One mockup built and a few prototype sub-assemblies completed[1]
The Focke-Wulf Flitzer ("streaker" or "dasher", sometimes incorrectly translated as "madcap") was a jet
fighter under development in
Germany at the end of
World War II.
The estimated horizontal speed was not satisfactory and Flitzer was revised whereby the jet intakes were situated in the wing roots. Further improvements included a narrower fuselage and a changed pilot's
canopy. In order to improve the
rate of climb, a
Walter HWK 109-509hypergolic liquid-propellant rocket was built in to give supplementary thrust. A complete mockup was built and all construction and assembly plans were finished, but the aircraft was not accepted by the
Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, RLM).[4]
Although referred to as Fw 272 in some sources, the Flitzer was never given an RLM designation, and the putative designation "Fw 272" is derived from drawing Nr. 272 for the Flitzer.[5]
Specifications (design draft of 15 September 1944)