SUPER RARE! - Rhein-Flugzeugbau FANJET 600 Takeoff

SUPER RARE! - Rhein-Flugzeugbau FANJET 600 Takeoff - DUCTED FAN JET!

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8 ай бұрын

As one of only three RFB Fantrainer/Fanjet 600 still flying, this was indeed a super rare catch to see it at Brač airport.
Developed and manufactured by German aircraft company Rhein-Flugzeugbau RFB it has been used by the Luftwaffe and Royal Thai Air Force. In the 1970s, it was selected as the winner of a competition for the Luftwaffe's Basic Trainer Requirement, having beat both the Pilatus PC-7 and Beechcraft Mentor. However, Germany decided to buy American fighters which included a deal for pilot training in the United States.
The Royal Thai Air Force operated 47 of the FT400 and FT600 versions as a trainer for the Northrop F-5E fighter. While 3 remained in Germany as demonstrator aircraft. And the D-EATR was the first of that batch in 1984. In 1995 RFB went bankrupt, but in 2010 FanJet Aviation, bought the documentation for design, test and certification for the original aircraft Fantrainer 600 when the aircraft was modernised.
The Fantrainer/Fanjet delivers performance akin to aircraft with conventional jet propulsion, but at significantly reduced costs consuming 1/10th of the fuel like the Alpha Jet.
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AIRCRAFT: Fanjet 600 (Rhein-Flugzeugbau Fantrainer 600)
AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION: D-EATR
AIRPORT: BWK/LDSB Brač Croatia
DATE: 16.9.2023. (DMY)
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Пікірлер: 45

@GoldStarFather Ай бұрын

I loved flying one of the 400 models out of Manching Flugplatz around Ingolstadt airspace in 2012. Was backseating with a competent flight instructor. We did some rolls, loops an Immelmann. The experience was amazing. I've never flown a small jet, but expect that was as close as I'm gong to get. Thanks Reinhardt.

@DUBaviator 8 ай бұрын

Looks like the front half is an L39 and the rear half from a PC12 with Piaggio 180 wings, what a crazy machine.

@gendaminoru3195 8 ай бұрын

HEY, I designed something almost exactly like this for my senior project back in the 80's. WOW! happy to see this.

@tbas8741 15 күн бұрын

Thats what you call a VERY HIGH Bypass Ratio :D Great Plane

@TheHDAviation 8 ай бұрын

I love it more great footage of this super unique aircraft. Excellent close-up takeoff shot! That's definitely a type I'd love to spot some day.

@edostuff 8 ай бұрын

It was the catch of the season for Brač.

@EmirPortraits 8 ай бұрын

Ovo prvi put vidim u životu! Great job catching it!!!

@scantrain5007 5 ай бұрын

Die Position des Fans erinnert stark an die Kortdüse aus der Seeschifffahrt: Dadurch wird die Effizienz des Propellers stark erhöht. Ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass dies auch bei diesem Flugzeug der Fall ist. Tolles Video!

@t_sixtyfivex_wing8787 5 ай бұрын

From the former operator, the Thai Air Force, this aircraft has the critical problem on fuselage and wing due to the losing of reinforcement and broken of the fiber glass fuselage and wing made the aircraft permanently grounded.

@cliffordrandell735 3 ай бұрын

Interesting. Perhaps carbon fiber would be a better material. Not for submarines though 😮

@PasleyAviationPhotography 8 ай бұрын

A while back I was searching videos of this thing, all were terrible. Then low and behold, one of my favorite youtubers shares TWO. Thanks! Edit: that front angle showing the fan itself is epic.

@edostuff 8 ай бұрын

Thank You 😁

@JelmersAviation 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful video man!

@aerowl 6 ай бұрын

super interessting footage, thank you!

@DOMINICAAVIATION 8 ай бұрын

What a catch!

@SimonButler 8 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly, wow!

@twinshobbytwinshobby3863 8 ай бұрын

Super Video !

@michaelmiklosofficial 7 ай бұрын

Very well filmed

@Aviaspotting 8 ай бұрын

Beautiufl catch mate

@matthiashaenni 8 ай бұрын

Amazing catch!! WOW that is really an outstanding video, Edo! Huge like from me!

@edostuff 8 ай бұрын

Thank You this was just an awesome plane to see and film.

@davidclark3304 8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of a thing called the Fanliner that I read about in Flying Magazine in the 70's. The Fanliner never reached market as far as I know. It was under development by Grumman.

@udmbfckx2916 19 күн бұрын

Very interesting idea...unfortunately it never "took off" as far as acceptance. I believe there is a good business case still to this day, more so with the economies involved.....From smaller versions powered by a Rotax 912 to larger, small private aircraft for 4 to 6 passengers, the economies and performance are still, to this day, excellent.

@michaelmiklosofficial 7 ай бұрын

Wow and so unique

@louisvanrijn3964 8 ай бұрын

They reason this concept could not break through was the fairly low propeller effciency. The engine is good, but the propulsion not that good.

@a.s.p.r5278 3 ай бұрын

That is apsaluply amazeing 😊

@bernardopercyvant5206 6 ай бұрын

Achei legal! Más deveria ter cauda dupla!!

@fredtedstedman 4 ай бұрын

love it !

@cliffordrandell735 3 ай бұрын

Looks like something you'd build from a kit bought from the Popular Mechanics Magazine.

@kakakiri2601 4 ай бұрын

but the fuselage cut in half, does that safe?

@outwithjohn7038 8 ай бұрын

Stvarno interesantno izgleda.

@LarryjB53 6 ай бұрын

Wondering if they're investigating using a Toroidal propeller with this aircraft.

@averdadeestalafora.2578 5 ай бұрын

Substituir o Texas e o super tucano, ataque leve e treinamento?

@renelesieux1250 5 ай бұрын

Il semble que le couple est important au décollage .

@pascalchauvet4230 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic...never expected to see this unique piece of aviation here I think the Fanjet shared the same problem with the Edgley Optica: due to the limited Fan diameter the prop had very high RPM and therfore wasn't particularly efficient.

@huey-fan8335 8 ай бұрын

Well this particular plane is somewhat efficient....! It uses around 90 L/hr (or some 25-35 L/100km), and with that you'll have a real jet like behaviour....! Doesn't seem that bad

@pascalchauvet4230 8 ай бұрын

Yes possibly so but it doesn't carry any guns or rockets as an Embraer Tucano would m@@huey-fan8335

@householdemail1305 3 ай бұрын

So I’d like to this is as a tilt fan…or vtol.

@travispower2683 3 ай бұрын

Tires need air.

@BoycottGoogleTotally 8 ай бұрын

I have already made one 22 years back lol

@Mike-oxlong1029 6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry but what do you mean by that?

@BoycottGoogleTotally 6 ай бұрын

@@Mike-oxlong1029 back then , i did find an interesting thing about fans and I thought of making a cheap plane for civilians based on that.... It would have been better than this one.... But i never got funds