| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 o pássaro açougueiro da Segunda Guerra |
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O Focke-Wulf Fw 190 foi um caça alemão
multifuncional, de asa baixa, de construção
semimonocoque em metal, revestido em
duralumÃnio e com superfÃcies de controle
cobertas por tecido. Tonaria-se, ao lado do
Messerschmitt Bf 109, um dos principais
caças da força aérea alemã durante a
Segunda Guerra Mundial, operando em todos os
teatros aos quais a Luftwaffe esteve
presente. Desempenhou o papel de caça de
superioridade aérea, escolta e
interceptação, bem como caça-bombardeiro
no apoio próximo às unidades em terra.
Fw 190 A-4
A base para desenvolvimento do modelo A-4 foi
o protótipo V-24 (Wr.N. 561). Esta variante
não apresentou grandes mudanças em
relação a versão anterior. O rádio
principal FuG 7 foi substituÃdo pelo modelo
FuG 16, resultando em uma alteração no
posicionamento da antena na cauda do avião.
O modelo FuG 25 IFF foi mantido como
opcional, enquanto o descanso de cabeça
blindado de 12mm foi ampliado. Além dos kits
de conversão de fábrica
(Umrüst-Bausätze), foram introduzidos kits
de conversão de campo, chamados de
Rüstsätzen. Enquanto as variantes do
primeiro recebiam a especificação "U", como
"Fw 190 A-4/U-1", o último utilizava-se da
letra "R", como a versão "Fw 190 A-4/R6",
que incorporava dois foguetes Werfer-Granate
WGr. 21 de 21cm, que provariam-se muito
eficientes contra as formações "caixa" de
bombardeiros da Oitava Força Aérea
americana. O motor permaneceu o modelo BMW
801 D-2 e testes foram feitos para
adaptação do sistema de injeção de
água-metanol MW 50, que ofereceria potência
adicional para momentos de emergência,
porém este não foi incorporado Ã
produção do Fw 190 A-4.
Em dezembro de 1942, o I Gruppe do
Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherz, sob o comando do
Hauptmann Hans Philipp parte de sua base em
Krasnogvardeisk no sul de Leningrado, para
reequipar-se com o Fw 190 A-4 em Heiligenbeil
na Prússia Oriental.
No dia 10 de março de 1942, o General Hugo
Sperrle determinou que ambas as unidades
baseadas na França, criassem um
Jagdbomberstaffel (unidade de
caças-bombardeiros). O JG 2 formou o
10.(Jabo), equipado com o Bf 109F-4/R1, por
sua vez o 10.(Jabo) do JG 26, que
inicialmente utilizou o mesmo modelo,
posteriormente faria a conversão para o Fw
190 A-4/U3 e U8. A variante U-8, foi a
primeira conversão de fábrica a entrar em
serviço como Jabo-Rei, ou
Jagdbomber-Reichweite (caça-bombardeiro de
longa distância), carregando dois tanques
alijáveis de 300 litros cada sob as asas. Os
ataques Jabo às bases aéreas inglesas, eram
feitos cruzando o Canal da Mancha a baixa
altitude, isto dificultava a detecção pelos
radares e possibilitava ataques surpresa.
O Fw 190 A-4/Trop, foi uma versão
desenvolvida para o Teatro Mediterrâneo e
incorporou filtros para prolongar a vida
útil dos motores em função da operação
do aparelho no deserto. Esta variante
participou ativamente da campanha da
TunÃsia, onde os caças-bombardeiros do
III./ZG 2 (posteriormente renomeado para
III./SKG 10), tiveram um papel fundamental a
partir do final de 1942.
O Fw 190 A-4 foi produzido de julho de 1942 a
janeiro de 1943.
Especificações Técnicas
* Modelo: A-4
* Comprimento: 8,80 m
* Envergadura : 10,50 m
* Altura: 3,95 m
* Motor: BMW 801 D-2 1700 PS
* Armamento: 2xMG 17, 2xMG 151/20, 2xMG
FF/M
* Peso vazio: -
* Peso em vôo: 3.985 kg
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| Focke Wulf 190 recovery |
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Focke Wulf 190 recovered from sea November
2006. Planed to be displayd at Herdla museum
in westeren Norway close to Bergen. The FW is
a model A2 marked Gelbe 16 and it came from
Herdla where the museum is located to day.
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| TOP 10:Helicopters - Focke-Achgelis FA223 Drache (NO.9) |
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'The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache ("Dragon")
was a helicopter developed by Germany during
World War II. Noted for being the first
helicopter to attain production status,
Allied offensive actions limited production
and approximately only 20 were actually
produced. The aircraft was powered by a 1,000
horsepower radial engine (Bramo 323) which
drove two, three-bladed 39 foot rotors, each
mounted on twin booms on either side of the
40 foot long cylindrical fuselage. The
aircraft was able to reach impressive speed,
of up to 115 mph and heights of up to 23,000
feet...'
for more information,pls :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke_Achgelis_F
a_223
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| JG 54 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Captured by Soviets |
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger ("shrike"),
often called Butcher-bird, was a single-seat,
single-engine fighter aircraft of Germany's
Luftwaffe, and one of the best fighters of
its generation. 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 final incarnations retained qualitative
parity with Allied fighter planes, although
Fw 190s lagged far behind in production
numbers.The Fw 190 was well liked by its
pilots, and widely regarded as superior to
the front line Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V on
its combat debut in 1941.Compared to the Bf
109, the Fw 190 was a "workhorse," employed
in and proved suitable for a wide variety of
roles, including ground attack, long-range
bomber escort, night-fighter and (especially
in the "D" version) high-altitude
interceptor.For the first few months of the
Fw 190's combat career, the Allies, being
entirely unaware of the new fighter,
attributed pilots' reports of a new
"radial-engined fighter" to Curtiss P-36
Mohawks captured from the French. The new
fighter outperformed the Spitfire Mk. V then
in service with the RAF in all aspects except
turning radius. As Allied fighter losses rose
and local air superiority over the Channel
front passed to the Luftwaffe, Allied plans
were tentatively made to launch a Commando
raid on a Luftwaffe airfield to snatch a Fw
190 for evaluation. However, the British
acquired an intact Fw 190 A-3 in late June
1942, when Jagdgeschwader 2 pilot Oblt. Armin
Faber landed on a British airfield by
mistake.Taking advantage of this, the RAF was
quick to study the aircraft for any novel
design elements.In particular, the cooling
system and installation of Fw 190's radial
engine was a direct influence on Hawker
Siddeley's Tempest II. The British confirmed
that the Fw 190 could outperform, in most
aspects, the then top-of-the-line Spitfire Mk
V. In terms of firepower, rate of roll and
straight line speed at low altitude, the Fw
190 was considerably better, a discovery
which prompted the rush development of the
Spitfire Mark IX with the new two-stage
supercharged Merlin 61 engine.At least 28 Fw
190s exist in museums, collections and in
storage worldwide, with 15 displayed in the
United States. Two of these survivors are Fw
190 Ds located in the United States,
including one at the Museum of Flight in
Seattle (formerly of the Champlin Fighter
Museum) and a second example at the National
Museum of the United States Air Force at
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. (on loan from the
National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the
Smithsonian since 1975). The NASM also stores
a rare Ta 152 H-0/R-11 at the Paul E. Garber
Preservation, Restoration and Storage
Facility in Suitland, Maryland. Other
surviving Fw 190s include four in the United
Kingdom (Imperial War Museum, RAF Museum with
a rare two-seat S-8), three in Germany
(Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum) and two in
Norway; individual examples exist in France,
Serbia (Museum of Aviation in Belgrade)
Macedonia (FYR), Russia, South Africa and
Brazil.
* 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 m² (196.99 ft²)
* 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× BMW 801D-2 radial
engine,1,272 kW(1,730 hp)1,471 kW (2,000
hp)with boost
# Maximum speed: 656 km/h at 4,800 m, 685
km/h with boost, up to 750 km/h
# 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/m² (49.4 lb/ft²)
# Power/mass: 0.29 - 0.33 kW/kg (0.18 - 0.21
hp/lb)
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| Focke Achgelis Fa-330 Bachstelze (Wagtail) |
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The Focke Achgelis Fa-330 Bachstelze
("Wagtail") was a type of rotary kite,
essentially an unpowered Autogyro. They were
towed behind German U-boats during World War
II to allow a lookout to see further, giving
the submarines a better chance of escape in a
war that was becoming increasingly dangerous
to them.
Because of their low profile in the water,
the submarines could not see more than a few
miles over the ocean. Extremely vulnerable on
the surface, the U-Boats often could not
escape from destroyers because of the limited
warning they had. To solve this, the German
admiralty considered a number of different
options, including a folding seaplane(Arado
Ar-231). In the end, they chose the Fa-330, a
simple, single seater Autogyro kite with a
three-bladed rotor. It could be deployed to
the deck of the submarine by two people and
was tethered to the U-boat via a 150 metre
cable. The airflow on the rotors as the boat
would motor along on the surface would spin
them up. The kite would then be deployed
behind the U-boat with its observer/pilot
aboard, raising him approximately 120 metres
above the surface where he could see much
further (typically 25 nautical miles (46 km),
compared to 5 nautical miles (9 km) visible
from the conning tower of the U-boat).
The pilot and craft were considered
expendable. In the case of an aircraft
attack, the U-boat captain would be forced to
abandon them on the surface; the tether would
be released and the Fa-330 would descend
slowly to the surface.
When not in use, the Fa-330 was stowed in two
watertight compartments aft of the conning
tower. Recovering, dismantling and stowing
the Fa-330 took approximately 20 minutes and
was a difficult operation.
As Allied air-cover in other theatres of the
war was considered too much of a threat, only
U-boats operating in the far southern parts
of the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean used the
Fa-330. Despite its advantages, the use of
the Fa-330 only resulted in a single sinking
when U-177 used one to spot, intercept and
sink the Greek steamer Eithalia Mari on 6
August 1943.
The Allies first learned of the device when
U-852 was scuttled following air attacks. The
remains of the U-boat, including an intact
Fa-330 came ashore and were taken and
inspected by British forces. After the war,
the British government did successful
experiments towing Fa-330s behind ships and
jeeps, but the development of the helicopter
quickly drew the focus of the military.
U-boats that deployed Fa-330 kites included
at least: U-177, U-181 and U-852
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