The German U-Boat Autogiro

Oct 29, 2023 | AMAH, German

During the Second World War the Germans experimented with an interesting rotary wing design known as a ‘rotor kite’. These concepts would result in a fully functional spotting aircraft to be used by Kriegsmarine U-Boats

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