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[SAS~Storebror]

It is. CJ+ZY is the "Schmittfire".

Cheers!
Mike

[sniperton]

The photoshop work was not made by me. And honestly, I myself was fooled by it. I only knew I had never seen such a bird, but shame as it is, I was not sure the picture was fake. As Gianky put it, I too 'wondered if the German had created some Frankenplane after the Armistice'. Anyway, the baton goes back to Gianky. 

[Gianky]

Alright! How about we stick with rotors and experimental rigs? 

[SAS~Storebror]

I know, I know, I know!!!
This is for our german Luftwaffe.
We're currently searching for a replacement of the old CH-53G helicopters, which should be phased out in the 2019/2020.
Sikorsky offered the CH-53K "King Stallion", and Boeing the CH-47F "Chinook" Block II.
Now the CH-47G can carry only 8.7 tons of load (10.something with newer rotor blades yet to be certified), whereas the CH-53K carries an impressive 16+ tons.

This picture clearly shows Boeing's attempt to strip down the Chinook to fulfill Germany's request for more external load capacity.

CH-47G ("G for Germany"), no doubt. Thanks for the baton

Cheers!
Mike

[Gianky]

You're correct, Mike, go right ahead!

[SAS~Storebror]

 
I'll leave the baton right here on the table for the next best guess to pick it up

[Gianky]

 

[LameHawk]

Keyword: Experimental

This must be a Filper Research Corporation test rig. I haven't been able to find an actual name for this contraption.

Since it is as old as CH-53 and CH-47 it will probably not make it into the Luftwaffe. (New toys are so expensive, so you never know)

Does show a certain similarity to this:

[Gianky]

Nice job, LameHawk, that's exactly what it was: the Filper Beta test rig.

I took the picture from this site:

https://www.klassiker-der-luftfahrt.de/geschichte/flugzeuge/leichthubschrauber-filper-beta-200-konstruktion-und-finanzierung/488128?seite=3 (no, I don't understand German! ... and it's amazing how simply flipping an image confounds Google and Tineye!)

And here's Wikipedia page on the Beta series:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filper_Research_Beta

The machine you posted is the Beta 200 prototype.

The baton is yours, LameHawk!

[LameHawk]

Thank you.

You are right. Google is easily confused by flipping the picture. It's not difficult however to reverse the picture!
I didn't do that. Instead it was enough to search for "twin rotor experimental"

Those vertical things on the rotorblades are a bit unusual. They must be what is called flybars or stabilizer bars, normally seen on twin bladed helicopters. So when I found the Filper Beta 200, I was pretty sure I was on the right track.

Anyway, what's this little thing:

[SAS~CirX]

reminds me of the bf-108, but only the tail part

[sniperton]

It's a Latvian light two-seater, the VEF Irbitis I-12.

http://latvianaviation.com/index.php?en/content/airforce/LAF_VEF_I-12.ssi