Focke-Wulf was a German aircraft manufacturer. In the source dossier that is the source for this page, it appears as the company context for the Focke Rochen project: the aircraft is described as "designed by Heinrich Focke of the Focke-Wulf company towards the end of World War II," and the projected powerplant is described as "a projected Focke-Wulf designed turbojet engine."
Role in the Rochen project
The source attributes to Focke-Wulf two things:
- The design setting for the Rochen, designed by Heinrich Focke of the company.
- The projected turbojet engine that was to drive the Rochen's contra-rotating propellers "via an axle and gearbox." The page describes this engine as projected, not as an existing or qualified powerplant.
Scope of this page
This page records only what the source dossier asserts about Focke-Wulf. The source does not describe the company's history, its other aircraft, or its wartime production, and no such material is added here.
Further reading
- Henrich Focke's Career from Focke-Wulf to the Bremen Wind Tunnel: The Bückeburg Helicopter Museum Biography discusses a museum biography that conflicts with this page's attribution. It says Focke co-founded the company in 1924, was forced out of its management in 1933, and was running his own firm, Focke-Achgelis, by 1937.
Source notes & attribution
- https://rexresearch.com/FockeRochen/FockeRochen.html