One of the SS units was tasked with finding and developing alternative energy sources that would save the Third Reich from the shortage of liquid and solid fuels.
In 1939, this group succeeded in developing a revolutionary engine, it was an electromagnetic-gravity plant that included a Hans Kohler energy converter coupled to a Van de Graff range generator and a Marconi vortex engine. It was invented to create rotating electromagnetic fields that could lift the craft into the air without obstruction.
It was named Tachinator 7 and was to be installed in a disc-shaped aircraft built by Thule.
In 1935, the Thule Gesellschaft was looking for an inconspicuous place to test the ship. In northwestern Germany, there was a place called Haunerburg, where the test site was subsequently created. The tests were encrypted as a military product called "N-Herat"
In 1939, for wartime security reasons, the name was shortened to Haunebu and abbreviated as RFZ-5.
Initially, two prototypes of the Haunebu I were built, their diameter reached 25 meters, the crew was up to 8 people, and an incredible initial speed was 4800 km / h. Subsequently, with the engine upgrade, the speed increased to 17,000 km / h.
The device could stay in the air for up to 8 hours. To avoid enormous overloads and temperatures, a special skin called Victalen {frozen smoke} was created that was developed for the Vril models in the 30s.
Early models were hung with rather large 60 mm experimental guns - KSK (KraftStrahlKanone, ray cannon). It has been speculated that the beam from this weapon was a laser, but the information is not accurate. The Germans called it a weapon of "anachronism" - not belonging to that period of time or irrelevant.
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When the Vril 7 was shot down by the Russians in 1945, a similar weapon was found on the belly of the plane, but it was destroyed in the accident. Strange metal balls and tungsten spirals were found at the site, the weapon could not be identified. On the operation of the weapon, it was speculated that the connected balls formed a cascade of oscillators that were connected to a long barrel enveloped in sticks wrapped in a precision tungsten coil, or a coil to transmit powerful energy, suitable for piercing up to 4 inches of armor. The cannon was very heavy, the installation greatly destabilized the ship.
The Haunebu I first took off in 1939, and both prototypes made 52 test flights. After success, the Germans built the Haunebu II in 1942, which had a diameter of 26 meters and was ready for testing. The flying saucer developed a speed of 6,000 to 21,000 km / h, the crew was up to 9 people, and the flight time reached 5 hours. Later, in 1943-1944, the 32-meter Haunebu II Do-Stra was built, which made 106 test flights.
By the end of 1944, two prototypes of the Haunebu II Do-Stra were built and improved, which meant "stratospheric aircraft". These huge plates were several stories high and had a crew of 20. They were also capable of hypersonic speeds in excess of 21,000 km / h. The SS were going to start production in 1944 / early 1945. However, the end of the war prevented the serial production of cymbals.
It was believed that by the end of the war, the Germans had built another prototype, reaching 71 meters in diameter, the Haunebu III. The crew of the crew consisted of 32 people, the speed of the ship could exceed the mark from 7000 to 40000 km / h, and the flight time reached from 7 to 8 weeks. This ship was planned to be used for evacuation in March 1945.
The SS plans also included a 120-meter version - Haunebu IV, but whether this unit was built or not is not known.
