"? 2 First controllable helicopter? 3 Internal links 4 Name?

[edit] "First helicopter"?

In german Wikipedia we have slightly different data - we see the first flight of the FW-61 on June 26, 1936 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_61).

And connected to this fact we see the french "Gyroplane-Laboratoire" as "the first stable flying helicopter": http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroplane-Laboratoire

Maybe you want to consider this data for a change on this and/or connected articles.

--84.189.159.223 01:13, 19 January 2006 (UTC) (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Bernd_vdB)

[edit] First controllable helicopter?

According to the Wikipedia entry for Helicopter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter

"A flight of the first fully controllable helicopter was demonstrated by Raúl Pateras de Pescara 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina."

This seems to contradict the claim that the Fw61 was the first fully controlable helicopter. Both entries can't be right...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.211.128.91 (talk • contribs).

Born2flie: That section of the Helicopter article has been edited. --18:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Internal links

I added a few internal links, some of which might help in researching this subject, but I can't add anything to the debate about whether this was the first (fully controllable) helicopter or not. There must be aviation buffs out there (especially rotary-wing) who can expand this article. Hurrmic 19:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name?

Born2flie: Several references refer to the helicopter as a Focke-Achgelis design, the Fa 61[1][2] or the Model 61. --19:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, as far as I can tell, while the 61 was designed by both Focke and Achgelis, Focke-Achgelis was not incorporated until 1937. Saying that their first project was an 'official' FA design sounds like revisionist history to me. ericg ✈ 20:36, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Born2flie:The German article says that Focke, himself, never referred to it as the Fw 61 but simply as the F 61. I had included this in the article, but the German article is unreferenced. The German article also acknowledges that the aircraft is sometimes referred to by some sources as the Fa 61. Guess I'll keep looking for a definitive source. --01:55, 4 February 2007 (UTC)