Focke Wulf Fw 187 'Falke

[johnbr]

 

[johnbr]

Cockpit

 

[Wurger]

 

[johnbr]

 

[fubar57]

Nice

 

[johnbr]

Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke "Falcon" info

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[johnbr]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueuoirOohQI

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[tomo pauk]

Thank you very much. For the 1st time I've realized there were actual windows under the nose.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shots!

 

[johnbr]

 

[johnbr]

The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke ("falcon") was a German aircraft developed in the late 1930s. It was conceived by Kurt Tank as a twin-engine, high-performance fighter, but the Luftwaffe saw no role for the design, perceiving it as intermediate between the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Bf 110. Later prototypes were adapted to two-seats to compete with the Bf 110 in the Zerstörer (heavy fighter) role, but only nine aircraft were built in total.

Specifications (Fw 187 A-0)[edit]
General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 11.12 m (36 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 15.30 m (50 ft 2 ⅓ in)
• Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 7 ⅔ in)
• Wing area: 30.40 m² (327.22 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,700 kg (8,157 lb)
• Loaded weight: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 210G 12-cylinder inverted-V piston, 515 kW (700 PS) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 529 km/h at 4,200 m (329 mph at 13,780 ft)
• Service ceiling: 10,000 m (32,810 ft)
• Rate of climb: 1,050 m/min (3,445 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 164.14 kg/m² (33.62 lb/ft²)

Armament

• 4 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns in fuselage sides
• 2 × 20 mm MG FF cannon in lower fuselage

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[johnbr]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Note the engine instruments on the side of the engines.

 

[fubar57]

Noted. Those 187 pilots must have had great eyes

 

[Old Wizard]