Focke-Wulf Fw 57
Focke-Wulf Fw 57 | |
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Type: | Test aircraft |
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First flight: |
1936 |
Production time: |
1936 |
Number of pieces: |
3 prototypes |
The Focke-Wulf Fw 57 was the prototype of a destroyer aircraft from the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory. Only three of the Fw 57 (designated as V1, V2 and V3) were produced in 1936.
development
The Fw 57 was Focke-Wulf's suggestion for the "Combat Destroyer" advertised in 1934, under which the Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) envisioned a multi-purpose fighter that could be used as a fighter and tactical bomber . Developments in competition with the Fw 57 were the Hs 124 from Henschel and the Bf 110 from Messerschmitt. Focke-Wulf tried to implement all the requirements of the RLM in an airplane. The Fw 57 was underpowered with two Daimler-Benz DB 600A V12 engines and was difficult to fly. The Bf 110 finally won the tender, while the Fw 57 had been out of the running since November 1935. Regardless of this, the three prototypes were still built and tested in 1936.
In addition to the pilot, two gunners were provided for the front and rear machine guns as a crew.
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 3 (pilot and two gunner) |
length | 16.4 m |
span | 25 m |
height | 4.08 m |
Empty mass | 6800 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 8300 kg |
Top speed | 404 km / h |
Cruising altitude | 9100 m |
Engines | 2 × DB 600A ; 910 PS each (approx. 670 kW) |
Armament | two articulated 20 mm machine guns in the bow; another in the upper turret |
Bomb load | six bombs of 100 kg each |
literature
- Manfred Griehl: Focke-Wulf since 1925 . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-613-03006-0 , p. 46 .