Fletner Fl-282 Kolibri "Hummingbird"
Role Helicopter
Manufacturer Anton Flettner, Flugzeugbau GmbH
First flight 1941
Introduction 1942
Retired 1945
Primary user Luftwaffe
Number built 24
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Fletner Fl-282 Kolibri "Hummingbird"
The Fl 282 Kolibri was an improved version of the Flettner Fl 265 announced in July 1940, which pioneered the same intermeshing rotor configuration that the Kolibri used. It had a 7.7 litre displacement, seven-cylinder Siemens-Halske Sh 14 radial engine of 110–120 kW (150–160 hp) mounted in the center of the fuselage, with a transmission mounted on the front of the engine from which a drive shaft ran to an upper gearbox, which then split the power to a pair of opposite-rotation drive shafts to turn the rotors
Intended roles of Fl 282 included ferrying items between ships and reconnaissance. However, as the war progressed, the Luftwaffe began considering converting the Fl 282 for battlefield use. Until this time the craft had been flown by a single pilot, but by then a position for an observer was added at the very rear of the craft, resulting in the B-2 version. Later the B-2 proved a useful artillery spotting aircraft and an observation unit was established in 1945 comprising three Fl 282 and three Fa 223 helicopters.0
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Fletner Fl-282 Kolibri
"Hummingbird"
Fletner Fl-282 Kolibri "Hummingbird"
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6.56 m (21 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Empty weight: 760 kg (1,676 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,000 kg
Powerplant
- Powerplant: 1 × Bramo Sh.14A 7-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 119 kW (160 hp)
- Main rotor diameter: 2 × 11.96 m
- Main rotor area: 224.69 m2
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn) at sea level
- Range: 170 km (110 mi, 92 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 3,300 m (10,800 ft)
- Hover ceiling: 300 m (984 ft)
- Rate of climb: 1.52 m/s (299 ft/min)
- Rotor loading: 8.84 kg/m2
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The Fl 282 Kolibri was an improved version of the Flettner Fl 265 announced in July 1940, which pioneered the same intermeshing rotor configuration.
Fletner FL-282
Hummingbird
The Fl 282 Kolibri was an improved version of the Flettner Fl 265 announced in July 1940, which pioneered the same intermeshing rotor configuration.
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The Fl 282 Kolibri was an improved version of the Flettner Fl 265 announced in July 1940, which pioneered the same intermeshing rotor configuration.
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