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Italeri: 1:48 Focke Wulf FW 190 Α
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The Focke-Wulf Fw-190 was a German, single-engine, all-metal fighter aircraft with a covered cockpit in the low-wing design of World War II. Pilots considered the Fw-190 to be a better aircraft than the Messerschmitt Bf-109. A self-supporting low-wing with functional coating Fw-190 was ordered by the Luftfahrtministerium, which was assembled in the autumn of 1937. Kurt Tank submitted two propulsion proposals - the first with a liquid-cooled Daimler-Benz DB 601 engine and the second with the new BMW 139 radial engine. The latter was chosen and work began in the spring of 1938 under the direction of Obering R. Blaser. The first prototype of the Fw-190V1 was ready in May 1939 and flew in Bremen on 1 June 1939 by Captain Hans Sander. The second prototype, the Fw-190V2, armed with two MG131 and two MG17 machine guns - all calibre 7.92 mm, flew in October 1939. To reduce aerodynamic drag, both were fitted with a tunnel air inlet in the propeller cap, but problems with engine overheating resulted in a return to the proven NACA shield design. Before the final testing of these prototypes began, the decision had already been made to replace the BMW 139 engine with a more powerful, but longer-lasting and heavier BMW 810. This required many changes, strengthening the structure and moving the cabin back, which later became a source of problems with the center of gravity. The advantage was the elimination of problems with exhaust gas ingress and overheating of the cabin interior due to its close proximity to the BMW 139 engine. The third and fourth prototypes were abandoned and the Fw-190V5 with the new engine was completed in early 1940. Later, it received wings with a wingspan widened by one meter (from the original 9.5 m), which made it 10 km/h slower, but increased the rate of climb and improved maneuverability. It was designated Fw-190V5g, and the variant with the smallest wing was Fw-190V5k. The first seven machines of the Fw-190A-0 intelligence series had a short wing, the rest - longer. The first operational unit equipped with the Fw-190 - 6./JG 26 stationed at Le Bourget, declared operational readiness in August 1941, and from the first meeting of the new fighter with the British Supermarine Spitfire, its advantage over them became clear. During the war, about a dozen versions of this large aircraft were created. The machines of the "A" version, along with about a dozen modernizations, served as fighter aircraft. The versions marked "B" and "C" were only prototypes of high-altitude fighters intended to combat strategic bombers, but did not enter serial production. The "D" variant, as the only one of the Fw-190s, was powered by the new Jumo 213A 1750HP engine and was the German answer to the P-51 Mustang. The new engine extended the fuselage by several tens of centimeters. This variant also performed hunting and high-altitude fighter duties. Many variants of the "F" version were used as fighter-bombers as direct support of the battlefield. The "G" version played the same role as the "F" version, but had a longer range. During the entire war, over 20,000 copies of this one of the best fighters of World War II were created. Technical data (Fw-190A-8 version): length: 9m, wingspan: 10.51m, height: 3.95m, maximum speed: 656km/h, rate of climb: 15m/s, maximum range: 800km, maximum ceiling 11410m, armament: fixed-2 MG131 13mm machine guns and 4 MG151 20mm cannons (2 MG 151/20E cannons for the D-9 version)