Focke Wolf Panache

[Baldeagle]

The Spitfire guy does OK too...:

https://youtu.be/CDeglorsv_8



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[6trn4brn]

Yeah...they are ok

Love videos like that where there is no music and no idiotic commentary...just the wonderful sound of the engines!

Lovely

[DoraNineFan]

I understand that Hangar 10 will be installing a BMW 801 in the next year or so. The 801 was overhauled in Austria.

[lucky52]

I don't keep up with spitfire types,but what model was that? I like their period style looking helmets.

[Christer]

but what model was that?

The one marked Z is TP280, a FR18.

[DH82EH]

I understand that Hangar 10 will be installing a BMW 801 in the next year or so. The 801 was overhauled in Austria.

That's a real interesting bit of news D9fan. Thanks for sharing.
Those 801's sure can't be easy to come by.

Thanks for the link Baldeagle. All that's missing is "Highway to the danger zone"! to drown out those engine noises

Andy

[JohnTerrell]

The January 2020 issue of Aeroplane Monthly has a great article on that particular Flug Werk Fw-190. As many know already, it is the same aircraft that, years ago, had been owned and operated by Christophe Jacquard in France as F-AZZJ and had the emergency ditching in the sea back in 2010. The aircraft has since been completely rebuilt from the ground up by MeierMotors. The project began in 2014 and saw the aircraft fly again for the first time in 2019. According to the article, and based on following the project on Facebook, MeierMotors referenced authentic/original Focke Wulf structural drawings for the fuselage and wings throughout the rebuild, and replaced a lot of Flug Werk fittings/components with original Focke Wulf fittings/components to bring it much closer to that of an original Focke Wulf produced airframe. The cockpit was redone to be accurate to an original, with all original instrumentation. The wiring was redone to original Focke Wulf drawings and using original Focke Wulf switches, plugs and relays. Components like the flap linkages and push rods were all replaced with original Focke Wulf parts.

The article also has a great little write-up by test pilot Klaus Plasa, who has test flown most of the Flug Werk Fw-190's to date. One bit he states:
“The very early Flug Werk versions did certain unexpected things to the pilot, rather than the other way around. This was because they had too much structural flexibility and when in high-g manoeuvers their aerodynamic behavior suddenly changed. This structural weakness was very unsettling for the pilot as the behavior of the aircraft was both unpredictable and very difficult to handle. Later versions were improved dramatically, and Hangar10’s latest addition [the subject aircraft of this thread], which has been rebuilt as a genuine Fw-190, flies extremely well. It is very stable and solid in all maneuvers and clearly many lessons have been learnt."

As DoraNineFan mentioned, the aircraft is to gain a BMW 801 engine in the not too distant future. Michael Rinner is the individual in Austria whose company has overhauled the BMW 801 for the aircraft, and who has also done a lot of Bf-109 and DB605 work for Hangar10 over the years (and continues to do so now with another Bf-109 project). In the same Aeroplane Monthly article, Klaus Plasa also expresses his excitement and longing for the day when he is able to test fly the aircraft with the genuine BMW engine (despite how good the aircraft is performing with the ASh-82 engine for the time being).