Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) Aircraft

[hesham]

Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke,

The company was formed by the 1964 merger of two German aerospace firms,
Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH (Weserflug). The formation of VFW
was a natural outcome, as the two companies had been collaborating, along with
Hamburger Flugzeugbau (HFB), in the rocket technology development alliance
Entwicklungsring Nord (ERNO) group since 1961, the move was seen as a natural fit.
Such collaborative efforts continued throughout VFW's operating years, not just through
ERNO but also with the Dutch aircraft producer Fokker, who formed a joint venture with
the firm, VFW-Fokker GmbH, during 1969 to promote.

I will talk about them later,and they are generally;

FK.3,C-160,C-161,H.1 to H.9,HFG 5,HER 15,DH 16-3,DH 16-4,DF-16,TH 16,FSW,
SG-1262,T-291,AFS,VC-180,VC-181,VAK-191,VC-200,VC-300,VC-400,VC-500,VFW-505,VFW-614,VFW-616,VFW-624,QSH,VTOL, Strake-Delta,RPV,VF-500,Eurocopter & P.58.

 

[Apophenia]

... C-160,C-161 ...

I'm not sure that it is realistic to call the Transall C 160 a VFW project. The Transporter-Allianz was a consortium of Nord Aviation, Hamburger Flugzeugbau, and Weser Flugzeugbau (which later forms part of VFW). The Nord C 40 and Weser AT 150 proposals were supposedly combined into the final design ... but, let's face it, the C-160 strongly resembled the Nord concept.

Likewise, the civil C 161 and C 161J concepts were originally Nord/HFB studies with VFW arriving very late at that party. QSH certainly had VFW-Fokker involvement (in league with Dornier and Hawker Siddeley) but this is a description acronym (for Quiet Short Haul) not a designation. The same is true, obviously, for acronyms like FSW, VTOL, etc.

Was 'RPV' even used? It would seem that UKF (for Unbemanntes Kampfflugzeuge) was the preferred descriptive acronym. 'Strake-Delta' (for TKF 90) is also obviously descriptive (and in English to boot).

 

[BlackBat242]

Darn... for a moment there, upon reading the thread title, I had visions of the Veterans of Foreign Wars getting their own aircraft - and was about to re-activate my membership so I could maintain them!

 

[Justo Miranda]

Very Few Water?

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Topic renamed for clarity.

Original post is a total mess of multiple designation systems and names. At the very least separate into the different designation systems you believe VFW had, otherwise this is just a list of things VFW was involved with.

 

[hesham]

Alright I will begin,but we must know that,they didn't use a regular
series,but many sequences,

H.1 was a single seat conventional helicopter offered to the army , but refused because not innovative enough
H.2 was another single seat gyrocopter,it was built as an experimental open gyrocopter modelled on the Bensen B-8M
H.3 Sprinter was a single-engined experimental compound rotorcraft,crew of one and two passenger,powered by one Allison 250-C18 turboshaft
H.4 was developed from H.3,but fitted with folded rotor,project
H.5 was also developed from H.3,which was similar in layout but had a larger cabin with five seat
H.6 ? was unknown,but may it was light helicopter project of 1975,with two intermeshing-rotors
H.7 was also based on H.3,but could accommodated 7/8 seat,construction of which was apparently started but not completed
H.8 was a refined combat project,based on H.7
H.9 was tandem two-seat armed escort helicopter project

** A series for transport

HFG 5,HER 15,DH 16-3,DH 16-4,DF-16 & TH 16 all were a VTOL transport
projects

** Hover rig,

SG-1262 was a hover rig,with open-girder fuselage powered by 5 Rolls-Royce RB.108 lift engines of 2,200 lb static thrust each

** Another series,

VC-180P was a VTOL transport airliner project,powered by three turbojets and
had small engines for lift,mounted in a pod at the tip of the wings
VC-180T was a cargo project version of VC-180P,had a raised cockpit,looks like
the Boeing 747
VC-181 was a high wing transport airliner project,powered by four engines,
mounted under the wing,had a twelve lift fan engines,placed at the each
side of the fuselage,in front and aft the wing,in low level
VAK-191 was an experimental V/STOL strike fighter,built in prototype,powered
by two Rolls-Royce RB.162 jets
VAK-191B was a developed version of it
VAK-191B MK.2 was a 50 % increase in wing area,and more good maneuverability
VC-200 was a quad tilt-wing VTOL medium transport project
VC-300 was a heavier version of VC-200

 

[hesham]

I reach to VC-300.