Focke-Achgelis Fa-330 Bachstelze Deutsches Museum

Focke-Achgelis & Co. G.m.b.H. was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by

Henrich Focke Henrich Focke (8 October 1890 – 25 February 1979) was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen and also a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company. He is best known as the inventor of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, Fw 61, the first successful, practical, ...

and Gerd Achgelis.

History

Henrich Focke was ousted in 1936 from the Focke-Wulf company, which he had cofounded in 1924, due to shareholder pressure. There is reason to believe that Focke's removal was to allow Focke-Wulf's manufacturing capacity to be used to produce Bf 109 aircraft. The company was taken over by

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, but soon after this the Air Ministry, which had been impressed by the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 helicopter, suggested that Focke establish a new company dedicated to helicopter development, and issued him with a requirement for an improved design, capable of carrying a payload. Focke established the Focke-Achgelis company at Hoykenkamp, Germany, on 27 April 1937, in partnership with pilot Gerd Achgelis, and began development work at

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later that year.Coates & Carbonel, pp. 25, 27

Designs

* Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 ''Drache'' (Dragon), transport helicopter (20 produced) * Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 rotary wing glider (prototype), 1942 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 266 ''Hornisse'' (Hornet), helicopter (prototype) *

Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 The Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 was a tiltrotor VTOL aircraft project designed by Henrich Focke. Development Conceived as a single-seat fighter, the Fa 269 project resulted from a design study order issued by the Reich Air Ministry to Focke-Achgelis ...

VTOL A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can takeoff and landing, take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust- ...

aircraft (project only) * Focke-Achgelis Fa 284, large transport helicopter (project only) * Focke-Achgelis Fa 325 ''Krabbe'' (crab), heavy transport

multicopter A multirotor or multicopter is a rotorcraft with more than two lift (force), lift-generating helicopter rotor, rotors. An advantage of multirotor aircraft is the simpler rotor mechanics required for flight control. Unlike single- and double-rot ...

(project only) *

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 The Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 ''Bachstelze'' () is a type of rotary-wing kite, known as a rotor kite. They were towed behind German U-boats during World War II to allow a lookout to see further. About 200 were built by Weser Flugzeugbau. Develop ...

''Bachstelze'' (Wagtail), rotor kite, 1942 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944

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