VFW-Fokker H3
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The VFW-Fokker H3 Sprinter was a single-engined experimental rotorcraft designed and built in West Germany. Two aircraft were produced by VFW-Fokker in the early 1970s, registered D-9543 and D-9544. Intended as the first of a family of tip-jet driven helicopters the two H3 prototypes flew briefly but the method of rotor propulsion was found to be unsuccessful for this size of aircraft. An improved H4 variant was designed but not built.
Aircraft on display
Both aircraft have survived, D-9543 is currently on display at the Hubschrauber Museum, Bückeburg with the other H3 thought to be in a private collection in Germany.[1]
Specifications (H3)
Data from Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, 1976.[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Payload: 270 kg (595 lb)
- Length: 7.37 m (24 ft 2.25 in)
- Rotor diameter: ()
- Height: ()
- Max. takeoff weight: 968 kg (2,134 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Allison 250-C18 turboshaft
Performance
- Cruise speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,120 ft)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
References
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- Notes
- ↑ Hubschrauber Museum - VFW H3 www.hubschraubermuseum.de Retrieved: 18 March 2010
- ↑ Taylor 1976, p. 243.
- Bibliography
- Taylor, John W.R. Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, London, Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, 1976. ISBN 0-356-08409-4.
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