Focke-Wulf Fw 300

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The Focke-Wulf Fw 300 was a German aircraft design by the manufacturer Focke-Wulf from the time of the Second World War.

The Fw 300 was to become the larger and improved successor to the Fw 200 Condor . As early as 1939, the then chief designer at Focke-Wulf, Kurt Tank , submitted the plans for a medium long-haul aircraft to the Reich Ministry of Aviation . The draft initially envisaged civil use as a commercial aircraft for transatlantic flights. In 1942 there were also drafts for military use as a long-range combat aircraft and remote sensing device. Before the war began, a dummy trunk with complete interior fittings such as a kitchen, washroom and individual cabins on a 1: 1 scale was created in the Bremen plant. After the occupation of France by the German Wehrmacht and the incorporation of the French aviation industry, German and French specialists began working on the construction of the Fw 300 under the direction of the engineer Bansemir. Bansemir and his staff of specialists moved to Paris to the SNCASO company . Two years later the project was ready for construction. Although the entire concept was very progressive, Focke-Wulf was not granted a building permit due to the war situation.

Technical specifications

  • Type: Four-engine airliner
  • Wings: Cantilever low wing aircraft, all-metal construction
  • Hull: all-metal shell hull
  • Undercarriage: Retractable undercarriage with four main wheels
  • Powerplant: Four liquid-cooled twelve-cylinder V-engines Daimler-Benz DB 603 , each with 1950 HP starting power
Fuel capacity: 19,600 l
Payload: 3500 kg
Range: 7000 km
  • Crew: 5 + 40 passengers in a pressurized cabin , passengers are accommodated in single cabins

literature

  • Karlheinz Kens, Heinz J. Nowarra : The German Aircraft 1933-1945. Germany's aviation developments up to the end of the Second World War . 2nd improved edition supplemented by a supplement. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1964.
  • Focke-Wulf works documents.