Fw 190 spinning characteristics

Trilisser · Jan 8, 2022

Any information on this? I have not seen Fw 190 spinning and spin recovery characteristics discussed in any book. Neither does any Fw 190 docs reproduced on www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org discuss it.

mjfur · Jan 8, 2022

Like many other WWII fighters, spinning it is easy. It's the un-spinning that tends to be the problem.

pbehn · Jan 8, 2022

Trilisser said:
Any information on this? I have not seen Fw 190 spinning and spin recovery characteristics discussed in any book. Neither does any Fw 190 docs reproduced on www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org discuss it.

I have read that due to the construction of the Fw 190 wing, "power on" stall characteristics could lead to a vicious stall, spin and tumble. But this involves discussion of things like "spanwise lift distribution" that are way above my pay grade. From memory the wing had around 2% washout but there was a section that had no washout at all.

Milosh · Jan 9, 2022

pbehn said:
I have read that due to the construction of the Fw 190 wing, "power on" stall characteristics could lead to a vicious stall, spin and tumble. But this involves discussion of things like "spanwise lift distribution" that are way above my pay grade. From memory the wing had around 2% washout but there was a section that had no washout at all.

From what I understand it was always in the same direction and some "expert" pilots used the maneuver as an escape maneuver.

drgondog · Jan 9, 2022

pbehn said:
I have read that due to the construction of the Fw 190 wing, "power on" stall characteristics could lead to a vicious stall, spin and tumble. But this involves discussion of things like "spanwise lift distribution" that are way above my pay grade. From memory the wing had around 2% washout but there was a section that had no washout at all.

Outer 20% had zero washout.

pbehn · Jan 9, 2022

drgondog said:
Outer 20% had zero washout.

That's easy for you to say, don't ask me what it means in terms of span wise lift distribution though. 95% of my knowledge on this is contained in the attached document, which I can follow but couldnt argue for or against without it in front of me. For example much of the "twist" in the wing must be in the prop wash region. http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/mustang/Lednicer_Fighter_Aerodynamics.pdf

drgondog · Jan 9, 2022

pbehn said:
That's easy for you to say, don't ask me what it means in terms of span wise lift distribution though. 95% of my knowledge on this is contained in the attached document, which I can follow but couldnt argue for or against without it in front of me. For example much of the "twist" in the wing must be in the prop wash region. http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/mustang/Lednicer_Fighter_Aerodynamics.pdf

I sent that doc many years ago. FWIIW

The drag area immersed in the prop vortex is essentially the diameter of the prop. The upwash wing will tend to stall out first.The washout of the Fw 190 wing extends beyond the prop vortex.

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