Wagner Aerocar

Wagner Aerocar
Role
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Wagner
Designer	Alfred Vogt
Introduction	1965
Developed from	HTM Skytrac
Variants	HTM Skytrac

The Wagner FJ-V3 Aerocar was a prototype 4-place flying automobile. The vehicle used counter-rotating rotor helicopter technology for flight.

Design

The Aerocar was developed in the era of space-age futurism, and looked the part. It looked slightly like the Jetsons flying car, with a large bubble cockpit, tailfins, and disproportionately small wheels for a car. It was developed from the Rotocar III design which was based on the Sky-trac 3 helicopter. The helicopter used counter-rotating rotors. On ground propulsion to the wheels was through a hydraulic linkage to the engine.^[1]

Operational history

A prototype with the registration D-HAGU was completed and flown in 1965.^[2] The Franklin 6AS-335-B engine was replaced with a 134lb, 420shp Turbomeca Oredon turbine engine with a front-mounted gearbox. The design was sold to Helikopter Technik München (HTM). HTM suspended development of the Aerocar in 1971.

Variants

HTM Skytrac

Specifications Wagner Aerocar

General characteristics

• Capacity: 4
• Powerplant: 1 × Franklin , 190 kW (260 hp)

Performance

Notes

References

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