Messerschmitt V/STOL Transport
Messerschmitt (Germany)
Messerschmitt -> Messerschmitt-Bölkow (1968) -> Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm(MBB) (1969)
| Me P 170 |
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Designed in 1963. Based on the P 160, this was a short range commercial airliner capable of carrying
40-66 passengers (depending on the variant) intended as a replacement for the
Vickers Viscount 810 and the Convair 440.
- Power: Each rotor required 2,940 kW (4,000 hp) or 12.65 kN (2,844 lb) exhaust thrust.
- Rotors: two variable diameter retracting rotors of 12.5 m (41 ft) diameter (fully extended).
The rotor are interconnected via ducts.
- Maximum Take-off weight: 17,700 kg (39,000 lb)
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| Me P 180 |
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Designed in 1963. Based on the Me P 123 and is conceptded as a conventional trainer
and commuter plane.
- Power:by two Daimler-Benz DB TL 6 with 5.1 kN (1,146 lb) thrust each
- Rotors: two extendable lifting rotors. The rotor diameter was automatically reduced by the cyclic control
when wing lift began to render them ineffective. After reaching a minimum diameter, they
would be braked and retract into the upper fuselage into faired housings for minimal drag.
The blade exhaust would continue to flow, entering the wing for boundary layer control.
- Cruise Speed: 785 km/h (425 kt)
- Range: 3,000 km (1,620 nm)
- Weight: 2,300 kg (5,070 lb)
- Capacity: 4-6 persons, including the crew
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The P 190 was a 1963 design for a VTOL trainer with retractable, stowable rotors.
- Power: two Daimler-Benz DB TL 6 turbojets
- Wing span: 17.12 m (56.2 ft)
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The Me P 191 was a variant of Me P 190.
- Power: two Daimler-Benz DB TL 6 turbojets
- Wing span: 12.75 m (41.2 ft)
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The Me 300 VTOL was a version of the Me P 190.
- Power: two GE J85 engines, each with 17.2 kN (3,866 lb) of static thrust with afterburning
- Rotor: 10 m (32.8 ft)
- Wing span: 17.12 m (56.2 ft)
- Weight: 5,300 kg (11,685 lb)
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Design of the Me 508 demonstrator (and also known as the RJV 408 2A) was begun in 1966.
Another version of the demonstrator, dubbed the Me RJV 408 2B and designed in 1967, differed in that it had a T-tail.
- Power: Two GE T58 turboshaft engines, each with 1,360 kW (1,850 hp), mechanically drove the aft fan through a central distributor gearbox that also drove the two rotor systems.
- 2-side-view
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Design begins in 1968.
- Power: two GE T58-GE-16 engines each with 1,360 kW (1,850 hp) maximum take-off power.
- Rotors: 6 m (19.7 ft) diameter
- Cruise Speed: 750 km/h (405 kt) at 9,000 m (29,500 ft) altitude
- Maximum rate of climb: 20.5 m/s (67.3 ft/s)
- Range: 1,700 km (920 nm) with 720 kg (1,590 lb)
- Range: 3,060 km (1,650 nm) with no payload
- Wing span: 10.6 m (34.5 ft)
- Wing Area: 14.05 m² (151 ft²)
- Length: 10.82 m (35.5 ft)
- Height: 3.58 m (11.75 ft)
- Empty Weight: 3.07 t (6,762 lb)
- Gross Weight: 5 t (11,023 lb)
- Cargo volume: 7.85 m³ (277 ft³)
- Payload: >= 720 kg (1,590 lb)
- Capacity: Initially, the Me 408 was envisioned as a commuter aircraft with 6 to 7 seats. Later it was planned to carry 6 to 8 passengers, with a crew of two.
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ME P 2020-4 (Messerschmitt-Bölkow)
Designd in 1968.
- Lift/Cruise Power: two GE1 turbojet engines - each with a 61.8 kN (13,900 lb) maximum take-off rating and a 53.9 kN (12,125 lb) continuous rating - each feeding tip-turbine cruise fans.
- Maximum Speed: 870 km/h (470 kt)
- Cruise Speed: 720 km/h (@ 9,000 m altitude)
- Maximum rate of climb: 23.6 m/s (77.4 ft/s)
- Range: 1,200 km (650 nm)
- Rotors: 2 four blades rotor (13.5 m diameter), hidden by nacelles during cruise.
- Wingspan: 23.32 m (76.4 ft)
- Wing Area: 68 m² (732 ft²)
- Length: 21.46 m (70.4 ft)
- Height: 8.5 m (27.9ft)
- Capacity: 54 commercial passengers or 62 combat-ready troops
- Empty Weight: 16,940 kg (37,345 lb)
- Payload (VTOL): 9,060 kg (19,975 lb)
- Maximum VTOL Weight: 26,000 kg (57,320 lb)
- Maximum STOL Weight: 30,000 kg (66,140 lb)
- 3-side-view
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Designed in 1969 as a response to a joint requirement by the Ministry of Defense and Lufthansa, the German airline.
- Payload: 95 passengers (9,500 kg or 20,945 lb); 10,000 kg (22,045 lb) [military version]
- Range: 800 km (430 nm)
- Speed: 840 km/h (453.6 kt)
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Military V/STOL transporter, designed in 1970.
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Ground attack aircraft, designed in 1973.
- Power: using two Turboméca Astafan W turboshaft engines with 1,325 kW (1,800 hp) each.
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