One hundred niner zero of a Focke Wulf

[qtStamphth]

Such a smooth cowling (no external air intake ducts of any kind besides the slight gap around the propeller spinner)  I know of no other aicraft with such few air intake ducts.  The P47 is also clean but it has a unsymmetrical air intake around the spinner to compensate for the extra air duct that goes to the turbo supercharger, therefore it is not as clean as the Focke Wulf 190 cowling.  Furthermore, the FW190 fires more guns thru the propeller then any other aircraft in WWII as far as I know.  Because it fires four separate synchronized guns.  Perhaps this is why Tank prefered that the Focke Wulf 190 used electrically primed guns.   Another interesting feature about this plane is it's kommandogërat system.  Listen to this description of the system by RAMJB:

Finally other of the trademarks of the Fw190 series was the kommandogërat. A mechanical computer that gave the pilot a truly unified engine control, where he could fly without having to constantly monitor his rpm/propeller pitch control, his manifold pressure control, and his fuel enrichment control. A Fw190 had a single engine control with several preset positions (idle, cruise, combat, emergency, takeoff etc) that made all the engine management work for him. This was by far the most advanced engine management system of any piston engined plane of WW2, made the Fw190 extremely easy and pleasant to fly, and enabled the pilot to fully concentrate in the flight and combat parts without having to distract himself with rpm settings, or fuel enrichment settings for a given altitude.

 

[Volkoff]

The FW-190 is going to be epic.Too bad I can't slap red stars on it and fly it as a captured plane in multiplayer. That would be super sweet. 

 

 MJ

Edited May 30, 2014 by =69.GIAP=MIKHA

[senseispcc]

I think the La-7 with 3 20mm canons does have a big firepower advantage in syncronized and concentrated firepower?! Maybe!

[ShamrockOneFive]

I think the La-7 with 3 20mm canons does have a big firepower advantage in syncronized and concentrated firepower?! Maybe!

 

Yep but it came much later on. The B-20S cannons really made a difference in terms of being able to mount larger numbers of lightweight synchronized cannons in the nose of Russian fighters.

[qtStamphth]

When it comes to propeller synchronized firepower yes I agree that 3x 20mm are more potent then the 2x20mm and 2x7.9mm from FW190.  But it's probably trickier to synchronize 4 weapons compare to 3.   Synchronizing a 20mm vs a 7.9mm probably has little difficulty difference.  Perhaps a 7.9mm deflects laterally more then a 20mm, so it might actually be a bit trickier to synchronize the lower caliper ammunition because it might need a larger safety margin gap from propeller.

 

I wonder if the La-7 had electrically primed ammunition? 

[4H_V-man]

 

 

Finally other of the trademarks of the Fw190 series was the kommandogërat. A mechanical computer that gave the pilot a truly unified engine control, where he could fly without having to constantly monitor his rpm/propeller pitch control, his manifold pressure control, and his fuel enrichment control. A Fw190 had a single engine control with several preset positions (idle, cruise, combat, emergency, takeoff etc) that made all the engine management work for him. This was by far the most advanced engine management system of any piston engined plane of WW2, made the Fw190 extremely easy and pleasant to fly, and enabled the pilot to fully concentrate in the flight and combat parts without having to distract himself with rpm settings, or fuel enrichment settings for a given altitude.

 

 

I don't remember all the details, but years ago I read a story about a U.S. civil aircraft company trying to come up with a similar system, I believe in the 1960s.. They worked on it for quite a while with limited sucess. When somebody told one of the engineers that the FW had that system in WW II he couldn't believe it. Kurt Tank was definitely ahead of his time.