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Title: Look at this! FW190iski.....
Post by: GRUNHERZ on April 24, 2002, 02:41:58 AM

(http://web.quick.cz/rvresin/images/det72pic/04-d.jpg)

 Fw 190 with M82 engine....

Title: Look at this! FW190iski.....
Post by: TheOxman on April 24, 2002, 07:04:59 AM

I guess the Russians had to use what they could get thier hands on, even captured equipment. interesting pix though.:)

Title: Look at this! FW190iski.....
Post by: HoHun on April 24, 2002, 04:24:51 PM

Hi,

this looks like a complete La-5 nose applied to the Fw 190 airframe.

The La-5 nose apparently was developed by MiG, by the way, for a derivative of the MiG-3. I'd say the poor handling qualities of the MiG must have been the reason they were forced to turn over their results to Lavochkin.

By the way, the newly built FW 190A-8/N uses a chinese copy of the M-82 as well instead of the BMW801D. The cowling is a normal Focke-Wulf nose, though.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)