Germany's Focke-Wulf Fw 187 fighter
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Focke-Wulf Fw 187 fighter: |
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 fighter: |
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 fighter: |
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 fighter cockpit: |
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 fighter: Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook |
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 fighter: Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook |
Design
Kurt Tank designed the Focke Wulf Fw 187 in 1936.1 It was superior to the Messerschmitt Bf 110, but it wasn't selected for production.1
Prototype
Production
- Pre-series: 31
- Focke Wulf Fw 187:
Variants
- Focke Wulf Fw 187:
Usage
Specifications
| Focke Wulf Fw 187 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Long range fighter2 |
| Crew | |
| Engine (Type) | 2: Junkers Jumo 210 D1 2: Mercedes DB/601A2 |
| Cylinders | |
| Cooling | Liquid2 |
| HP | Jumo: 680 each1 , Mercedes: 1,150 each2 |
| Propeller blades | |
| Dimensions | |
| Span | 50' 6"1,2 |
| Length | 33' 6"2, 36' 4"1 |
| Height | 15'2 |
| Wing area | |
| Weight | |
| Empty | |
| Loaded | 12,000 lb2 |
| Maximum load | |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 330 mph1, 360 mph2 |
| Cruising speed | |
| Climb | |
| Service ceiling | |
| Range | |
| Armament | |
| Nose | 2: Cannon2 |
| Wings | 4: MG2 |
| Rear cockpit | 1: MG2 |
Sources:
- World War II Airplanes Volume 1, Enzo Angelucci, Paolo Matricardi, 1976
- Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook, Ensign L. C. Guthman, 1943
