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Aviation History
1943
1943 - 0247.PDF
JANUARY 28TH, I943 FLIGHT Focke- I Wulf 190A-3 Concentrated equipment has resulted in very small overallsize. A feature is the somewhat "bandy-legged" under- carriage of very wide track. Further Details^ of Qermany's Best Fighter : Heavy Armament and High Rate of Climb RECENT visitations have once more brought intoprominence the Focke-Wulf Fwio.o, Germany'slatest and best single-seater fighter. Very full details of this interesting machine were published in our issues of August 13th and 27th, 1942, but some further facts about it may not be uninteresting. For convenience it may be recalled that the Fw 190 was designed by Kurt Tank and built by the Focke-Wulf Air- craft Company, of Bremen. The chief characteristics of the machine are small size, low weight, and very com- pact, not to say cramped, stowage of all equipment. The engine is a two-row, 14-cyl. B.M.W. 801 D, radial air- cooled, which develops approximately 1,600 b.h.p. at 2,450 r.g.m. at 14,000ft. Armament comprises four cannon and two machine guns. The latter are of the M.G.17 (7.92 mm.) type, and are mounted above the engine in front of the cockpit. The ammunition boxes are carried immediately below the machine guns, and the ammunition is heated through a hot-air duct from the engine. The two Mauser M.G.151 guns (20 mm.) have been The cockpit cover of the Fw 190 is of the sliding type. Inemergency it can be jettisoned by the firing of a cartridge. Normally it is operated by a hand-winding gear. Cooling of the B.M.W.801 engine is assisted, n the Fw 190,by a 12-bladed fan running a: 3.143 times airscrew speed. On the left a view of the cockpit. A notice warns the pilot no":to lower the undercarr age at speeds below 200 km./hr (125 mp.h.), which indicates a dangerous change of trimat low speeds
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