19.07.2010, 04:42
Hi Society,
there is one important plane that is missing and that is the Focke-Wulf FW 58 Weihe, a twin propelled AC with Argus As 410 engines.
The reason why this plane is soo important is, it was on each and every war theatre during WW II
and under every usage. That means... when it first flew in early thirtys, build out of wood and metalframe, skinned like the
Hurricane, very good performance in each and every stage of flight, even when one engine failed.
It was not only used on every theatre, it was also used for training like blindflying, nightflying purposes; recon ( day/night ), nightfighter, light bomber and special support sorties ( z.b.V. ) behind enemy lines, till the end.
Here some pic´s :
http://thomasgenth.de/html/assets/images/FW58-2k.jpg
http://thomasgenth.de/html/assets/images/FW58-1k.jpg
Greetings
Uups...I was wrong...the engine wasn´t the Argus As "410", it was the Argus As 10c mounted on the Weihe.
here some mo` pics yo...
http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/ ... w58_dt.php
http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/fw58_3v.jpg
...and of course in english too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_58
there is one important plane that is missing and that is the Focke-Wulf FW 58 Weihe, a twin propelled AC with Argus As 410 engines.
The reason why this plane is soo important is, it was on each and every war theatre during WW II
and under every usage. That means... when it first flew in early thirtys, build out of wood and metalframe, skinned like the
Hurricane, very good performance in each and every stage of flight, even when one engine failed.
It was not only used on every theatre, it was also used for training like blindflying, nightflying purposes; recon ( day/night ), nightfighter, light bomber and special support sorties ( z.b.V. ) behind enemy lines, till the end.
Here some pic´s :
http://thomasgenth.de/html/assets/images/FW58-2k.jpg
http://thomasgenth.de/html/assets/images/FW58-1k.jpg
Greetings
Uups...I was wrong...the engine wasn´t the Argus As "410", it was the Argus As 10c mounted on the Weihe.
here some mo` pics yo...
http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/ ... w58_dt.php
http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/fw58_3v.jpg
...and of course in english too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_58