Showing posts with label Aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

3D MODELING: Henschel Hs129 B-3, engine Gnome Rhone 14N by Wojciech Nieweglowski. Part 4

Check full album HERE.

Gnome Rhone 14N, follow the Wiki:

"The 14N was a 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine designed and manufactured by Gnome-Rhône. A development of the pre-war Gnome-Rhône 14K, the 14N was used on several French and German aircraft of World War II."









Monday, 3 April 2017

3D MODELING: Henschel Hs129 B-3, fuselage by Wojciech Nieweglowski. Part 2

Henschel Hs129 B
Part 2 of Wojciech Nieweglowski work with Henschel Hs129 B-3. This part is dedicated to fuselage. If you want to enjoy full album of pictures just click HERE. Soon we upload more pictures from the 3D MODELING process.






Thursday, 23 February 2017

Messerschmitt Me262 Swalbe - Set of Photos


German Scout Messerschmitt Me-262 A-Ia/U3 “Lady Jess IV”, captured by the Americans. In the background is visible a part of another Messerschmitt ME-262
Damaged German fighter Messerschmitt Me-262, captured by US Army in Salzburg. The engine fighter is set with the German anti-tank mine Tellermine 42. Probably this machine was prepared for demolition. Rauchen Verboten means “no smoking”

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Elegant and useful Condor - Focke Wulf Fw200. Part 2. German Dzib - Compiler-

Variants

Fw 200 V1 - First prototype.

Fw 200 V10 - Military prototype designed for Japan.

Fw 200 A-0 - Pre-production batch of fourth to ninth prototypes.

Fw 200 B-1 - Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132Dc engines.

Fw 200 B-2 - Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132H engines.

Fw 200 C-0 - Pre-production batch of 10 aircraft, structural strengthening, the first four were
manufactured as unarmed transports, the remaining six were fitted with armament.

Fw 200 C-1 - First military production version, BMW 132H engines, lengthened ventral gondola, increased defensive armament, provisions for four 250 kg (550 lb) bombs.

Sunday, 18 December 2016

Story of Focke-Wulf Fw200 Condor. Part 1. German Dzib -Compiler-


The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies (1) was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft led to military versions that saw service with the Luftwaffe as long-range reconnaissance and anti-shipping/maritime patrol bomber aircraft.
The Luftwaffe also made extensive use of the Fw 200 as a transport. It achieved success as a commerce raider before the advent of long-range RAF Coastal Command aircraft and CAM ships eliminated its threat(2).

Saturday, 4 June 2016

Multirole aircraft - Arado Ar240

Lieutenant Walter Blume
 in World War I
History of Arado Ar240 begins somewhat from the end. In the second half of the '30 in the Reich they began work on a remote-controlled destruction fire stations, used as a weapon on board of Luftwaffe planes. As a result of this work, in companies Arado Flugzeugwerke, Rheinmetall-Borsig and Versuchsanstalt Deutsch für Luftfahrt under the direction of engineer Walter Blume, presents the project of controlled from the cockpit remote-controlled weapon system, board and guidance on target with the periscope, marked FA-13. RLM after analyzing the results of the work of the team of Walter Blume, commissioned him to work on a project with a high-speed aircraft type of Kampfzerstörer with defensive weapon based on the results of his work. How it used to be in the Reich in matters of aircraft, RLM expected build an aircraft capable of filling a wide range of tasks: heavy fighter, fast reconnaissance aircraft, dive bomber or aircraft assault. Responsibility for project took Van Nes, under the general supervision of the chief engineer Hans Rabeski .

Monday, 18 April 2016

Focke-Wulf Fw190 + Dora - some facts. Part 4 - Compiled by German Dzib

Trainer versions

Fw 190 A-5/U1 — Several old Fw 190 A-5s were converted by replacing the MW 50 tank with a second cockpit. The canopy was modified, replaced with a new three-section unit that opened to the side. The rear portion of the fuselage was closed off with sheet metal.
Focke-Wulf Fw190S-8 Trainer version
Fw 190 A-8/U1 — A similar conversion to the A-5/U1.
Fw 190 S-5 — A-5/U1 trainers re-designated.
Fw 190 S-8  A-8/U1 trainers re-designated. An estimated 58 Fw 190 S-5 and S-8 models were converted or built. (42)

Combat history

The Fw 190 participated on every major combat front where the Luftwaffe operated after 1941, and did so with success in a variety of roles. Luftwaffe pilots who flew both the Fw 190 and the Bf 109 generally felt that, with the exception of high altitude capability, the Fw 190 was superior.

Production

A 0.40 km² (100 acre) Focke-Wulf plant east of Marienburg was bombed by the Eighth Air Force on 9 October 1944. (43) In addition, one of the most important sub-contractors for the radial-engined Fw 190s was AGO Flugzeugwerke, which from 1941 through to the end of the war produced enough Fw 190s to earn it major attention from the USAAF, with the AGO plant in Oschersleben being attacked at least five times during the war from 1943 onwards.

FW 190, Dora Series