![]() Other buttons armed the guns, with a required three-second delay between each pair, so as not to overload the battery.” Electric motors also raised and lowered the landing gear and controlled the flaps. Inside the cockpit, he saw many familiar controls, similar to those in the BF 109, plus many new electric devices, notably the Kommandogerät, a primitive computer that automatically set propeller pitch, air/fuel mix, and RPM. General Characteristics of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3 on the ground.Īccording to an account provided by Stephen Sherman of Hermann Krafft’s I./JG.51 fighter pilot’s experience with the airplane 1, “The pilot climbed into the Focke-Wulf using retractable stirrups and handholds. Kurt Tank, the designer of the history-making Fw 190, would prove them otherwise when his design would go on to become the favorite of Germany’s highest scoring Luftwaffe fighter aces. Though used successfully by the US Navy, many aeronautical engineers in Europe believed that radial engines on small planes, such as fighters, would cause excessive drag and hinder their effectiveness in aerial combat. Named for the shrike (nicknamed the “butcher bird”), a small carnivorous bird of prey known for impaling its prey on spikes, the Fw 190 was one of the only radial engine fighter aircraft used in Europe at the time. ![]() ![]() The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger(Shrike in English) has become one of the most iconic military aircraft in world history since it first inspired fear in the Allied forces throughout all of World War II. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is considered to be the best fighter Germany’s produced during the war, and for good reason.
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