It was powered by a 160 horsepower (120 kW) BMW-Bramo Sh 14 A radial piston engine with forced-air cooling, mounted at the nose.

The engine drove a 12 m diameter main rotor and two auxiliary propellers mounted on outriggers attached to the fuselage.

At take-off or when hovering, the auxiliary propellers worked in opposition to each other and served to cancel the torque of the main rotor,[1] a function handled by a single, variable-pitch tail rotor on contemporary helicopters.

[1] The landing gear consisted of a nose-wheel, two smaller stabilising wheels under the outriggers and a tail skid.

Data from [2]General characteristics Performance Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.