| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 |
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| Country:
Germany |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
Focke-Wulf |
| Service:
1941 - 1945 |
| First
Flight: 1 June 1939 |
| Production:
20000 |
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wuerger (Shrike) was a single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft of Germany's Luftwaffe. Used extensively during the Second World War, over 20,000 were manufactured, including around 6,000 fighter-bomber models. Production ran from 1941 to the end of hostilities, during which time the aircraft was continually updated. Its later versions retained qualitative parity with Allied fighter aircraft, but Germany was not able to produce the aircraft in enough numbers to affect the outcome of the war.
The Fw 190 was well-liked by its pilots, and was quickly proven to be superior to the RAF's main front line fighter, the Spitfire Mk. V, on its combat debut in 1941. The Fw 190 was employed in and proved suitable for a wide variety of roles, including air superiority fighter, ground attack, fighter-bomber, long-range bomber escort, and night fighter.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( Fw 190 A-8) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 9.00 m (29 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 10.51 m (34 ft 5 in)
- Height: 3.95 m (12 ft 12 in)
- Wing area: 18,30 m (196.99 ft)
- Empty weight: 3,200 kg (7,060 lb)
- Loaded weight: 4,417 kg (9,735 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,900 kg (10,800 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 x BMW 801 D-2 radial engine, 1,272 kW (1,730 hp); 1,471 kW (2,000 hp) with boost
Performance
- Maximum speed: 656 km/h at 4,800 m, 685 km/h with boost (383 mph at 19,420 ft (5,920 m), 408 mph (657 km/h) with boost)
- Range: 800 km (500 miles)
- Service ceiling 11,410 m (37,430 ft)
- Rate of climb: 13 m/s (2560 feet/min)
- Wing loading: 241 kg/m (49.4 lb/ft)
- Power/mass: 0.29 - 0.33 kW/kg (0.18 - 0.21 hp/lb)
Armament
- 2 x 13 mm MG 131 machine guns with 475 rounds/gun
- 4 x 20 mm MG 151/20 E cannons with 250 rounds/gun in the wing root and 140 rounds/gun outboard.
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