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Still need some sort of supercharger if you want the aircraft to operate above 10,000 feet.
Still need some sort of supercharger if you want the aircraft to operate above 10,000 feet.
10,000ft is a bit low. 15,000 ft was quite doable with non-turbo Allison engines.
Like many of these "what if's" a lot depends on exactly which versions of which engine you choose to make the comparison with.
Allison c-15 or F3 or later engine? Which super charger gear and which h WEP rating compared to which DB60-X engine?
If RLM were serious about Fw-187 production they might......
The initial single seat FW 187 prototypes carried two, count them, TWO 7.9 mm MGs. Great performance but hardly a worthwhile payload for a pair of Jumo 210s let alone DB engines.
Fans of the plane whine and complain about the rear seat but let's accept a dose of reality. The reason the bf 110 could be used as a long range fighter was the guy in back was operating a larger, heavier and more complicated radio than was used in single seat aircraft. It had much more range. The 2nd crewman was also part of the loading system for the 20mms guns. He changed the drums and tripled the firing time of the 20mms guns in the 110.
Single seat 187? Even with the SAME armament as the 2 seater it is using two engines to carry only 2 more 7.9 MGs and ammo than a 109E, no more cannon ammo. It can't contact base any further away than the 109 can. Rather restricts it to short range interceptor/escort regardless of fuel capacity.
The MG 151 doesn't show up until spring of 1941 to solve the armament problem.
Once you have a rear seater, giving him a single 7.9 MG isn't that big a deal.
Where are you getting your info? The Fw187 had four 7.92mm MGs and 2 MG FF 20mm cannons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_187#Specifications_.28Fw_187_A-0.29
That was thw armament of the 2-seat version, the single seat protos had just 2xMG 17s
Juha
PS. and the 2-seater didn't carry any rear armament.
Dressel and Griehl: The Luftwaffe Album and Smith: Focke-Wulf. An a/c albumAgain, what's your source on that?
That was thw armament of the 2-seat version, the single seat protos had just 2xMG 17s
Juha
PS. and the 2-seater didn't carry any rear armament.
Dressel and Griehl: The Luftwaffe Album and Smith: Focke-Wulf. An a/c album
Where are you getting your info? The Fw187 had four 7.92mm MGs and 2 MG FF 20mm cannons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_187#Specifications_.28Fw_187_A-0.29