Focke-Wulf Flitzer

The Focke-Wulf Project VII Flitzer ("streaker" or "dasher", sometimes incorrectly translated as "madcap") was a jet fighter under development in Germany at the end of World War II.

Development

The design began as Focke-Wulf Project VI which had a central fuselage and two booms carrying the rear control surfaces having great similarity with the de Havilland Vampire.^[2] Project V had the air inlets still positioned on either side of the nose, just below the cockpit.^[3]

The estimated horizontal speed was not satisfactory and in the next development, Project VII, the jet intakes were situated in the wing roots. Further improvements over Project VI were a narrower fuselage and a changed pilot's canopy. In order to improve the rate of climb, a Walter HWK 109-509 liquid rocket was built-in. In spite of the fact that a complete mock-up was built and all construction and assembly plans finished, the aircraft was not accepted by the RLM (Reich Air Ministry, or Reichsluftfahrtministerium).^[4]

Specifications (design draft of 15 September 1944)

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General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Length: 10.55 m (34 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
• Height: 2.35 m (7 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 17.0 m² (183 ft²)
• Empty weight: 2,730 kg (6,018 lb)
• Gross weight: 4,350 kg (9,589 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × BMW 003 turbojet, 14.7 kN (3,306 lbf) thrust

1 × Walter HWK 109-509 rocket, 16.7 kN (3,750 lbf) thrust

Performance

• Maximum speed: 955 km/h (593 mph)
• Endurance: 1 hours  50 min
• Service ceiling: 13,000 m (42,500 ft)
• Rate of climb: 18.2 m/s (3,600 ft/min)

• 2 × 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 103 cannons
• 2 × 20 mm MG 151 cannons

Bibliography

• Masters, David (1982). German Jet Genesis. London: Jane's Publishing. 
• Schick, Walter; Ingolf Meyer (1997). Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Fighters 1939-1945. Hinckley: Midland Publishing. pp. 143–44.  Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
• Smith, J. R. (1973). Focke-Wulf: An Aircraft Album. London: Ian Allan. 
• Smith, J. R.; A. Kay (1972). German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam.  Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
• Wagner, Wolfgang (1980). Kurt Tank: Konstruckteur und Test Pilot bei Focke-Wulf. Munich: Bernard and Graefe. 

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