Focke Wulf V11 (1 Viewer)

Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules

johnbr

2nd Lieutenant
5,591
5,139
Jun 23, 2006
London Ontario Canada
Found this on the net.I love this kind of finds.
 

Attachments

  • Flitzer_mockup_cp01.jpg
    Flitzer_mockup_cp01.jpg
    177.4 KB · Views: 121
  • Flitzer_mockup_cp02.jpg
    Flitzer_mockup_cp02.jpg
    89.6 KB · Views: 126
  • Flitzer_mockup_cp04.jpg
    Flitzer_mockup_cp04.jpg
    210.2 KB · Views: 124
  • Flitzer_mockup_details01.jpg
    Flitzer_mockup_details01.jpg
    157.7 KB · Views: 131
  • Flitzer_mockup_details04.j.jpg
    Flitzer_mockup_details04.j.jpg
    187.6 KB · Views: 124
Post2 hope you all like it.
 

Attachments

  • Flitzer_mockup_final_airintake01.jpg
    Flitzer_mockup_final_airintake01.jpg
    145.8 KB · Views: 123
  • Flitzer_cutaway01.jpg
    Flitzer_cutaway01.jpg
    286.1 KB · Views: 128
  • xFlitzer_plans01.gif..png
    xFlitzer_plans01.gif..png
    84.6 KB · Views: 137
  • xFlitzer_plans03.gif..png
    xFlitzer_plans03.gif..png
    73.6 KB · Views: 138
  • xPVII_plans01a.gif..png
    xPVII_plans01a.gif..png
    54.9 KB · Views: 134
With out the twin booms it kinda looks like an A-10 ! Very cool.
 
A tachometer with 3000RPM scale, strange for a jet
Regards
cimmex
 
Before anyone suggests that the Vampire was a copy of this, the Vampire design was started in 42, first flew in 43, and first production sample flew in 45.

So the Vampire was airborne while this thing was probably still in mockup stage,. Maybe the FW-V11 is a copy of the DH Vampire.
 
A tachometer with 3000RPM scale, strange for a jet
Regards
cimmex

A mock up is often to see if parts/pieces will actually fit in 3 dimensions where the drawings say they will fit in 2 dimension. In other words any tachometer or instrument of the right size works in a "mock up" because, even if a real engine is fitted (and not a wooden dummy) there is no intention of actually running the engine.
 
Looks like it had potential. But I don't know what to think about those tanks (assuming the are that) in the outer wings and in the booms. Doesn't seem like the best idea having them this far away from the cog and / or right in the position where the aircraft is most likely to get hit if shot at from behind. Also those inlets seem small for the HeS-11.
 
Jets of that era were fuel hogs, you have to put the fuel somewhere. The center of gravity should be about where the feed chutes are for the wing cannons, so the wing tanks are good, but if the other tanks didn't feed evenly you'd sure have handle changes as fuel levels changed the center of gravity.
 
True but wouldn't the wing tanks that far out cause problems with longitudinal stability?
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back