Very good - thanks for sharing. I was also waiting for this one and had to get it right away. It is indeed much more relaxed to fly than the Bf109 and I'm glad that Flying Iron did a great job on the oh-so-important sounds. They could have made it perfect by also modeling the rear interior part of the fuselage behind the cockpit (everything else is there...) and by adding separate toggles for the individual hatches, cowling and fuel cart to the tablet instead of a simple all or nothing toggle on the tablet. Aside from that, I see me flying this thing a lot 😊
Thank you very much! Glad to hear you enjoy the Focke too. I fully agree with you that the modeling of the rear fuselage would have been the icing on the cake. I was also a bit surprised you couldn't toggle the cowlings, hatches and fuel cart individually. Maybe it'll get updated in futher.
A very nice display, I have already bought it, I was lucky to fly with Dick Forbes at a South African gliding club in the 80’s, he was one of 4 RAF pilots that were selected to form No.1426 (EAC) Flight responsible for the testing and evaluation of enemy aircraft on 21/11/41 and they were based at RAF Collyweston. Eventually they had 7 Me109’s, 4 FW190’s, 5 Junkers 88’s as well as an Me110 & 410, Heinkel 111, Henschel 129 and Fiat CR42. It was their job to travel around the country giving displays to other RAF squadrons and advice on how best to engage the enemy. Their first captured FW190 was delivered unserviceable and had to wait for a cylinder block to be acquired from a downed aircraft in the Middle East before Dick could test fly it on 24/10/43 whilst still in Luftwaffe markings and preferred it to the Me109. Karl-Heinz Hirsch flew at our sister club 30km away, he learnt to fly the Me109F with the Luftwaffe. As part of his training he spent time at Rechlin where he test flew captured allied aircraft such as the Spitfire IX and Mustang. He fought on the Eastern front in Me109F’s before returning to Germany to finish off the war flying the Me262. It was a real privilege to know two WW2 fighter pilots who both test flew the other side’s captured fighter aircraft.
Thank you so much for your kind words and especially for sharing these interesting stories. I'm sure these two gentlemen had a lot of fascinating stories to tell! Not too long ago I read Eric “Winkle” Brown's book “Wings on my Sleeve”, which also contains many stories about the evaluation of various airplanes during and after WWII. It is a great read.
@@vintagesimulations Dick Forbes seems to have got into more scraps flying RAF aircraft than German fighters, maybe because the German fighters were much more precious! Karl-Heinz Hirsch was shot down 5 times and had a massive scar on one arm to show for it, he was very lucky to have survived and his low level aerobatics were a joy to behold . Eric 'Winkle' Brown's books are a fascinating read, I use them for guidance when flying WW2 MSFS aircraft. I was lucky enough to attend one of his lectures at the Shuttleworth collection in the UK, really interesting. He was surprising small, but that's what saved his life when test flying the Swallow.
@@StevenHickingbottom Was Karl-Heinz Hirsch the guy who had that massive swastika flag on his hangar wall at Orient? I went in there once, it was most impressive - he had photos of his days in the -109 on the wall as well.....can't be too many ex WW2 Luftwaffe around, so I assume it was him! This was a while back, must have been in the early 2000's...
@@Shrike200 Yes it was, I flew at Donaldson Dam near Westonaria until it closed in 1991 and we used to fly in the Regional competitions at Orient. Karl-Heinz used to do 2 loops off a beat-up in his Astir, I've never seen anyone else do that, he was a very good pilot.
@@StevenHickingbottom That must have been an exciting lecture! I also use his book and interviews as guidance =) Other great sources are Steve Hinton's and Jeff Ethell's "Roaring Glory Warbirds" series. And there are many very detailed pilot reports in the fantastic "Vintage Aviation Echo"
II have also seen the FW190 at Hahnweide, flown by Marc Mathis! I was a little confused by the sound that the radial engine makes at full power, as it is a double radial engine like the Corsair. My favorite is and will remain the Flying Iron Spitfire, unless the manufacturers develop a beautiful P-51 Mustang of this quality! 🤩
That's also the first time I saw a Fw 190 =) Hahnweide always delivers, but the 2009 airshow was truly something very special! Marc Mathis is dearly missed in todays airshow world, his displays, especially in the P-51, were some of the best. I was also surprised by the sound of the Focke back then. I guess it's a combination of the exhaust system, with its individual stacks per cylinder, it being a 14-cylinder and the big paddlebladed propeller that was fitted to the Ash engine. A year later I saw Marc Mathis fly the Fw 190 Meier Motors had just finished for Jerry Yeagen. At that time it flew with a four bladed propeller, as Marc had to ditch the Focke we saw at Hahnweide into the sea after losing a propeller blade. At the time they were investigating the cause of the failure and because of that flew the other one with a russian propeller that was original to the Ash engine. With the four bladed prop it seemed to sound a bit smoother. When Paul Allen's real BMW powered Fw 190 flew a few years later I was also surprised that it sounds almost identical to the Ash engine of the Flugwerk reproductions. I would also love to see a Flying Iron P-51! I'm really hoping that the Asobo one will recieve a completly new flight model and much more systems complexity for MSFS2024!
@@vintagesimulations Oh yes, Marc was simply legendary! I watched the emergency landing with amazement. The news of his death moved me deeply and still makes me sad. 2004 I had lunch with Marc at the same table in the hangar hall in Hilzingen when there were still air shows there. Of course, as an Alsatian, he enjoyed a small glass of red wine with his chips before demonstrating the Nooky-Booky IV P-51 according to all the rules of flying skills. As an air show photographer at the time, I took numerous photos of him.
@@kelarius98 He was! Me too, when I read about it it felt like a punch in the gut! And to think about all the challenging aircraft he flew that he would die flying an experimental ultralight just doesn't seem right. It's hard to believe it has been 9 years already! That's awesome! I saw him at plenty of airshows, but sadly never met him. Two friends of mine knew him a bit. One knew him through Albstadt, where Marc was a regular and the other one flew formation with him at an airshow once. Both had quite a few funny stories to tell about Marc =)
Thank you very much for your kind words and enthusiasm! That really means a lot =) Yes, it's MSFS. The Focke for MSFS was released a few days ago and should be in the in-game marketplace soon too.
Thank you very much for your kind words. Glad you like the video! I agree it's a fantastic addon! Flying Iron is without a doubt my favorite developer in MSFS =)
I'm very surprised to see you here! I've watched your videos pretty much from the beginning and have been a fan for a long time =) I agree. I was surprised with the Ash-powered Fw 190s at Hahnweide and Breitscheid, that they sounded quite slow. It felt like you could count every combustion, but that's a bit too exaggerated in the sim version.
Also cant wait to get this, been wanting more from FlyingIrons since there BF - 109 which is my current favorite that and the F4F, tho i didnt notice this on the console version as of this comment, i also concur on the engine sound but more or less thats an FW-190, Pure Muscle.
The Bf-109 and F4F are great choices! They are also among my favorites, especially the Bf-109. Have you also got Flying Irons Spitfire? That's another favorite! As far as I know Flying Iron has sent the Focke to Microsoft on the 10th, so it should be out for console any day now =) The sounds initially take some getting used to, but by now I really love them. Especially the startup and idle sound fantastic. Only the flyby sounds and maybe the stress/creaking sounds could use a bit of tweaking.
@@vintagesimulations Yes i also own there P-38, another real wanted Warbird on my list is a Zero, i currenty own the Beekay one but its pretty low quality so i really would enjoy one from FlyingIrons, i additionally own the F6F, hopefully we get some twin engine warbirds like the BF-110 and the B25 Mitchell.
Great Video and very good flight. The only bad thing to mention: The horrible passing by sound.... everything's high end... but the sound is horrible. IL2 has a great sound by low pass by flights.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it =) I agree, the flyby sounds could use a bit of work, but I don't think they are horrible. They actually come relatively close to the real one, the engine just sounds a bit too slow as the aircraft is moving away. The real one sounds a bit faster, but you still get the feeling that you can count every combustion: th-cam.com/video/PviNlOwihIw/w-d-xo.html
Yes, but not in the traditional sense. It is a free-castering tailwheel, so not steerable. You can lock the tailwheel by pulling the stick back and to unlock it you must push the stick forward.
That's because the Fw like most WWII fighters is equipped with a constant speed propeller. If you look at the lower dash you can see the instrument on the right that looks like a clock. It's a propeller gauge that was typically fitted to German aircraft at the time. You'll notice that during a dive or climb the pitch is constantly being adjusted to keep the desired rpm.
The propeller pitch does not work correctly on takeoff. On a real aircraft, the engine would have broken down already. In the A-8 modifications after June 1944, the full boost was already 1.65 ATA.
I set the prop pitch to manual/fixed pitch during takeoff, I think you're right that the rpm might rise a bit too quickly. And you're right I would have definitely wrecked the engine, I noticed way too late that I was over-reviving it by quite a bit! Is that with the "Notleistung" engaged or without it?
@@vintagesimulations In flight, the ATA device shows a boost of 1.2, and the engine speed on the tachometer is 2350-2400. This cannot be done if you have recorded the speed manually. Or the komandoherat operation code in the flight simulator is incorrectly written. The boost should be 1.3 / 1.32 at 2400 rpm on the tachometer. The fact is that the BMW-801D engine had a mechanical fuel injection (the device is similar to the high-pressure fuel pump of a diesel engine), which was driven by the engine and was rigidly connected to the speed of the engine itself. Therefore, with a boost of 1.2 ATA and at 2400 rpm, you will have an over-enriched mixture, as a result, the engine will smoke and not give the required power. This situation does not exist in a carburetor engine. That's why the Mustang, Spitfire, Corsair and other aircraft could use the throttle handle to adjust the throttle valve, changing the boost pressure, while leaving the engine speed constant within a certain range. The carburetor prepared the mixture according to the amount of air being forced in. Perhaps Google Translate didn't translate my words quite correctly. Unfortunately, I don't speak English. Sorry!
@@vintagesimulations "Notleistung" is a device to increase engine power, C3 fuel from an additional tank (115 liters) behind the back of the pilot's seat was supplied to the right intake manifold. At the same time, the pilot opened the valve after the compressor to a boost value of 1.62 / 1.65. Sprayed high-octane fuel in the intake manifold cooled the air heated by the compressor, which allowed the engine to suck in more air / oxygen into the cylinders. Of course, the BMW engine smoked heavily on afterburner, there was an over-enrichment of the mixture and all the fuel did not burn. Therefore, Corsairs and Helcats had water injection (in fact, it was a mixture of water with methanol). All these systems worked as an intercooler, cooling the hot air from the compressor.
It's a fantastic addon! Over the weekend it has probably become my favorite MSFS aircraft. I agree, at least in the flyby view, the real one sounds a bit more aggressive, but I'm not too sure about it being higher pitched.
The flyby sounds could use a bit of tweaking and the creaking sounds at high speeds could be turned down a bit, but overall, I think the sounds are great. I was lucky enough to see two Fw-190 reproductions fly, powered by Russian Ash 14-cylinder engines and they actually sound surprisingly slow, like you could count every combustion. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the individual exhaust stacks. There used to be one original BMW powered Fw 190 flying from 2010 - 2019 and it sounded very similar to the reproductions. As far as I know Flying Iron has recorded the sounds from a real aircraft. I'm not sure if the recordings are from the original one, since that one had a few engine runs this year it's possible or if the sounds are from a Ash powered reproduction. Here is a video of the original BMW-powered Fw-190A-5: th-cam.com/video/PviNlOwihIw/w-d-xo.html And here is one of an Ash-powered Flugwerk 190 reproductions: th-cam.com/video/0qBWUCOJ9Rg/w-d-xo.html I hope you'll agree the sounds are pretty close.
I think it is closer than one might think, but definitely not perfect. On the real Fw 190 you also get the feeling that you could count every combustion, but it doesn't sound quite as slow.
You're right, it's a livery of an A-6 from the 2./JG 1. I'm still glad it's included in the package, as it is one of my favorite Focke paint schemes =) I guess it also fits in the package because a Flugwerk FW 190 A-8/N replica in the US is painted in these colors...so technically a FW 190 A-8.
Very good - thanks for sharing. I was also waiting for this one and had to get it right away. It is indeed much more relaxed to fly than the Bf109 and I'm glad that Flying Iron did a great job on the oh-so-important sounds. They could have made it perfect by also modeling the rear interior part of the fuselage behind the cockpit (everything else is there...) and by adding separate toggles for the individual hatches, cowling and fuel cart to the tablet instead of a simple all or nothing toggle on the tablet.
Aside from that, I see me flying this thing a lot 😊
Thank you very much! Glad to hear you enjoy the Focke too. I fully agree with you that the modeling of the rear fuselage would have been the icing on the cake. I was also a bit surprised you couldn't toggle the cowlings, hatches and fuel cart individually. Maybe it'll get updated in futher.
A very nice display, I have already bought it, I was lucky to fly with Dick Forbes at a South African gliding club in the 80’s, he was one of 4 RAF pilots that were selected to form No.1426 (EAC) Flight responsible for the testing and evaluation of enemy aircraft on 21/11/41 and they were based at RAF Collyweston. Eventually they had 7 Me109’s, 4 FW190’s, 5 Junkers 88’s as well as an Me110 & 410, Heinkel 111, Henschel 129 and Fiat CR42. It was their job to travel around the country giving displays to other RAF squadrons and advice on how best to engage the enemy. Their first captured FW190 was delivered unserviceable and had to wait for a cylinder block to be acquired from a downed aircraft in the Middle East before Dick could test fly it on 24/10/43 whilst still in Luftwaffe markings and preferred it to the Me109.
Karl-Heinz Hirsch flew at our sister club 30km away, he learnt to fly the Me109F with the Luftwaffe. As part of his training he spent time at Rechlin where he test flew captured allied aircraft such as the Spitfire IX and Mustang. He fought on the Eastern front in Me109F’s before returning to Germany to finish off the war flying the Me262. It was a real privilege to know two WW2 fighter pilots who both test flew the other side’s captured fighter aircraft.
Thank you so much for your kind words and especially for sharing these interesting stories. I'm sure these two gentlemen had a lot of fascinating stories to tell! Not too long ago I read Eric “Winkle” Brown's book “Wings on my Sleeve”, which also contains many stories about the evaluation of various airplanes during and after WWII. It is a great read.
@@vintagesimulations Dick Forbes seems to have got into more scraps flying RAF aircraft than German fighters, maybe because the German fighters were much more precious! Karl-Heinz Hirsch was shot down 5 times and had a massive scar on one arm to show for it, he was very lucky to have survived and his low level aerobatics were a joy to behold . Eric 'Winkle' Brown's books are a fascinating read, I use them for guidance when flying WW2 MSFS aircraft. I was lucky enough to attend one of his lectures at the Shuttleworth collection in the UK, really interesting. He was surprising small, but that's what saved his life when test flying the Swallow.
@@StevenHickingbottom Was Karl-Heinz Hirsch the guy who had that massive swastika flag on his hangar wall at Orient? I went in there once, it was most impressive - he had photos of his days in the -109 on the wall as well.....can't be too many ex WW2 Luftwaffe around, so I assume it was him! This was a while back, must have been in the early 2000's...
@@Shrike200 Yes it was, I flew at Donaldson Dam near Westonaria until it closed in 1991 and we used to fly in the Regional competitions at Orient. Karl-Heinz used to do 2 loops off a beat-up in his Astir, I've never seen anyone else do that, he was a very good pilot.
@@StevenHickingbottom That must have been an exciting lecture! I also use his book and interviews as guidance =) Other great sources are Steve Hinton's and Jeff Ethell's "Roaring Glory Warbirds" series. And there are many very detailed pilot reports in the fantastic "Vintage Aviation Echo"
I just listened to the song "Learning to fly" by Pink Floyd and the experience was amazing. Great video.
That's one of my favorite songs by my absolute favorite band! Glad you like the video. Thanks for watching =)
II have also seen the FW190 at Hahnweide, flown by Marc Mathis! I was a little confused by the sound that the radial engine makes at full power, as it is a double radial engine like the Corsair. My favorite is and will remain the Flying Iron Spitfire, unless the manufacturers develop a beautiful P-51 Mustang of this quality! 🤩
That's also the first time I saw a Fw 190 =) Hahnweide always delivers, but the 2009 airshow was truly something very special! Marc Mathis is dearly missed in todays airshow world, his displays, especially in the P-51, were some of the best.
I was also surprised by the sound of the Focke back then. I guess it's a combination of the exhaust system, with its individual stacks per cylinder, it being a 14-cylinder and the big paddlebladed propeller that was fitted to the Ash engine. A year later I saw Marc Mathis fly the Fw 190 Meier Motors had just finished for Jerry Yeagen. At that time it flew with a four bladed propeller, as Marc had to ditch the Focke we saw at Hahnweide into the sea after losing a propeller blade. At the time they were investigating the cause of the failure and because of that flew the other one with a russian propeller that was original to the Ash engine. With the four bladed prop it seemed to sound a bit smoother. When Paul Allen's real BMW powered Fw 190 flew a few years later I was also surprised that it sounds almost identical to the Ash engine of the Flugwerk reproductions.
I would also love to see a Flying Iron P-51! I'm really hoping that the Asobo one will recieve a completly new flight model and much more systems complexity for MSFS2024!
@@vintagesimulations Oh yes, Marc was simply legendary! I watched the emergency landing with amazement. The news of his death moved me deeply and still makes me sad. 2004 I had lunch with Marc at the same table in the hangar hall in Hilzingen when there were still air shows there. Of course, as an Alsatian, he enjoyed a small glass of red wine with his chips before demonstrating the Nooky-Booky IV P-51 according to all the rules of flying skills. As an air show photographer at the time, I took numerous photos of him.
@@kelarius98 He was! Me too, when I read about it it felt like a punch in the gut! And to think about all the challenging aircraft he flew that he would die flying an experimental ultralight just doesn't seem right. It's hard to believe it has been 9 years already!
That's awesome! I saw him at plenty of airshows, but sadly never met him. Two friends of mine knew him a bit. One knew him through Albstadt, where Marc was a regular and the other one flew formation with him at an airshow once. Both had quite a few funny stories to tell about Marc =)
Lovely. Great video!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it =)
Great video. I’m a big fan. I love the intro. I play msfs aswell. Was this msfs?
Thank you very much for your kind words and enthusiasm! That really means a lot =) Yes, it's MSFS. The Focke for MSFS was released a few days ago and should be in the in-game marketplace soon too.
Wunderbar!
Vielen Dank! Glad you like it =)
Top-tier addon, and video!
Thank you very much for your kind words. Glad you like the video! I agree it's a fantastic addon! Flying Iron is without a doubt my favorite developer in MSFS =)
Beautiful livery will add it to my warbird collection nice flying
Thank you very much! I agree the livery is beautiful. I hope you'll enjoy the Focke =)
Excellent video and flying !!!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it =)
Engine RPM sounds is bit low for how fast its actually going.
I'm very surprised to see you here! I've watched your videos pretty much from the beginning and have been a fan for a long time =)
I agree. I was surprised with the Ash-powered Fw 190s at Hahnweide and Breitscheid, that they sounded quite slow. It felt like you could count every combustion, but that's a bit too exaggerated in the sim version.
Also cant wait to get this, been wanting more from FlyingIrons since there BF - 109 which is my current favorite that and the F4F, tho i didnt notice this on the console version as of this comment, i also concur on the engine sound but more or less thats an FW-190, Pure Muscle.
The Bf-109 and F4F are great choices! They are also among my favorites, especially the Bf-109. Have you also got Flying Irons Spitfire? That's another favorite! As far as I know Flying Iron has sent the Focke to Microsoft on the 10th, so it should be out for console any day now =) The sounds initially take some getting used to, but by now I really love them. Especially the startup and idle sound fantastic. Only the flyby sounds and maybe the stress/creaking sounds could use a bit of tweaking.
@@vintagesimulations Yes i also own there P-38, another real wanted Warbird on my list is a Zero, i currenty own the Beekay one but its pretty low quality so i really would enjoy one from FlyingIrons, i additionally own the F6F, hopefully we get some twin engine warbirds like the BF-110 and the B25 Mitchell.
nice flying!
Thank you very much! Glad you like it =)
Great Video and very good flight. The only bad thing to mention: The horrible passing by sound.... everything's high end... but the sound is horrible. IL2 has a great sound by low pass by flights.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it =) I agree, the flyby sounds could use a bit of work, but I don't think they are horrible. They actually come relatively close to the real one, the engine just sounds a bit too slow as the aircraft is moving away. The real one sounds a bit faster, but you still get the feeling that you can count every combustion: th-cam.com/video/PviNlOwihIw/w-d-xo.html
Ohh question, Tailwheel lock, yes?, no?
Yes, but not in the traditional sense. It is a free-castering tailwheel, so not steerable. You can lock the tailwheel by pulling the stick back and to unlock it you must push the stick forward.
Ok so why does the rpm not pickup in a dive?
That's because the Fw like most WWII fighters is equipped with a constant speed propeller. If you look at the lower dash you can see the instrument on the right that looks like a clock. It's a propeller gauge that was typically fitted to German aircraft at the time. You'll notice that during a dive or climb the pitch is constantly being adjusted to keep the desired rpm.
The propeller pitch does not work correctly on takeoff.
On a real aircraft, the engine would have broken down already.
In the A-8 modifications after June 1944, the full boost was already 1.65 ATA.
I set the prop pitch to manual/fixed pitch during takeoff, I think you're right that the rpm might rise a bit too quickly. And you're right I would have definitely wrecked the engine, I noticed way too late that I was over-reviving it by quite a bit!
Is that with the "Notleistung" engaged or without it?
@@vintagesimulations
In flight, the ATA device shows a boost of 1.2, and the engine speed on the tachometer is 2350-2400.
This cannot be done if you have recorded the speed manually.
Or the komandoherat operation code in the flight simulator is incorrectly written.
The boost should be 1.3 / 1.32 at 2400 rpm on the tachometer.
The fact is that the BMW-801D engine had a mechanical fuel injection (the device is similar to the high-pressure fuel pump of a diesel engine), which was driven by the engine and was rigidly connected to the speed of the engine itself. Therefore, with a boost of 1.2 ATA and at 2400 rpm, you will have an over-enriched mixture, as a result, the engine will smoke and not give the required power.
This situation does not exist in a carburetor engine.
That's why the Mustang, Spitfire, Corsair and other aircraft could use the throttle handle to adjust the throttle valve, changing the boost pressure, while leaving the engine speed constant within a certain range. The carburetor prepared the mixture according to the amount of air being forced in.
Perhaps Google Translate didn't translate my words quite correctly.
Unfortunately, I don't speak English. Sorry!
@@vintagesimulations "Notleistung" is a device to increase engine power, C3 fuel from an additional tank (115 liters) behind the back of the pilot's seat was supplied to the right intake manifold.
At the same time, the pilot opened the valve after the compressor to a boost value of 1.62 / 1.65.
Sprayed high-octane fuel in the intake manifold cooled the air heated by the compressor, which allowed the engine to suck in more air / oxygen into the cylinders.
Of course, the BMW engine smoked heavily on afterburner, there was an over-enrichment of the mixture and all the fuel did not burn.
Therefore, Corsairs and Helcats had water injection (in fact, it was a mixture of water with methanol). All these systems worked as an intercooler, cooling the hot air from the compressor.
@@vasyagrab5453 thank you for the explanation. That's interesting!
I Like it, but the Sound is much more Aggressive and more high Pitched in the original one.
It's a fantastic addon! Over the weekend it has probably become my favorite MSFS aircraft. I agree, at least in the flyby view, the real one sounds a bit more aggressive, but I'm not too sure about it being higher pitched.
Suuuuuuper !!!!!!
Thank you! Glad you like it =)
@@vintagesimulations The sound is absolutely awesome !!!!!
@@volkerdilger5173 I agree =)
model looks good but the audio sounds terrible
The flyby sounds could use a bit of tweaking and the creaking sounds at high speeds could be turned down a bit, but overall, I think the sounds are great. I was lucky enough to see two Fw-190 reproductions fly, powered by Russian Ash 14-cylinder engines and they actually sound surprisingly slow, like you could count every combustion. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the individual exhaust stacks. There used to be one original BMW powered Fw 190 flying from 2010 - 2019 and it sounded very similar to the reproductions.
As far as I know Flying Iron has recorded the sounds from a real aircraft. I'm not sure if the recordings are from the original one, since that one had a few engine runs this year it's possible or if the sounds are from a Ash powered reproduction.
Here is a video of the original BMW-powered Fw-190A-5: th-cam.com/video/PviNlOwihIw/w-d-xo.html
And here is one of an Ash-powered Flugwerk 190 reproductions: th-cam.com/video/0qBWUCOJ9Rg/w-d-xo.html
I hope you'll agree the sounds are pretty close.
the sound flyby is weird
I think it is closer than one might think, but definitely not perfect. On the real Fw 190 you also get the feeling that you could count every combustion, but it doesn't sound quite as slow.
That checkerboard nose did not exist on the A8, period.
You're right, it's a livery of an A-6 from the 2./JG 1. I'm still glad it's included in the package, as it is one of my favorite Focke paint schemes =)
I guess it also fits in the package because a Flugwerk FW 190 A-8/N replica in the US is painted in these colors...so technically a FW 190 A-8.
Ok and