FW-190 A5/R4

[Staga]

Is there any knowledge how many A5 had this R4 kit?

 

In the autumn 1943, one A-5 plane (W.Nr. 157347) were used as the V45 prototype for tests of the GM 1 system that by injection of pressurized nitrogen monoxide as an oxidant to increase engine efficiency at high altitudes. This device was later standardized as the Rustsatz 4 (R4) kit

[flakbait]

Judging from Mr Baugher's page on it, I doubt it was installed in more than a few test aircraft. This R4 kit was an experiment for the A9-A10 series airframes that would use the BMW-801 F engine. My guess is that any A5 could mount this kit, but it was very rarely used.


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Flakbait [Delta6]
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Put the P-61B in Aces High
"For yay did the sky darken, and split open and spew forth fire, and
through the smoke rode the Four Wurgers of the Apocalypse.
And on their canopies was tattooed the number of the Beast, and the
number was 190." Jedi, Verse Five, Capter Two, The Book of Dweeb
 

[Jochen]

I think only few test Wulf's got GM 1. There were A-7 series which was intented to be light dogfighter version propably with GM 1 but only very few were produced.

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[Vermillion]

According to the pilots handbook, the 190A8 could be equipped with GM1, but it was extremely rare.

Here is the performance charts for an A8 with GM1.
 http://www.vermin.net/fw190/190-2.jpg  

I don't know about the A5.

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure

[Zigrat]

i bet the ratio of 190s with gm1 or mw50 / total 109s produced similar to cannon equipped corsairs/all corsairs produced  

[funked]

And it was undoubtably a smaller fraction than the fraction of Spitfires LF Mk. IX generating 2000 hp at +25 boost on 115/150 PN fuel.  

[C_R_Caldwell]

Zig, the % of Fw 190s using MW 50 may have been small, but the % of Bf 109s was significant.Before the advent of the G-6 MW 50 usage may have been fairly rare, but the % of G-6/G-10/G-14/K-'4s that used MW 50 was very high.When you take into account that the vast majority of 109s built were in fact G-6s to K-4s, the % of 109s that used water-methanol boosting was quite high.

As for your point re: the F4U-1C - well taken ;-) .The -1D was a great fighter & should be the ONLY unperked Hog in AH.To include an unperked fighter that was built in tiny numbers (roughly 150 I believe) & only operated with 3 units & that so patently upsets AH play balance is ridiculous IMHO.

As far as I'm concerned,the Chog should be a relatively low point perk fighter.To fly a Chog would require only a fraction of the perk points of a Tempest or Ta 152, but having it as a low value perk fighter would still mean that the numbers of Chogs in the MA would plummet.I realise it would hit "Chog-weanies" like (er, you know who you are ;-D) hard, but too bad.It would be worth it just to see if kbman knows how to fly anything else.

The same goes for the N1K2-J.Why not introduce the N1K1-J(standard production version with outboard cannons podded), and have the 2-J Shiden Kai as a low value perk fighter like the Chog? The N1K1-J would still be a great fighter, but it would be even slower than the 2-J, and the outboard 20mm pods would affect the turn-rate so as to bring it down to more "manageable" levels (manageable for the opposition).

I don't think the perking of the Shiden Kai is a priority, but the CHog desperately needs to be looked at.I keep being told that the Chogs staying as an unperked fighter coz its HT's favourite fighter.I can't believe that's the reason.HT wouldn't upset the play balance of the MA for his paying customers (and we do pay relatively high fees for this superb sim) just because the Chog is his favourite plane.I don't know what the reason is for the inclusion of the Chog as an unperked fighter, but it should be looked at closely, IMHO.

Btw, why has HTC still not published performance charts for the Spit IX?

[juzz]

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