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Wulf calibre watch2/24/2023 The Fw190 had two of its cannons mounted next to the fuselage of the aircraft and both the machine guns fitted on top of the engine. The radial engine was also more readily available, as the Daimler Benz V12 engine was already in use by the Bf109 and its bigger brother the Bf110 heavy fighter. The BMW engine was chosen after Tank had seen the success of American radial engine fighters, such as the Curtiss P-36 Mohawk and the Grumman F4F Wildcat. This made the Fw190 incredibly durable and able to absorb a lot of punishment. Tank’s background training as an electrical engineer meant that he added redundancies and break points to all the systems, ensuring that each part of the Fw190 failed separately – akin to a fuse board. He therefore based his design around the weaponry.Īs a veteran of the First World War, he understood that the realities of war meant that aircraft often needed to operate under less-than-ideal conditions and so he put a strong focus on the practical needs of the aircraft. Tank wanted his new aircraft to be more akin to a warhorse, robust and heavy hitting. He also thought that their weapons had been added as an afterthought. He likened the Bf109 and the Spitfire to racehorses being both fast and delicate. When the German Ministry of Aviation issued a competition in 1937, asking for a new single-seat aircraft to compliment the Bf109, Kurt Tank put forward several designs for consideration. The chief designer at Focke Wulf was Kurt Tank, who also acted as a test pilot for most of his aircraft.
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