On Jul 13, 11:37?am, "Vaughn Simon"
Post by Vaughn SimonPost by Rob ArndtPatented on 10/03/33 the Trenn Flying Platform predated the postwar
Piaseki and more complex Hiller designs by 25 years!
Did a manned model ever fly?
Was it ever put into production?
Vaughn
No production, but a single prototype was started around 1935. Yet for
some reason, by 1939, it had been abandoned. The craft had civilian
markings on it, D-EMKZ, and a test pattern painted on. There are
claimed existing photos of the machine under construction and
completed on the ground, but I have never found any to date. The
artwork, however, matches descriptions of the craft with the Nazi flag
draped over it (probably for some form of public demonstration). Yet
the machine was believed to be unstable due to the engine (SH-14)
postion under the pilot's cockpit and no way to accurately counter the
fuel tank weight in the circular wing nor control flight with the
movable wing louvers. the pilot had absolutely no downwards visibility
either. What this was to be used for is a mystery.
I do not know if there were any subsequent German paper projects for a
flying platform or if the US got any of this information to use with
their postwar designs.
I doubt there was any military application for it, so that is why it
was not accepted for production. A unique machine, but just an
experimental VTOL in the end.
Rob