LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: Letipapa on January 29, 2009, 05:57:23 PM
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Another twoseater "doppeldecker" from museum in Zagreb. At first glance this airplain looks simmilar to Bucker 131 Jungmann, thaty was the last topic, but it is only at first glance (especialy the color of a plane is simmilar and of course the same flag on tail). It was easier to photo this airplane, so there is more deatils, but first: some info then a drawing, then whole airplane, some mozaic shots...
Focke-Wulf Fw 44
Role: biplane trainer
National origin: Germany
Manufacturer: Focke-Wulf
First flight: Late summer 1932
The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 is a 1930s German two-seater biplane aircraft known as the Stieglitz (Goldfinch). It was produced by the Focke-Wulf company as a two-seat civilian airplane for pilot training and sport flying. It was also eventually built under license in several other countries.
Design and development
The Fw 44 was designed as a biplane with conventional layout and straight, non-tapered wings. Its two open cockpits were arranged in tandem, and both cockpits were equipped with flight controls and instruments. The Fw had fixed tailwheel landing gear. It employed ailerons on both upper and lower wings. It did not use flaps. It was flown with a radial engine.
The first prototype flew in 1932. After many tests and modifications to increase the plane's durability and aerodynamics, the final Fw 44 proved to have excellent airworthiness.
A second version of the Fw 44 was the Fw 44B, which had an Argus As 8 four-cylinder inverted inline air-cooled engine of 120 horsepower (90 kW). The cowling for this engine gave the plane a more slender, aerodynamic nose.
Twenty Fw 44s purchased by China were modified for combat missions and participated in the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War until all were lost in action.
The last series version was Fw 44J, which was sold or built on license in several countries around the world. It is equipped with a 7-cylinder Siemens-Halske Sh 14 radial engine.
Variants
Fw 44B
Fw 44C
Fw 44D
Fw 44E
Fw 44F
Fw 44J
Operators: Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria (Bulgarian Air Force), China, Chile, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Finland (Suomen Ilmavoimat) , Germany (Luftwaffe), Hungary (Hungarian Air Force), Poland , Romania (Romanian Air Force), Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey (1937 - 1962)
Specifications (Fw 44)
General characteristics:
Crew: two, student and instructor
Length: 7.30 m (23 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 20 m² (215.2 ft²)
Empty weight: 565 kg (1,243 lb)
Loaded weight: 770 kg (1,694 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 785 kg (1,727 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Siemens Sh 14 A-4 7-cylinder radial engine, 118 kW at 2,100 rpm (160 hp)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mi)
Range: 550 km (340 mi)
Service ceiling 3,900 m (12,790 ft)
Rate of climb: 17 m/s (56 ft/s)
Text from a tablet in museum:
Training Plane DAR-9
No. 9784 - CGD
design of the Focke Wulfn Stieglitz Company
Germany, 1940 - 1943
partly built and assambled in Bulgaria
Engine: Sven-cylinder, petrol, Siemens Schuckert
Power: 103 kW
Cooling: by air
Cylinder arrangement: of star type
Number of motor revolutions: 2200 rpm
Max. speed: 170 km/h
Use: Initial training, racing flights
Note: Such planes were built in Austria, Finland, Roumania,
Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Bolivia, China (1942-45)
Donor: Aeronautic alliance of Croatia, Zagreb, 1960
Inv.No: 404
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Nice photos and interesting info mate :-ok :-clap :-wave
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Nice to see this bird in so nice condition :)
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some more:
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One more mosaic photo, some more close, and slowly I go to cockpits:
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Front cockpit:
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Photo mosaic of front cockpit and one more photo of the same; than the rear cockpit :-wave
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More of rear cockpit, and than landing gear (of which I made very few :()...
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detail of gear construction, details of wings:
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Detail of the wings...
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and more the same...
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Nice photos Leti :)
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Thanks Kilian :-flo (BTW, how is your new job going, busy :-think :)
I'll continue with one mosaic of the right wings, and then detail of the pitot tube under the upper left wing, the 2 photo's of the upper wings middle section (with something similar to pitot tube but in conical shape, on the top), then one more pitot tube on the starboard side of fuselage just bellow the front cockpit. The last is a detail of left lower wing.
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Starboard side of fuselage;
two looks from the back of the "bigb grey winged whale" :);
look from behind on the port side of fuselage;
detail of the small dor on the port side fuselage (looks like first aid compartment??? :-think :-eek, anybody knows what this really is? :-think :-think :-think)
The last is a strange angle look of the upper right wing
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And now, nose, engine and propeller...
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More...
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A tail:
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Port side tail details:
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Starbord side tail details:
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This few tail details (last two are underside and not something I should be proud of), and that's all folks! :) :-wave