There's an interesting photo envolving the topic on page 71 in a book called
"Warplanes of the Luftwaffe" (Aerospace Publishing Ltd. ,ISBN:1 874023 56 5).
Text accompanying the photo states: "Although not showing the elegance of the
Spitfire, few fighters looked more aggressively purposeful than the Fw 190.
This aircraft DEVOID of weapons, is an Fw 190G-3 captured by the Americans
before it could be devivered to a frontline unit. The G-series Fw 190 was
developed as an extended-range fighter-bomber and externally similar to the
Fw 190A-5/U-13 with ETC 501 fuselage bomb racks and no fuselage-mounted guns."
Could this be the exact same aircraft which was used for these tests ???
As the photo's text states...you can clearly see that this G-3 has all it's
guns and ETC 501 removed.
IF this was the aircraft used for these tests...
Was ALL of the armament removed BEFORE or AFTER those tests?? If before...how much did
the ballast really weigh?? Was the ballast there just make up for the cowl guns or was
it there to make up for MG151/20s also, PLUS MG FFs which most A-5s did have?
I know that this plane in question isn't the only G-3 Americans captured, but as
the text states this plane was brand new when it was captured, so it would be very well
suited for performance testing...
IF HTC modeled A-5 using this data I bet they know answers to these questions...
Wmaker
