VFW-Fokker H3
H3 Sprinter |
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VFW-Fokker H3 on display |
Role |
Experimental rotorcraft |
Manufacturer |
VFW-Fokker |
First flight |
15 March 1971 |
Produced |
2 |
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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. Due to a high rotor overspeed, they could perform jump take-offs to 280 feet at a rate of 1,600 feet per minute.[1] 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.[2]
Specifications (H3)
Data from Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, 1976.[3]
General characteristics
Performance
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
References
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- Notes
- 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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