Heinkel, Inspiration for Honda's Helix?

[Neil955i]

I wonder?

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168j93fwtq/

[Iahawk]

I do see some resemblance between the 2 scoots…the Helix is a futuristic interpretation of the Heinkel?

[Neil955i]

WTF? What's with the Facebook link?  Can you give it to us straight?

Sorry, this is all I got https://www.facebook.com/reel/1209442187643787  there's no link to YouTube or anything else!

This one (third picture down) will give you an idea of what they look like:

https://www.heinkel-trojan-club.co.uk/

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A lot of the German and Czech scooters in the 50s had the "two wheeled car" like designs. Here is a Maico from that era...

[leomagnus]

Looks like its ready for a machine gun or missile launcher on the front.

[Stig / Major Tom]

Heinkel.
Weren't they the long range heavy bombers of the Luftwaffe which used to visit London in our father's time?
Same volks?
Stig

[Neil955i]

Heinkel.
Weren't they the long range heavy bombers of the Luftwaffe which used to visit London in our father's time?
Same volks?
Stig

Spot on Stig. Same company I believe.

Reminds me of the exRAF pilot addressing a Women’s Institute meeting about his wartime exploits. Mid dog-fight story he’s saying “so there were Fokkers to the left of me and Fokkers to the right…”

The Chair jumps up and interjects “Ladies, ladies I should just say that the Fokker is a manufacturer of German fighter planes!”

“Quite so Madam” replies the Squadron Leader, “but these Fokkers were Messerschmitts!”

[Stig / Major Tom]

Spot on Stig. Same company I believe.

Reminds me of the exRAF pilot addressing a Women’s Institute meeting about his wartime exploits. Mid dog-fight story he’s saying “so there were Fokkers to the left of me and Fokkers to the right…”

The Chair jumps up and interjects “Ladies, ladies I should just say that the Fokker is a manufacturer of German fighter planes!”

“Quite so Madam” replies the Squadron Leader, “but these Fokkers were Messerschmitts!”

Stig

[Iahawk]

Spot on Stig. Same company I believe.

Reminds me of the exRAF pilot addressing a Women’s Institute meeting about his wartime exploits. Mid dog-fight story he’s saying “so there were Fokkers to the left of me and Fokkers to the right…”

The Chair jumps up and interjects “Ladies, ladies I should just say that the Fokker is a manufacturer of German fighter planes!”

“Quite so Madam” replies the Squadron Leader, “but these Fokkers were Messerschmitts!”

and you've started off my morning with a smile....thanks, Neil!

[Neil955i]

and you've started off my morning with a smile....thanks, Neil!

My pleasure Hawk!  Here to serve.

[JJJoseph]

Heinkel, Weren't they the long range heavy bombers of the Luftwaffe . . .

The Luftwaffe didn't have any heavy bombers.  Hitler didn't believe in them!  They relied on feeble light twin-engine bombers like the Heinkel 111, augmented by V1 flying bombs called "buzz-bombs". The buzz-bombs were deadly.  It was a buzz-bomb that killed my grandparents in 1940.  Europeans haven't changed a bit.  They're still trying to bash each other into submission!  An interesting footnote to those times: At the end of the war, after the victors ransacked all the aircraft & engine factories,  there was nothing for the Germans to do except start again, most by manufacturing scooters and bubble cars: Messerschmit,  Heinkel, BMW Isetta, etc.     

[KymcoRockr]

I wonder?

No. Many postwar scooters looked similar to the Henkel. Take a look at the Fuji Rabbit. That was the first vehicle Malcolm Bricklin imported into the US. Fuji later became Subaru.