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Title: Dora's Rack
Post by: Motherland on May 05, 2009, 05:23:24 PM

I've been curious about the ETC 504 external stores rack on the Fw 190D-9. Specifically the frequency of its installation. According to this Focke Wulf development report, in Fw 190 "Long Nose" by Dietmar Hermann....

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Development Report

Fw 190 D Fighter Aircraft

Journal XV b 2 and 3 of 31 May 44 are invalid as a result of the changes adopted on 14 June

Subject: Fw 190 D-9 with Jumo 213A

(...)

Design bureau changes of 26-27 July 44

ETC 504 on every aircraft leaving the factory with

170- or 300-liter auxiliary tank installed beneath the fuselage.

115-liter long range tank installed in every aircraft, however provision to be made for use with methanol-water as well.
MW 50 system to be installed in every aircraft.

(...)

So, how closely was this order to equip every aircraft with an ETC 504 ordered? Should we have mandatory racks on the Dora, like on the P51 etc.?
Also, is the 115l long range tank not the auxiliary tank we have in the Fw 190 A-8?

Title: Re: Dora's Rack
Post by: Krusty on May 05, 2009, 05:32:57 PM

It's the MW50 tank. The A8 doesn't have it, in many A8s they were used as aux fuel tanks. In the Doras it was used as intended (additive, not fuel).

Title: Re: Dora's Rack
Post by: PFactorDave on May 05, 2009, 05:57:10 PM

Whew!

Based on the title, I thought this thread was going somewhere totally wrong...

(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/Davis_Andrews/dora.jpg)

Title: Re: Dora's Rack
Post by: texastc316 on May 05, 2009, 08:11:40 PM

I was hoping

Title: Re: Dora's Rack
Post by: Murdr on May 05, 2009, 10:36:20 PM

Quote from: PFactorDave on May 05, 2009, 05:57:10 PM

Whew!

Based on the title, I thought this thread was going somewhere totally wrong...

Bah!  Someone beat me to the smart alec remark  ;)

Title: Re: Dora's Rack
Post by: Banshee7 on May 05, 2009, 10:41:29 PM

Wow...just shows how much we think about tig ole bitties  :lol

Title: Re: Dora's Rack
Post by: PFactorDave on May 06, 2009, 07:35:33 AM

Quote from: Murdr on May 05, 2009, 10:36:20 PM

Bah!  Someone beat me to the smart alec remark  ;)

Woo hoo!  Probably the only time I'll ever beat Murdr at anything!   :D

Title: Re: Dora's Rack
Post by: Dragon on May 07, 2009, 10:00:53 AM

OOPS, was looking for DORO's Rack


(http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo82/bzavasnik/doro-rarediamonds11.jpg)