*A brilliant German engineer named Anton Flettner... a true genius, he created the world first series production helicopters for the Luftwaffe ( Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri) and later became chief engineer at Kaman Aircraft.*
The servo flaps idea was invented by Charles Kaman while he was working for Sikorski. He was told they didn't need another inventor at the company so he left and started his own company.
Really interesting design. I have always like the dual rotor/coaxial rotor helicopters, like the KA-32. If I had the opportunity, I'd ask the designer why they have a tail boom extending beyond the rotor discs when no tail rotor is necessary. If you removed that boom and ended the helicopter at the stabilizers just ahead of that, you'd save even more weight and be able to fit into tighter spaces (like the KA-32). Also, is it me or does it seem quite a bit quieter than other helicopters? I'm fascinated by the flaps on the rotors. Amazing machine. They've obviously trimmed it down to bare fuselage minimums, thus the shape, but if you put a more bulbous fuselage on there you'd have copious amounts of room for passengers or internal cargo, or put pylons on it and call it a gunship!! So many possibilities!!
Co axials are too slow for a gunship role and have issues in strong winds. Great for sling loads, and firefighting. Search an rescue would need a much bigger fuselage.
And the tail booms vertical stabs give the helicopter stability in forward flight also i believe the small rudder on the vertical stab moves with the yaw pedals
the original helicopter with this system was the h43 the airforce used it for fighting aircraft crash fires and rescue. after its service companies discovered its heavy lift capability for its size the Kmax was designed to use the heavy lift capability but got rid of about 70% of the fuselage
It is a modern Nazi Kolibri, with the FLETTNER FL 282 KOLIBRI elevation system, invented by Anton Flettner, a German engineer and inventor born in 1885. There is a predecessor post of this Lockheed on my channel ;)
The Germans designed so much of today military equipment like the flying wing concept. This coaxial helicopter. the V2 rocket, the blue prints and concept of the nuclear bomb and so much more. It makes me uneasy now that there military is free from restrictions again after 2022.
@@waynearrington6727 good grief , they look like they should be a real hoot , like those Kamov 28 things ,, but its still a better job than digging holes in the road ,,,
The first time my wife saw one in flight, thats what she said and I agree ,but as it turns out ,Sikorsky Aircraft H-5 was called the "Dragon Fly" bur I think the name fits this machine better
Why do people question if this is Lockheed? Ever heard of companies buying the rights to make a machine before? Good grief. By the way, is this at Dobbins GA? Looks familiar
It is yawed by a combination of differential torque (by increasing pitch on one rotor and decreasing it on the other), and tilting the rotors slightly in opposite directions.
Design these with ducted rotor's that pivot and design a very different aircraft. Be neat to see platform's lift off a ship and land on a beach and pick up large groups of people. Then land back on the ship they were launched from.
I think that there might be a RU-vid video of a Flettner (the original syncropter layout) landing and taking off from a ship. But look for Flettner anyway
