GIGANTIC XXXL RC FOCKE ACHGELIS FA-223 DRAGON SCALE MODEL COAXIAL HELICOPTER FLIGHT TEST DEMO

Model: Achgelis FA-223 Dragon (Coaxial Helicopter)
Rotor diameter: 2x 2,30m / Width: app. 5 m
Take-off weight: 24,8 Kg
Engine: Electro PYRO 900-45
ESC: 200 Amp
Pilot: Frank Bolte
Builder: Frank Wedekind
Event: Huey and Friends Meeting in Arheilgen Germany August 2018
More videos from this event you can see my playlist:
• Huey and Friends Meeti...
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[@barryp4700]

A lovely model, fantastic engineering and many hours of hard work went into that.

[@richpaul8132]

Really, I don't know what it is about this chopper that I like so much but I just love the hell out it! I'm a big fan of the Bell 407 and I never seemed to be very impressed by those "jolly greens" yet, this FA-223 is just blowing me away. I don't understand what happened in the video and why they had to stop flying it but I guess it was because something broke off? Too bad... The workmanship in this aircraft is EXPERT! No doubt about it, the builder new what he was doing. And the design, well who else but the Germans could get out to this point? I've never heard of an FA 223 Dragon and have no idea when it was first released but obviously WW II was still going on when they built this aircraft but never got the chance to use it. Great machine! I hope you make another video and show it flying. Rich

[@angelreading5098]

What a beautiful piece of engineering of a piece of rotary wing history.

[@chrisjensen8369]

Beautiful build. Absolutely amazing flight control. Very realistic flying.

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Hannah Reitsch... the first pilot to fly a helicopter indoors... and it was with this exact helicopter. Of course, the full size one, lol. Throughout the late 1930s she gave many flight demonstrations of this in Berlin.

[@mickmcloughlin1646]

Very nice. Thanks. These German guys build some very cool stuff.

[@CNCmachiningisfun]

Nice flight, and a good recovery from the mechanical problems that brought her down. Well done :) .

[@juanziegler1471]

this to me was more fun than most chopper videos.. work of art ..well done

[@rattywoof5259]

5:17 - love the airliner in the background apparently sliding along the power cables!

[@byrondot]

Impressive model! Kudos to the modeler that made it!

[@1975riggs]

beeindruckendes modell, endlich mal was mit innovation!

[@alanwhitfield1907]

It’s not a coaxial machine. It’s known as “side by side”. Coaxial is when one rotor is above the other, as in Kamov 26. Otherwise a great video. Very stable flight.

[@fauxbro1983]

There's always that one guy...

[@darkswami]

fauxbro1983 ... who can teach you something, right?

[@rafaelz6632]

@@fauxbro1983 actually it's true tho

[@keithlester9152]

what a douche

[@mcqcjc8409]

coaxial is common axis, axle

[@jaquu]

Really nice! Got to love the cigarette assembly style fron old times! Classy!

[@robertrosson5476]

Beautiful craftsmanship, incredible work I can only imagine the time and patience it took took make the parts Should be very proud of the accomplishment.Just beautiful

[@acadman4322]

Wow. Amazing machine- what a fantastic job of engineering. And top notch piloting. The save was fortunate, indeed. That's what test flights are all about, eh?

[@tripacer8259]

No one can imagine how HARD it would be to fly that!

[@daveeckblad]

Excellent flying and beautifully controlled emergency landing! I'm so glad the propellers did not desync and hit each other. I'm excited to see this fly again!

[@christophersmith4897]

rotor arcs don't intercept. scary thought but the original could decouple the rotor heads from the drive line

[@mgn5667]

FOCKE = GOOD STUFF the beginning he had a passion for chopper inventing

[@philipmartin708]

Excellent camera work. Thanks for carefully showing us the details of the design and construction.

[@kc6kkn]

Awesome model! Great flight. Would love to see more of this bird.

[@arnerrvik7586]

That is about the coolest build I've ever seen. Awesome!

[@christophersmith4897]

The first truly practical utility helicopter. Loved the design.

[@wedgie502]

A very nice model and I'm so glad the hard landing didn't cause more damage. I cringed when it hit and caught myself leaning my phone like it would help save this awesome bird, lol.

[@yetidynamics]

nice save

[@bbrut3332]

Beautiful workmanship and great control.

[@KarlAlfredRoemer]

Tolles Modell. Nicht dieser Einheitsbrei, den man sonst so sieht. Und sehr schön vorgeflogen.

[@mikmerl1]

Fantastic project …………. modelling excellence. Good idea to keep the test flight at a low hover. Lots of moving parts in that beauty.

[@muthumuthu420]

super

[@robertshaver4432]

This is what our hobby is all about or at least is the Highlight of it. We need to join up and fight our Governments Public-Blinding- Demonizing-Media assaults on our hobby "for taxation purposes"! Thank You for showing your awesome "Scientifically Relevant" Project!

[@Imperium_Chaos]

WOW, well done to all in this project. Truly amazing.

[@MrGs500f]

I think you may want to exaggerate the spacing for the hor-stab as it looks like the larger one would have a bigger gap and be just out of the wash where this one looks like it is inside the wash and is getting a sympathetic vibration. Amazing flying machine. It takes the danger feeling of one heli and doubles the danger lol

[@8ooo8ie]

Man these germans are good at building things......I've seen such hobbyists in germany

[@georgeorwell4534]

Truly amazed by the detail. Well done, sir.

[@Wilge_Zomer]

I find it crazy this was actually the tech from ww2!

[@omnianti0]

before

[@andrzejmicor1265]

7uhhyuu

[@Modellbyggaren]

@@omnianti0 No, the first flight was 3 August 1940.

[@omnianti0]

@@Modellbyggaren their was a previous prototype before it but yes its not the same

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

Worlds largest helicopter Mil Mi-12 uses this rotor layout. Could lift an Me 109.

[@maikjustus2003]

Great Model and perfect reaction of the pilot

[@the10thleper]

I thought something didn't look right about that landing. Something did break. Very very nice model, good job it looks terrific! No matter what the gathering is, there's always this one guy... this one guy that has to make everything else look like a child did it. This is that guy.

[@oscarpimentel3364]

Congratulatíons, excelent model the assembly of one this is only for smart guys.

[@DickGibson]

Absolutely amazing!!!

[@charlesbishop7583]

More proof of excellent German engineering and machinists at work and play. Thanks for posting.

[@Progneto]

This was a great helicopter to model! You did a GREAT job!

[@romelioboone8600]

Great pilot, saved this wonderful machine in time!

[@KenBlackRifleAmerica]

I must say, I'm not a fan of 'copters' as RC units, but I loved this one. Kind of an "Inspector Gadget" creation. What wonderful mechanical ability to put this machine together.....Cheers!

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

I like that.. Inspector Gadget.

[@cf6282]

Amazing model. Amazin builder in the first place. Seems just about anything can be built and flown.

[@RCnerd74]

Glad to see it back on the ground in one piece... love that start up sound :o)

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Very lucky landing with the asymmetric thrust.

[@missilpeludo8813]

Amazing project!

[@onpointrcmatt7180]

That's Awesome Man 😃

[@hefy2jefy]

Amazing, that pilot did well to get it down in one piece after the left driveshaft quit!

[@ther1rida]

As an R.C. pilot...THAT NET was the best part of this video. Very smart idea

[@divyajnana]

Amazing engineering, great model....WAY TO GO!!!!

[@fargknob]

Incredible workmanship.....thanks for the vid

[@WingNuts2010]

Lovely helicopter. And so lucky that the shaft component fell off as the helicopter was just a metre off the ground.

[@user-ef4yl9yq1w]

Супер!!! Хорошо, что вовремя приземлил!

[@jorgenelsonfelix52]

Excellent spectacular Saludos desde Buenos Aires 😎👍👍

[@kimfucku8074]

Sehr schöne Arbeit bei der Kanzel! Der volle Durchblick.

[@P61guy61]

Awesome model.....no. Awesome piece of art.

[@TheScottsawesomeart]

im not a heli guy ,but that was awesome!

[@dbaider9467]

Wow! Looking forward to it's next flight. What a contraption. :)

[@antostomp]

Looks good, good looking model. It amazes me they had choppers way back when....

[@sendit1158]

So cool, absolutely amazing that it flies

[@joebakkka]

Hört sich kraftvoll an. Sehr gut, das mag ich

[@MrTurboTurkey]

The grub screw, yes, an illusive creature...:P Thats a fantastic flying machine sir, very finely done!

[@marcusdoling7698]

Fantastic model. Very impressed!

[@rOEN911]

Respect the amount of work that guy have put on that machine

[@Rickenbacker69]

This is beautiful! But no, it's not coaxial, that literally means "on the same axle", which this isn't.

[@TalkingGIJoe]

No that is not what it means... get an actual definition before posting something stupid... co·ax·i·al (kō-ăk′sē-əl) adj. Having or mounted on a common axis.

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

@@TalkingGIJoe that's exactly what he said. The axle is the axis of rotation. Axis - Axle They even share the same root word. You've got to be kidding. LMFAO.

[@TalkingGIJoe]

Shelby Seelbach sorru, I can't help you if you cannot read...

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

@@TalkingGIJoe right back at you, except I would change the word "sorru" to sorry.

[@TalkingGIJoe]

Shelby Seelbach me too but you aren't worth the effort.

[@RTD1947]

Holy Cow!!! That's amazing!!!

[@gscraggster6553]

Great work and fantastic recovery.

[@1936cord812]

A remarkable model of a remarkable machine, very good to see.

[@guerrillaradio9953]

Perfect model, flown perfectly. Not surprised to hear German in the background. :o)

[@danielrodriguez248]

Nice ,and jet powered,👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@udoengelhardt3667]

Nice rc model, hopefully soon with a pilot doll

[@Felje88]

Was wie ein geiles Teil 👍👍👍

dreams come true wow that is smooth good job

[@colt4547]

Great save. Beautiful model.

[@OBIFLY14]

The big question is ...who are those people that disliked this video?

[@tukamote6185]

The ones that are afraid of heights so far 139

[@ripmax333]

Envy of not having creativity and half the craftmanship of the man who created this wonderful model aircraft.

[@tukamote6185]

@@ripmax333mechanically un-enclined chumps

[@Stikkzz]

Das waren heftige Vibrationen. Cooles Model. Nun brauchst noch nen kleinen Karl Bode,das Kanzel sieht so leer aus.

[@jimedwards4905]

Fantastic modelling, well done

[@cadser0engco]

I dont care what they call its very cool. Very brave building something like that. 👍

[@ufoengines]

So COOL! Thanks for this post!

[@huffdaddy3845]

Beautiful model.

[@FlyingBuzzard]

That is so COOL

[@FroggyFrog9000]

Cool choppa :)

[@MrHelidude]

Very very lucky at the end. Perfect save .......... ☆☆☆☆☆

[@yeahwhatever1359]

Wow. Exquisite model!

[@rdubs1705]

That's the first production helicopter!

[@sky173]

Great catch. I saw the part fall and thought is was gone. Beautiful machine.

[@Mikishots]

Now how cool is THAT? Awesome build.

[@prof.julioloureiro686]

Amazing, congrats!

[@paulgerald7682]

It does . Luftwaffe ' s first attempt at a rotor wing asset . A very serious attempt . Thank you .1944 / 1945.

[@juliannortheast2271]

That is a cool two rotor's helicopter rc model looks brilliant when it flies

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

Nice but has to be very expensive for sure

[@spillysock-spock9929]

I don't think this would be considered so much a coaxial as it would be a tandem but still nice work

[@dennism103]

Germans rule, big fan

[@KS-wt9gj]

Outstandingly engineered.

[@oliverschreek3091]

Super Modell, Hut ab!!!

[@stantallman7099]

really great project! nice catch at the end!!

[@rotormasher]

Good save, it's a very complex one this one I wouldn't like to rebuild after a crash!!

[@MrFrontenginedragste]

Truly impressive!

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Superb on every level

[@danielriedler8356]

Ein Traum!

[@vadimpv9555]

Awesome craft!

[@brutusbarnabus8098]

No love shown for the test pilot who brought her back down safely when one of the prop drives gave way? No one noticed?