Focke-Wulf 190 (opinions & info please)

Don't know if this has been posted before?
Interesting FW190 flying restoration:
Focke-Wulf FW 190 - White 1

Thanks VP. Wouldn't it be fantastic to see it flying.

 

Wow! Been signed on less than a day and found something I haven't seen before!
Thanks for the Link
Art

 

Found a really informative site on the FW-190 giving all sorts of articles and info on the afore-mentioned plane: Bookie's Focke-Wulf 190 / Ta 152 Page

 

I think I missed your link, G, ta. I love those profile pix.

 

thanks for bringing the thread back up.

Not only have I always loved the lines of the 190 but some of the
information given by Jules was absolutely fascinating

thanks all

 

Some footage of one of the replica Fw190's currently flying on the airshow circuit in Europe.

YouTube - Duxford Focke Wulf 190 and Messerschmitt 109 WW2 Fighter

Nick

 

Great thread!
Here are some photos of Fw 190 variants which are captioned as follows:

1. FOCKE-WULF FW-190 WITH DOPPELREITER AUX. TANKS
2. FOCKE-WULF FW-190A-5/U-16 TORPEDO BOMBER
3. FOCKE-WULF FW-190C KANGARUH
4. FOCKE-WULF FW-190TL

Here: Rare Aircraft - Germany









Tom.

 

Marvellous stuff Jhor9!
cheers for that.
That's the second reference to German operated B17's on this forum today,anyone got any idea how many they had? Or any photos?

There are some good photos here (scroll down to USAAF):

Germany - Captured Allied Aircraft

Tom.

 

The FW 190 or "Butcher Bird" had no hydraulic system. The undercarriage and flaps were operated by electric motors. I have read the report on British test flights following Oberleutnant Armin Faber landed one "by mistake" at RAF Pembrey - and I used some of this information in my novel "Fly the Storm".
To reduce the frontal area and thus provide better streamlining, the engine was a double-banked radial - 14 cylinders in all, with an impeller fan at the hub of the prop to suck cooling air towards the inner bank of 7 cylinders. So this aircraft had all the advantages of an air-cooled engine without the lack of streamlining that most radial engines have, In 1953 I learned to fly a Harvard in Canada - 9 cylinders driving a nine-foot prop, huge frontal area and at 55o hp about a third of the power of the dreaded Butcher Bird.

 

Officer Commanding Captured enemy aircraft flight Captain Eric 'Winkle' Browne RN. The world record holder for types flown.