Viktor Schauberger

RFZ / Haunebu
Under the leadership of Dr W.O. Schumann, the first round experimental flying machine, the
'RFZ 1' or 'Haunebu ' was developed on the grounds of the aircraft factory Arado in
Brandenburg. In its first flight it rose vertically to around 60 metres, then wobbled and
danced in the air for minutes. The pilot Lothar Waiz just managed somehow to bring it down
to the ground, jump out and run away before it began spinning like a top, turned over and
literally ripped into peices. In 1934 another prototype was ready, the 'RFZ 2', this time with a
magnetic field impulse steering unit. It had a diametre of five metres and with rising speed
the visible contours became blurred and the aircraft showed the colours of red, orange,
yellow green, white, blue or purple depending on the drive setting. This craft made its
remarkable debut during the "Battle of Britain" in 1941 when it was used as a transatlantic
reconnaissance craft because the standard German fighters had insufficient range. It could
not be used as a fighter craft as its impulse steering only allowed changes in direction at 90,
45 and 22.5 degrees.
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