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Focke Wulf - Fw- 190
Technical Data
| Type : Focke Wulf 190 single-seat
interceptor fighter Engine : BMW 801 Dg 14- cylinder air-cooled radial , 1,700-hp at take off. Performance : Speed 391 mph at 20.600 feet , Initial rate of climb 2.830 feet per minute 12 minutes to 26.250 feet , Ceiling 34.775 feet , Range 497 miles . Weights : 6,393 lbs empty , 8,700 lbs loaded . Dimensions : Span 34 feet 5.5 inches , Length 28 feet 10 .5 inches , Height 12 feet 11.5 inches . |
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Germany`s best piston engined fighter
| The Focke Wulf 190 was introduced into active service slowly, and was not meet in combat untill August 1941 . However , its debut was startling , and the new radial-engined fighter quickly showed itself to be superior to any British aircraft in service. The next major series to follow tha A mark was the FW 190D, in 1943. This was in fact a radically redesigned version , an inline Junkers Jumo engine replacing the radial BMW 801 . The new engine was cowled in the same type of nose as the earlier model , the radiator forming the annular nose of the aircraft ; but the Jumo was a longer engine , and thus the fuselage had to be extended . The ` long-nose ` D series was eventually developed in the highly-successful Ta 152. |
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