FA-330 rotary wing kite

[cody6]

Hi all,I seem to remember the Kriegsmarine,developed a rotary wing kite for use on the type 1XD boats.Evidently approx 200 were produced,cant remember if they ever saw action or not.Believe the name of craft was the FA-330 Bachstelze,developed by Focke-Achgelis.If any were deployed might be neat to have them as part of GWX 1.04:D Cody

[flakmonkey]

ahh you mean that silly helicopter looking contraption :)
gimmie a second i`ll go mod one...

+Id hate to be the guy flying the thing if the sub needed to crash dive, theyd cut you loose!!

[_Seth_]

IIRC, This item was introduced on most of the IXD boats after the summer of 1942. Only one merchant ship was recorded beeing detected by this weird flying thing.. :lol:
http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/focheachgelis/images/Fa_330%20La%20ferte.jpg