Focke-Wulf Fw 260

The Focke-Wulf Fw 260 Flamingo and Focke-Wulf Fw 300 were a pair of related VTOL airliner projects, designed by Focke-Wulf during the early 1960s. Neither aircraft was built.

Fw 260

The Fw 260 design was displayed at the Luftfahrtschau Hanover trade show in 1962. The aircraft's design included a high-mounted, slightly-swept wing, carrying two two-engined pods for jet engines providing primary thrust, intended to be in the 9,100 pounds-force (40,000 N) class each; these were fitted with vectored thrust to assist in vertical take-off, primary thrust for which was provided by two underwing pods each carrying six Bristol Siddeley BS.59 liftjets, each producing 7,950 pounds-force (35,400 N) thrust. Up to 85 passengers could be carried;^[1] this was later revised to 96.^[2]

Fw 300

At the Paris Air Show in 1963, the Fw 260 design was joined by a model of the Fw 300, a short-haul variant of the Fw 260. Similar to its larger relative, it was planned to carry 48-58 passengers, with a range of 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) at 456 knots (845 km/h; 525 mph); it mounted eight lift engines, instead of the Fw 260's twelve.^[2][3]

Specifications (Fw 260)

Data from Flight^[1][3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Capacity: 85-98
• Length: 34 m (111 ft)
• Wingspan: 24.54 m (80 ft 6 in)
• Empty weight: 22,226 kg (49,000 lb)
• Gross weight: 99,200 kg (218,699 lb)
• Powerplant: 4 × turbofan , 40 kN (9,100 lbf) thrust each
• Powerplant: 12 × Bristol Siddeley BS.59 turbojet lift jet, 35.4 kN (7,950 lbf) thrust each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 914 km/h; 494 kn (568 mph)
• Cruise speed: 798 km/h; 431 kn (496 mph)
• Range: 1,481 km; 799 nmi (920 mi) standard load

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Dornier Do 31

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Focke-Wulf.

• Fw 260 and Fw 300 at Secretprojects