Focke-Wulf Flitzer
Template:Infobox aircraft The Focke-Wulf 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, also called Entwurf VI (Sketch VI), had a central fuselage and two booms carrying the rear control surfaces, similar to the contemporary de Havilland Vampire.[1]
Its air inlets were initially positioned on either side of the nose, just below the cockpit.[2] They were later moved to the wing roots to improve speed. Further improvements included a narrower fuselage and a changed pilot's canopy. In order to improve the rate of climb, a Walter HWK 109-509 hypergolic liquid-propellant rocket was built in to give supplementary thrust. A complete mockup was built and all construction and assembly plans were finished, but the aircraft was not accepted by the Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, RLM).[3]
Although referred to as Fw 272 in some sources, the Flitzer was never given an RLM designation, and the putative designation "Fw 272" is derived from drawing Nr. 272 for the Flitzer.[4]
Specifications (design draft of 15 September 1944)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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External links
- Luftwaffe Projects (In Russian)
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