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Offline sirvlad

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FW-189
« on: August 02, 2009, 12:17:03 PM »

By sirvlad at 2009-08-02
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Offline Wreked

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Re: FW-189
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2009, 12:36:39 PM »
Cool pics Sirvlad - any info about it? year? etc...
Looks to me as if some "glider" engineering is evident - Germans had some real advanced ideas in that area.

***edit - keep forgetting the power of "Google" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_189

cheers eh!
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Offline crazierthanu

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Re: FW-189
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2009, 01:23:01 PM »
It kind of looks like a german P38  :D
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Re: FW-189
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2009, 01:57:17 PM »
A shot of the gunners hatche

rear gunner



Nice camo shots


 
Side shot


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Offline Wreked

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Re: FW-189
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2009, 05:28:20 PM »
Mainly used for recon - do you think the perplex 1/2 cowling of the gunner position rotateded manually or on hydraulics - would have to move pretty easily or he wouldn't have much of a field of fire.

amazing craft and very successful  if i'm reading the reports correctly

thanx for info eh!
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Offline R 105

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Re: FW-189
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2009, 05:46:51 PM »
Yes I like it it was a very fast recon plane.
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Re: FW-189
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2009, 05:49:28 PM »
Quote from: R 105 on August 02, 2009, 05:46:51 PM
Yes I like it it was a very fast recon plane.


222 mph.

Wonder why they didn't call it "Blitz"  :noid
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Re: FW-189
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2009, 06:19:57 PM »
Heard it was the 110's replacement but ran out of time.. What year was it produced?
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Re: FW-189
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2009, 06:23:37 PM »
I want to keel one.
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Offline Motherland

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Re: FW-189
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2009, 06:26:05 PM »
Quote from: TUK on August 02, 2009, 06:19:57 PM
Heard it was the 110's replacement but ran out of time.. What year was it produced?
No. This was a reconnaissance aircraft, had nothing to do with Zerstoerers.
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Re: FW-189
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2009, 06:52:13 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on August 02, 2009, 06:26:05 PM
No. This was a reconnaissance aircraft, had nothing to do with Zerstoerers.
Ty Motherland, saw something on an old millitary channel with that bird.. Mind has slipped...
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Re: FW-189
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2009, 06:53:19 PM »
Quote from: TUK on August 02, 2009, 06:52:13 PM
Ty Motherland, saw something on an old millitary channel with that bird.. Mind has slipped...
You may have been thinking of the Fw 187 Falke.
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Offline Roundeye

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Re: FW-189
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2009, 07:09:04 PM »
"Hey Gunther Von Hacksaw, I got an idea:  Lets take that crashed P-38, put the wings on it from that crashed C-47 and put a hatchback car sitting backwards right in the middle of it.  The Fuhrer will love it!"  :D

That is one wierd looking flying machine.
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Re: FW-189
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2009, 07:11:35 PM »
Quote from: Roundeye on August 02, 2009, 07:09:04 PM
"Hey Gunther Von Hacksaw, I got an idea:  Lets take that crashed P-38, put the wings on it from that crashed C-47 and put a hatchback car sitting backwards right in the middle of it.  The Fuhrer will love it!"  :D

That is one wierd looking flying machine.


:rofl :rofl :rofl
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Offline Vulcan

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Re: FW-189
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2009, 09:05:40 PM »
There was an armoured ground attack version prototyped, looked quite nasty :)
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