Flettner Fl 282

what is it?

The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) is a single-seat intermeshing rotor helicopter, or synchropter, produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. According to Yves Le Bec, the Flettner Fl 282 was the world's first series production helicopter.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 12 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 150 km/htop speed
• range 170 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,000 kgmax take-off weight
• built 24made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 85 years ago, in 1941.
• 🚗Rotor of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1941-10-30

introduced

1942

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

24

role

helicopter

makers

Flettner

engines

1× Bramo Sh.14A

crew

1

length

6.6 m

rotor diameter

12 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

1,000 kg

top speed

150 km/h

range

170 km

ceiling

3,300 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.