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Summary: FW-190 Focke Wulf 190 aircraft Airplane blueprint for the FW-190, Focke, Wulf, 190 ... Aviation history and aircraft blueprints/plans. The Focke-Wulf Fw190 - The Fw-190 project was launched in the autumn of 1937, when the German Air Ministry proposed that Focke develop a fighter-interceptor to be produced alongside the BF 109. The design team, lead by Kurt Tank, prepared two alternative proposals which differed only in the type of powerplant used. The first used the already highly successful inverted V12, liquid-cooled Daimler-Benz DB-601, while the second used a radial, air-cooled BMW. Despite the German standard at the time to use in-line powerplants, Kurt Tank convinced the ministerial authorities to use the radial for this project.
The second design utilized the more readily available BMW fourteen cylinder, air cooled 1600 hp radial engine. This engine was idealy suited for an airplane that was designed to perform the mission of a true fighter/bomber. The new BMW 801 engine offered great promise over a liquid cooled inline engine. The air cooled radial would not be as susceptable to damage caused by ground fire given the lack of an easily damaged radiator and necessary piping.
Construction of three prototypes was authorized by the German Air Ministry. On June 1, 1939 the first prototype took to the air. The successful combination was an all metal, low-wing monoplane with a large powerful radial engine, slender fuselage with retractable landing gear, and a transparent cockpit that provided the pilot with a remarkable field of vision. This designated as the Fw-190 A model and was armed with four machine guns, two of which were installed in the upper part of the fuselage. The aircraft proved to have tremendous flight attributes and was incredibly fast.
The FW-190 had taken on the appearance of an extremely aerodynamic aircraft which successfully incorporated a large radial engine with a slender fuselage. In sum, the FW-190 was an all metal monoplane with wide-based retractable landing gear which made it a pleasure, (compared to the ME-109), to land and take-off. The large transparent, bubble cockpit provide the pilot with a superior field of vision.
Most consider the Focke-Wulf FW 190 to be among the best Warbird fighters of WWII. More than 20,000 FW 190's were produced.
Ps... This blueprint displays well with our BMW-801 (FW190 engine)
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