Feuerlilie

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Feuerlilie(English:firelily)wasthecodenameofaGermanantiaircraftmissile,whichwasdevelopedin1940
andwasshelvedbecauseofproblemswiththecontrollerandthedrivesectionattheendofJanuary1945in
favourofotherprojects.TheFeuerliliewasbuiltandtestedatRheinmetallBorsigintwoversions:theF25with
adiameterof25cm,andtheF5555cmindiameter.TheengineswereRheinmetall109505/515solidrockets.

Contents
Germanfeuerlilieantiaircraftmissile

1 FeuerlilieF25

2 FeuerlilieF55

3 Technicaldata

4 Seealso

5 Literature

6 Sources

7 Externallinks

FeuerlilieF25
In1940HermannGoering'sAviationResearchorganisation(DeutscheForschungsanstaltfrLuftfahrtDFL)begantodesignaremotecontrolled
rocketunderthecodenameFireLilytoresearchtheconstructionofantiaircraftmissiles.
Thefirstmodel,theFeuerlilie(4.4F)wasascaleddownversioncreatedintheshorttermtogetanimpressionofthelaterflightbehaviourofthenew
weapon.TheintentionoftheAirMinistry(RLM)wastotest25F25s,incooperationwiththeDeutscheForschungsanstaltfrSegelflug(DFS)andthe
ReichspostForschungsamt(RPF).Inpracticethistookplace,butonlysometimelater.

ThedevelopmentoftheremotecontrolsystemwasatanadvancedstageinFebruary1943,withresearchinthewindtunnelandtheconstructionofa
gunrackalmostcomplete.TheproductionofthefirstF25preseriesincluded24specimensmadeunexpectedlygoodprogressandbyJuly1943itwas
possibletomakefurtherF25sready.Thework,however,falteredduetolackofmotors.ThefirstF25intheJuly1943wastestedintheLebaproving
groundontheBalticSea.Bymid1944atleastfourF25shadbeenfired.However,thetestresultsdidnotmeetexpectationsandsothedevelopmentof
theF25wasstillsetbeforeendof1944.

FeuerlilieF55
WiththecompletionofthedevelopmentoftheF25,themaininterestintheLFAfocusedontheF55.Thiswasaremotecontrolled2stagesupersonic
missile(firststage:solidandlevelflight:liquid).Launchingthedevicewasmadefromanobliqueramp,lateralsoonamodified88mmantiaircraft
gunlaunchpad.ThefirstproductionoftheF55wascompletedinApril1942.

On25January1943acontractwassenttotheArdeltcompanyinBreslaufortheconstructionoffivetestsamples.[1]Theconstructionoftheunitswas
completedinFebruary1943.On9Marchtherewasadelaytothedeliveryofthebatch,now30units,duetotechnicalproblems,includingwiththe
controllerandthedrivesection.

ThefirstlaunchofanF55A1wason12May1944.Itflewfor69secondsandadistanceof7500m.From19October1944atGreifswalderOiethree
furtherlaunchesoftheF55A2,whichdemonstratedtheirunstableflightbehaviour.ThelaunchoftheimprovedF55A3wasabortedon21October
1944becauseoftechnicalproblems.

On22November1944theTechnicalDepartmentoftheAirMinistrycutthenumberofF55sfrom25to11devices.Therewasafurthercutin
December1944to20sampleunitsoftheA2andA3models.ThelastdocumentedattempttoflyanF55A2tookplaceon11December1944at
GreifswalderOie.

Toacceleratethedevelopmentandtoobtainreliableresults,on14January1945itwasdecidedtousetheunmodifieddrivefromtheHenschelHs293in
theF55A2andA3.TheF55wouldhavealargertailforgreaterflightstability.AsthedevelopmentwasdiscontinuedinlateJanuary1945these
changeswerescrapped.

Technicaldata
Length:
F25to1896mm

F55to4800mm

Diameter:

F25250mm

F55550mm

Span

F25to15,000mm

F554500mm

Vmax:

F25840km/h

F551260km/h

Nominalheight:

F25notknown

F5510,000m

Weight:

F25notknown

F55600kgwithapayloadof100

Seealso
HenschelHs117
 Taifun
Rheintochter
Wasserfall

Literature
ManfredGriehl:Luftwaffe'45LetzteFlgeundProjekte,MotorbuchVerlag,ISBN3613024748

Sources
1.ManfredGriehl,Germanflakrocketsto1945,ISBN3790907685

Externallinks
www.luftarchiv.dePicturesofFeuerlilie(http://www.luftarchiv.de/flugkorper/f55.htm)

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