Focke-Wulf Fw 260

Fw 260
Role	VTOL airliner
National origin	West Germany
Manufacturer	Focke-Wulf
Number built	0

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

References

1 2 "Luftfahrtschau Hanover: Germany's Big Show Opens". Flight International, 3 May 1962, pages 686-687.
1 2 "Paris 1963". Flight International, 6 June 1963, page 842.
1 2 "Paris Report". Flight International, 6 June 1963, page 907.

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Focke-Wulf aircraft

Company designations, pre-1933	A 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 A 16 A 17 GL 18 F 19 A 20 A 21 GL 22 K 23 S 24 A 26 A 28 A 29 A 32 A 33 A 36 A 38 S 39 A 43 A 47 S 48 S 1 S 2 W 4 W 7 C.20 (cierva under licence) C.30 (Cierva under licence)

RLM designations, 1933-1945	Fw 40 Fw 42 Fw 43 Fw 44 Fw 47 Fw 55 Fw 56 Fw 57 Fw 58 Fw 61 Fw 62 Ta 152 Ta 154 Fw 159 Ta 183 Fw 186 Fw 187 Fw 189 Fw 190 Fw 191 Fw 200 Fw 206 Fw 238 Fw 249 Fw 250 Fw 281 Ta 254 Fw 261 Ta 283 Fw 300 Ta 400

Company designations, post-1945	Fw 260 Fw 300

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