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Focke Wulf Fw 187

Specifications

Type: Two-seat destroyer
Origin: Focke Wulf Glugzeugbau GmbH
First Flight: Early May 1939, A-0 in February 1939

POWERPLANT:
Model: Junkers Jumo 210Ga
Type: 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engines
Horsepower:
  • 700hp at take-off
  • 730hp at 1,000m (3,280 ft.)
Number: Two

DIMENSIONS:
Wing span: 15.30m (50 ft. 2.5 in.)
Length: 11.12m (36 ft. 6 in.)
Height: 3.85m (12 ft 7 in.)
Wing Surface Area: 327.22 Sq. Ft.
WEIGHTS:
Empty: 3,700kg (8,157 lbs.)
Maximum: 5,000kg (11,023 lbs.)

PERFORMANCE: Normal, Loaded
Maximum Speed:
322 mph (518 kph) at sea level
329 mph (529 kph) at 13,780 ft (4,200m)

Initial climb: 3,445 ft/m (1050 m/m)
Time to 6,560 ft (2,000m): 1.9 minutes
Time to 19,685 ft (6,000m): 5.8 minutes

Service Ceiling: 32,810 ft. (10,000m)

ARMAMENT:
Two 20mm MG FF Cannon in lower fuselage
Four 7.9mm Mg 17 Machine Guns in fuselage sides

Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
The Complete Encyclodepia of World Aircraft, 1997, Barnes & Nobles Books
Thanks to Richard Faulkner & Giancarlo Lupo for assisting in data clarification
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury
Wikipedia - Fw 187

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