flugwerk fw 190

Hi all

Well all I mean is that there should be enough Jumos around to build one or two examples for this machine – if they can build near extinct “Long Nose” allisons for the P40b/C and the Kawasakis for the Tony’s then they should be capable of a Jumo – I don’t know I’m just thinking it should be possible?

Regards
John P

Anyone know if any of the Fw 190’s are coming over to the UK? Haven’t heard of this project before, very interesting!

Caution – very bad english:
Flying Legends 2006 could be a possible first visit for the 190.
But it seems the operators in Duxford are not interested.
Also the 109 and the 262 (Messerschmitt-Stiftung) were possible.
But nobody makes the first step.

Hopefully that little bit of info included copious amounts of tongue-in-cheek.

I didn’t know of any big stack of Jumos either 😀

But if there is… how about a Ta 152? :p

Now anybody fancies building Do 335 replicas or finishing the Ho 229 V3? :rolleyes:
(the 335 would be a mind boggling airshow performer for sure!!!!! ;))

Hi

It is a pity the Yank engine is going in – I suppose it will change the cowlings slightly – surely there were enough originals around to do it “properly”? – Not to be critical or negative it will still be bloody good to look at but just better

Regards
John p

Hopefully that little bit of info included copious amounts of tongue-in-cheek. 😮

Considering that FlugWerk had advertised some DB603s for sale at one time, one would think that either a DB603 or a Jumo could be used. If I recall, FlugWerk built two D-9 fuselages and one was under construction with a proper Jumo 213 (overhauled by MotoBende), but this project was sold by owner.

I guess from a maintenance point of view (it’s a kit afterall) the Allison engine may be a wiser choice. Cheaper and easier to get parts. Potentially more reliable too.
But then again you know a lot more of this stuff than I do 🙂

Hi

It is a pity the Yank engine is going in – I suppose it will change the cowlings slightly – surely there were enough originals around to do it “properly”? – Not to be critical or negative it will still be bloody good to look at but just better

Regards
John p

The undercarriage geardoors completed in the next time!
Flugwerk work now on a FW-190D “Langnase”(Longnose)!! With Allison V-1710 -Engine 😉

I once heard there was going one FW.190 to Belgium. Does anyone know whether this is true (and perhaps who will be the future owner?)

thanks

willem

wow – I didnt think they had retracted the wheels yet?? – so was this the first time they had in flight I wonder???

Bit clearer…

I notice it still does not have a full set of undercarriage doors. Does anyone know if there is a reason for this?

N1324, that only works if you are registered and logged in. Otherwise you cannot see the photos. I’ve taken the plunge and got myself registered so here are the images in question. Copyright XXChrisXX. (Hope he doesn’t mind me reposting them here)

This should work just scroll down a bit.

http://www.flugzeugforum.de/forum/showthread.php?t=9147&page=161&highlight=flugwerk

Any chance of getting a direct link to the D-FWWC photos? My Deutch is a little rusty. 😉

A local spotter saw D-FWWC fly today from its Manching/Ingolstadt base north of Munich and posted pictures in the forum in my signature to prove it. Looks nice!

Wow, I didn’t realize that Corsair mainspars were that complex

The Corsair is an insanely complex machine. I am modelling one now in 3D and it’s just mad all the silly unlogical details all over the place. From a distance it looks like a nice plane, but up close it’s a whole collection of problem fixes… :rolleyes:

Restoring some of the basket case airframes flying today would have been considered monumental folley not so many years ago, proposing to manufacture new build FW 190’s would have had you locked up in a dark unlit grey mansion house under the constant attention of men in white coats also.

Never understimate the powers of determination, a vision, will power and the assistance of modern engineering and the related manufactururing techniques.

New build Mosquitos?

Me 262’s?

A Beaufighter?

New engine components?

New crankshafts?

New build rare engines?

The only limit is your imagination.

Excess money will always find a home. 😀

The fact that just overhauling an existing DB will cost you around $250,000 should give an idea as to how cost effective the production of new major components might be. Apparently the demand is out there.

Anyways, I feel the real problem with the German engines could be reproducing those nastily complex mechanical computers, not to mention fuel injection pumps, which apparently (in a DB at any rate) have almost as many parts as the rest of the engine…

I´m sure that can all be done very much better electronically these days – and then wrapped up in a nice accurate appearing reproduction casing.

very good point

hello Setter

I think you hit the nail on the head; the set-up charges are what get you. Seems with most things custom-series produced that the price per unit after the first or pilot piece is the same, but with a zero removed…

Wow, I didn’t realize that Corsair mainspars were that complex; are they milled from a solid billet or something or are they just, well, complex? Or are they made from gold-plated platinum? Or to a modern military specification?….

fascinating stuff!

regards

greg v