Dornier Aerodyne

Under the name Aerodyne ran at Dornier an unmanned " wingless " whiz AM Lippisch designed and developed by Dornier behalf of the Federal Ministry of Defence ( Defence Ministry ) and built. Lippisch was doing with the team. The first flight took place on 18 September 1972. The development ended after successful hovering flight testing with the aircraft Aerodyne E1 on 30 November 1972. For continuation of this experimental study, it did not come, because there is no need for support was in the armed forces, or because they wanted to perform the intended tasks now with manned helicopters.

Description

It was an unmanned system (UAV ), which should perform as a drone agricultural and / or ship-based surveillance information.

The principle of the Aerodyne is the summary of lift and thrust generation in one unit / in a flow channel, ie a ring wing with fan. By flaps at the end of the flow channel, the air flowing through to be implemented and / or diverted as a thrust, propulsion or mixed. Thus, the Aerodyne was in the whole range from hover to max. Speed ​​are controlled and fly.

For the forward flight of the Aerodyne had a conventional tail at the stern, which took over the pitch and yaw control. The device was remote-controlled unmanned and by radio.

Specifications

• Length: 5.5 m
• Width: 1.9 m
• Annular wing inside / fan diameter: 1.1 m
• Propulsion: 1 MTU 6022 A-3, 370 hp
• Total weight: 435 kg

Swell

" A documentary on the history of the house Dornier ", edited by Dornier GmbH, 1983, hardcover, 214 pages