FLETTNER FL-184

De la experiencia obtenida del "Giant", Flettner construyó un autogiro de dos plazas denominado FL-184, muy similar al Cierva C-30. La marina alemana hizo los arreglos para que esta aeronave fuera evaluada sobre un barco de reconocimiento, pero antes de que esto sucediera, el único prototipo (D-EDVE) se incendió en vuelo y se destruyó totalmente.

Como señalamos anteriormente el Fl-184 tenía una cabina cerrada y en su trompa se ubicaba el motor radial Siemens-Halske Sh 14 de 140 hp que manejaba a un rotor principal de dos palas de madera.

From the experience gained from the "Giant", Flettner next built the Fl-184, an autogyro with a fully enclosed two place cabin. This craft came about from a contract from the RLM to produce three so-called SV-Type autogyros. The Fl-184 was similar in design to most of the autogyros of the day and exhibited a certain similarity to the C 30 autogyro being built under license by Focke-Wulf at that time. The German Navy arranged for the Fl-184 to be evaluated as a shipboard reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft, but shortly before the scheduled evaluation in December of 1936, the sole prototype, D-EDVE, caught fire in flight, crashed and was a complete write-off.

As stated before the Fl-184 had a fully enclosed fuselage and tail surfaces, and the 39 ft. 4 3/4 in. diameter rotor employing cyclic pitch control. At the nose was mounted a 140 hp Siemens-Halske Sh 14 radial engine driving a two-blade wooden propeller.

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Characteristics Características	Information Información	Characteristics Características	Information Información
First Flight Primer Vuelo	1935	Engine Motor	1 Siemens - Halske Sh14 Radial
Seating Capacity Plazas	1 / 1	Power Potencia	140 HP
Empty Weight Peso Vacío	Kg	Hover Ceiling O.G.E. Estacionario O.G.E	Ft
Maximum Weight Peso Máximo	Kg	Hover Ceiling I.G.E. Estacionario I.G.E	Ft
Vel. Cruise Vel. crucero	Kts	Service Ceiling Techo de Servicio	Ft
V.N.E. V.N.E	Kts	Maximum Range (Std) Alcance (Std)	NM