Weser Tilt Rotor Designs

[airman]

Than the "Weser-Flugzeugbau GmbH" was active also after wwii !

 

[Jemiba]

As you could see it was especially busy on the VSTOL field,
following the path it has started before 1945:

 

[Maveric]

Great work, Jens. Fantastic, like all the others from your hands...
Please, if you can post the technical data :

Servus Maveric

 

[Jemiba]

"Please, if you can post the technical data"

Sorry, there's not very much, I have to offer. The drawings were made using original
plans, which I got from boxkite, but .. those plans usually show the appearance of the
aircraft, but no data besides the dimensions.
The P24 was planned as a transport, with a cargo hold able to carry a 1.5 ton truck.
The P27 was intended as a multi-role aircraft, carrying up to 12 troops, but also
sutable for the attack role with unguided rockets, or missiles carried in a weapons bay.

And .. with these types we are in the wrong section again !

 

[robunos]

that WFG P 24 looks very curtiss 'x-19' type like...

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Greetings All -

From Flying Review International Vol. 19 No. 1 coverage of the Paris Air Show, drawings of the WFG-P16 and WFG-P23 designs.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[Jemiba]

An artist impression of the WFG P-16 from "Der Flieger", May 1964:

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1963,

the P-23 in details.

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

When were these projects conceptualised?

 

[richard B]

Around 1963

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Around 1963

Thanks.

 

[richard B]

Help needed : I can't find the thread where those Jemiba's drawings were shown ...

Thanks

 

[Jemiba]

Good question, me not, too ! A bit strange ...
There should have been 4 versions of the WFG P 16, if those drawings are helpful, just give a shout.

 

[richard B]

Good question, me not, too ! A bit strange ...
There should have been 4 versions of the WFG P 16, if those drawings are helpful, just give a shout.

Yes ! Thank you a lot !

 

[Jemiba]

.. and now, I'm looking for the sources, I used back then.
As you see, those variants differ mainly in the seating arrangement (tandem vs side-by-side) and the
shape and position of the intakes. First I got to know the P 16 from the AHS paper about "German V/STOL
Rotorcraft and Propellercraft Designs of the Twentieth Century", where it was described as an anti-helicopter
fighter with a gross weight of 1,850 kg and a speed of 362 kts.

 

[richard B]

.. and now, I'm looking for the sources, I used back then.
As you see, those variants differ mainly in the seating arrangement (tandem vs side-by-side) and the
shape and position of the intakes. First I got to know the P 16 from the AHS paper about "German V/STOL
Rotorcraft and Propellercraft Designs of the Twentieth Century", where it was described as an anti-helicopter
fighter with a gross weight of 1,850 kg and a speed of 362 kts.

Thank you !

 

[fightingirish]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1291381997911314433

View: https://twitter.com/BurkhardDomke/status/1291381997911314433?s=20

 

[elmayerle]

From Aviation magazine 1963,

the P-23 in details.

It looks like you could use a short MU-2 fuselage as a starting point, and fitting the new wing/engines package and a new tail section with the rotors in the vertical and horizontal tails. Given that the MU-2 wings bolts to the top of the fuselage and that there is a production break just aft of the aft pressure bulkhead, it would be quite feasible.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Weser Flugzeugbau WFG-P 23 Tiltrotor – Aerospace Projects Review Blog