Imagine the journey this plane has taken. Left the factory in Central Germany...crashed landed near St. Petersburg Russia and sat there for 45 years....went to the UK for a while....ended up in the state of AZ and sits in Washington state as a home.... extraordinary...
The BMW 801 has a direct injection fuel system and a mechanic controlsystem for all engine parameters called "Komandogerät", that was and is unique ! Thank you America for flying this bird again and greatings from Germany !
Allied engine crafters always used carburettors instead of mechanichal injection systems, developed by Bosch in Germany, that compensated the low octane gasoline they needed to burn - consequently with low compression ratio to accomplish it...
Awesome aircraft !! I love the fact that we can still see the Svastika as it is part of history. This history is a dark one but should be preserved and remembered in order to avoid it to repeat itself. I prefer preserving things in the way they were and see things how they were instead of hiding facts away. Anyway, awesome aircraft again, I love the FW series. Cheers
@@behindthen0thing525 You knew my grandfather? He was born 1915 in Cologne Germany. He died at age 93 and he often told me about this stuff. He had lot's of photographs of planes he had flown in WW2 and after the war.
One good thing about the Focke-Wulf 190A-5, is they were easy to repair and upgrade using parts from old lawn mowers and discarded appliances stored in your garage or backyard shed.
I brought a aviation magazine some years ago on this aircraft that included the rebuild and flight testing. Fantastic article which l’ve kept for future reference.
when you see the technical solutions and production technologies used in the bf-109 and fv-190, it seems that they were not made in the forties, but at the end of the twentieth century.
Nible and FW's does not match. I think you are confused with the Bf 109. It went from light (E and F series) to extremely overweight (G6 and onwards) during the course of the war. The FW190 was heavy and stayed that way for the rest of the war...
@@SuperWhiteBarry : As I wrote “ earlier more nimble”, of course relative to the later more heavy FWs. The argumentation can be made that the D9 FW was nimble as well, relativly of course. As for the 109s, the late war K4 was the pinnacle of the Messerschmits, with great maneuverablity combined with an exceptional climbing rate.
I'm sorry but the FW was never a nimble plane to begin with, yes it rolled better than the 109 but for the rest, the flight characteristics of the 109 are far superior. The FW-190 A4 (1942) had an empty weight of 3273kg, the D9 (1944) had an empty weight of 3473 kg, a slight difference. Compare this to the 109 E4's 1900kg and the 109 F4's 1970kg early models, and the 2676kg of the 109 G6 (1943), which is a considerable and very noticeable difference in flight. Yes the K4 was an excellent plane, still prefer the G14 though. Being 300kg lighter (2300kg) and having almost the same power output missing out 50HP to the K4, and only 12 km/h @ sea level.
@@SuperWhiteBarry That were lots of numbers and smoke my man, google must have been glowing. To return to the my initial opinion : “Really love the earlier more nimble FWs, the A4 most perhaps”.
The butcher bird was a formidable oponent to the Spitfire. It's equal was probably only found in the Hawker Tempest and Sea Fury. These planes had loads of power courtesy of the Napier Sabre engine , but they were ' touchy' to operate. Any pilot climbing into the cockpit of one of these, had first to manage the irregularities of the power plant , before going after the Hun. Brave men indeed, yet with the experience, they settled down to fly an otherwise brilliant fighter.
Ain't nothing like the real thing... The cowling on this original aircraft is perfect. The replicas (even the good ones) don't replicate the cowling properly - they are straighter and clunky. This cowling has a beautiful lead-in to the leading edge radius. Wow the Germans designed this thing to be beautiful.
@@behindthen0thing525 It's not exactly square, I used the wrong word, but the replicas don't taper towards the front in the same way the original plane does. On the replicas the cowl section is very straight from side view and then has the forward part has the radius that goes towards the prop. The real plane the cowl crowns or taper towards the leading edge radius. Yeah I'm picking and fly crap but the real plane is best.
Do I see a sheared panel (shear buckling) between the engine and the pilots feet, roughly at 1:19? Please replace that for a panel of stronger material (7075 for instance) and use DD rivets.
+Loise van Rijn The plane was restored with much of the original WW2 skin. That looks like some buckling that might have been kept from wartime. cdn.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2011/4/22/131784.jpg A previous owner was already reskinning it, but the restoration used the original materials where possible.
@@FiveCentsPlease Hello. Judging by the comments, you know a lot about this aircraft. I've been looking for A-8 and D-9 propeller drawings for a long time with no results. Tell me, do you know who you can turn to for help? Thank you.
+Sofia Theodoropoulos Eastern Front JG54 colors, July 1943. The shades and tones are under debate. The RLM was experimenting with new colors and changing the paint number codes at that time. There are some opinions that captured supplies of Russian paint may have been quickly used. Spectroanalysis of the original paint was performed, although it has not been made clear if the test paint samples were used in the final painting.
As long as you can assure the post-buckeld panel has the same bearing capability as a new, neatly curved panel. It could have been loaded to, say 90% of the fracture load in the past. (Heavy landing for instance, engine shears off this particular panel) The FW-190 has 5 G limit load isn't it? What are you gonna do with the plane? Fly it on eggs....or...? Keep a very, very sharp eye on this panel and especially cracks developing from the rivet holes. Nice machine b.t.w....
+ Louis van Rijn The Fw-190A-5 airframe was restored in the UK at JME Engineering by a very talented group of people. They repaired a few damaged areas from the original forced landing as well as remanufactured a few places that were out of spec. So I think it was gone over very well. It was then shipped to Gosshawk for final assembly, engine fitting, testing and painting, etc...
+Oveida Sinclair It is a factory A-5/U3 fighter-bomber version, with outer guns removed. It should have the ETC bomb rack to be correct. It's last WW2 flight was a bombing mission.
+Brady Dog This one is the only authentic WW2 example that is airworthy and it does fly with the BMW 801. A second WW2 example is getting close to complete and will also fly with a BMW (both engines restored by the same shop.)
+justin tyme The RLM was experimenting with new color combinations when this plane became operational and was issuing new field orders for painting. They were also re-arranging color numbers with older paint colors. So it is believed that JG54 was field testing a new summer camo pattern, which resembles the "late war" colors found on other aircraft. There are photos of other JG54 birds with the same paint combination.
+ James Burns This is Paul Allen's Fw-190A-5 completing final assembly and painting. Gosshawk is finishing a Fw-190A-8 for the Collings Foundation and it will be an original BMW-powered restoration.
Which is a bit of misunderstood fallacy. The Germans never lacked for planes, even in 1944-45. What they didn't have enough of was experienced pilots and fuel at the end of WWII.
ww2cartoons.org/dec-1944-battle-of-the-bulge-the-germans-run-out-0f-gas/ You think that the Fw 190 and ME 262 were magic wands that could have given the Germans a better chance? Who was going to fly them and with what fuel in 44-45? Did Galland really say in 1943 "just build only the Fw190 and 262 (and we can win) providing we have enough fuel and pilots". How was it the lack of Fw 190's and ME 262's?
senoJSR -There was still experienced Flyers in German. Fuel was become a very pressing issue for the Wehrmacht. Weather they would have replicated from other theaters is unknown. Haulting the bombing of German synthetic plants would have also help the problem for them.
+nein nein The markings were documented from the wreck, which was remarkably intact. JG54 Summer colors, and perhaps new technical orders for experimental colors from the RLM. The main issue is some disagreement among researchers on the hues that were chosen in the paint process.
thx & wow. I never saw a tail band unter the cross marking and this kind of brown. Must be very rare. Perhaps the tail band moved more to the back after these example.
+nein nein The initial analysis of the wreck, including spectroanalysis and research suggested that the colors were RLM 79, RLM 81, RLM 82, and RLM 83. This could have been an early experiment with what is called "late war" Luftwaffe colors, though colors and numbers were being reassigned by the RLM and this makes it confusing for researchers. Some have suggested that the colors were improvised in the field. Here is a well-known picture of JG54 Fw-190s operating on the Eastern Front. i.pinimg.com/originals/ae/10/75/ae1075dd19911bfcef55ccc2064fded8.jpg
FiveCentsPlease -Thank You for the link. Look at the tailpiece and the rutters of the birds...they saw some action! The colors look interesting but not familiar..could it be discoloration?
It should have its original colors and flag of state on it.or we forget the horrors of our history and repeat our errors. No matter how much we aviation nuts adore these very special aircraft, let us never forget that it was an instrument of aggressive war by Nazi Germany.
@@TheMuffdivr People (perhaps not you) have been griping about this paint combination since the day it rolled out of the shop. Although a few of the FlugWerks have been a little creative on painting, but that's the owner's choice.
My comment didn’t apply to the paint job just some jerkoff saying let’s not forget that Germany’s fighters were destructive weapons of war to which I responded aren’t they all. Catchin’ on now?
Nope Sir! This was a pure BMW development! Indeed, after WWI BMW was prohibited to continue to build aircraft engines. When that started again, you had to bring yourself up to date. A few licenses were purchased. The legendary BMW 132 engine is based on another engine. This engine was used for example in the JU-52 and did deliver 960 hp in its strongest version. It is uplifting to hear the sound of these engines. I saw a Ju- 52 in flight several times. But also in the outstanding ground support plane Hs- 123 this very robust engine was used. But that's a simple 9 cylinder star engine. But the 801 consists of 2 coupled 7 cylinder stern motors. Clearly so far ...?
Nothing sounds like a BIG RADIAL. If I had a choice between this beauty and a P51 0r spit I'm going with the 190. Better than both put together eight a ace at the helm.
Imagine the journey this plane has taken. Left the factory in Central Germany...crashed landed near St. Petersburg Russia and sat there for 45 years....went to the UK for a while....ended up in the state of AZ and sits in Washington state as a home.... extraordinary...
Sehr gut. Das Museumsstück ist gerettet.
I'd love to see a photo of it sitting in St Petersburg
Russia. There is quite a lot of water there.
Seems a bit risky to fly the last one standing!
The BMW 801 has a direct injection fuel system and a mechanic controlsystem for all engine parameters called "Komandogerät", that was and is unique !
Thank you America for flying this bird again and greatings from Germany !
So what is the rated horsepower on the engine
@@zachariasbrink9540 My father flew the Ju 88 R with two BMW 801 engines,
I'm not exactly sure but 1600 hp takeoff power in any case.
@@zachariasbrink9540 The FW190 A5 was equipped with the BMW-801 D-2 engine, the engine made 1460HP. Take-off power being 1800HP (@2700rpm, 1.42 ata)
Allied engine crafters always used carburettors instead of mechanichal injection systems, developed by Bosch in Germany, that compensated the low octane gasoline they needed to burn - consequently with low compression ratio to accomplish it...
It is great to see history preseved. You deserve every praise for your work.
Awesome aircraft !! I love the fact that we can still see the Svastika as it is part of history. This history is a dark one but should be preserved and remembered in order to avoid it to repeat itself. I prefer preserving things in the way they were and see things how they were instead of hiding facts away.
Anyway, awesome aircraft again, I love the FW series.
Cheers
Therefor you need no Nazi-Symbols, the aircraft is worth more then shitty symbols.
What an outstanding flying piece of history. Looking and sounding superb in every way. Thanks guys for a great video.
Great plane. My grandfather (born 1915) flew one of these as a spotter in WW2
lies
@@behindthen0thing525 You knew my grandfather? He was born 1915 in Cologne Germany. He died at age 93 and he often told me about this stuff. He had lot's of photographs of planes he had flown in WW2 and after the war.
@@ganimed1976 I've been to cologne and I've never heard of him
@@ganimed1976 I just ran into your grandfather today. he said he flew 109's not 190s' and he wasn't a spotter.
@@behindthen0thing525 ....bullshit!
One good thing about the Focke-Wulf 190A-5, is they were easy to repair and upgrade using parts from old lawn mowers and discarded appliances stored in your garage or backyard shed.
I brought a aviation magazine some years ago on this aircraft that included the rebuild and flight testing. Fantastic article which l’ve kept for future reference.
Now that's a flying machine .....
Fantastic machine. Really looks the bees knees. Bravo.
"Crikey!... She's a beauty"!
~ Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist
My favorite fighter plane
I would dearly Love to own one!!!
Thanks Paul!!!
Beautiful aircraft amazing
when you see the technical solutions and production technologies used in the bf-109 and fv-190, it seems that they were not made in the forties, but at the end of the twentieth century.
Wow, echt beeindruckend!
Und alles original.
what a beautiful sound
Lovely video of the focke wulf 190 my favorite germen aircraft of all time ☺
Outstanding!!!!!!!
I’m in love!
Really love the earlier more nimble FWs, the A4 most perhaps. Great video! 👍
Nible and FW's does not match. I think you are confused with the Bf 109. It went from light (E and F series) to extremely overweight (G6 and onwards) during the course of the war. The FW190 was heavy and stayed that way for the rest of the war...
@@SuperWhiteBarry : As I wrote “ earlier more nimble”, of course relative to the later more heavy FWs. The argumentation can be made that the D9 FW was nimble as well, relativly of course. As for the 109s, the late war K4 was the pinnacle of the Messerschmits, with great maneuverablity combined with an exceptional climbing rate.
I'm sorry but the FW was never a nimble plane to begin with, yes it rolled better than the 109 but for the rest, the flight characteristics of the 109 are far superior. The FW-190 A4 (1942) had an empty weight of 3273kg, the D9 (1944) had an empty weight of 3473 kg, a slight difference. Compare this to the 109 E4's 1900kg and the 109 F4's 1970kg early models, and the 2676kg of the 109 G6 (1943), which is a considerable and very noticeable difference in flight. Yes the K4 was an excellent plane, still prefer the G14 though. Being 300kg lighter (2300kg) and having almost the same power output missing out 50HP to the K4, and only 12 km/h @ sea level.
@@SuperWhiteBarry That were lots of numbers and smoke my man, google must have been glowing. To return to the my initial opinion : “Really love the earlier more nimble FWs, the A4 most perhaps”.
@@Extirpo Talking to a brick wall... 😂🤣😆
Amazing simply beautiful
GREAT VIDEO.
So why fly it if its the only one left? Crazy.
Good job
Legend. These were protecting our freedom over Finland some 72 years ago.
are you fucking nuts?
@Literally Shaking would you rather live in Soviet states or Nazi Germany
Interesting what will be if BMW 801 engine swap to BMW X5.
one of the best ever.
beautiful !
That is a very expensive plane. Please keep it airworthy...
The butcher bird was a formidable oponent to the Spitfire. It's equal was probably only found in the Hawker Tempest and Sea Fury. These planes had loads of power courtesy of the Napier Sabre engine , but they were ' touchy' to operate. Any pilot climbing into the cockpit of one of these, had first to manage the irregularities of the power plant , before going after the Hun. Brave men indeed, yet with the experience, they settled down to fly an otherwise brilliant fighter.
The American Mustang with the British Merlin engine!!😉
And what was the Brits top score, around 40? Nuff said.
Your comment is a little confusing. You say they had to master the plane before going after the Hun. But they were being flown by Huns.
Thats a nice engine. Smooth quality - gutteral, but refined..
It's a BMW...
Awesome!
Ain't nothing like the real thing... The cowling on this original aircraft is perfect. The replicas (even the good ones) don't replicate the cowling properly - they are straighter and clunky. This cowling has a beautiful lead-in to the leading edge radius. Wow the Germans designed this thing to be beautiful.
why are you so obsessed with cowlings?
@@behindthen0thing525 It's the care that went into the final surface that makes all the difference. This kind of detail is inaccurate on the replicas.
@@RAF71chingachgook ok Well i haven't seen what youre talking about . I haven't seen a replica with a square cowling
@@behindthen0thing525 It's not exactly square, I used the wrong word, but the replicas don't taper towards the front in the same way the original plane does. On the replicas the cowl section is very straight from side view and then has the forward part has the radius that goes towards the prop. The real plane the cowl crowns or taper towards the leading edge radius. Yeah I'm picking and fly crap but the real plane is best.
Do I see a sheared panel (shear buckling) between the engine and the pilots feet, roughly at 1:19?
Please replace that for a panel of stronger material (7075 for instance) and use DD rivets.
+Loise van Rijn The plane was restored with much of the original WW2 skin. That looks like some buckling that might have been kept from wartime. cdn.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2011/4/22/131784.jpg A previous owner was already reskinning it, but the restoration used the original materials where possible.
@@FiveCentsPlease Hello. Judging by the comments, you know a lot about this aircraft. I've been looking for A-8 and D-9 propeller drawings for a long time with no results. Tell me, do you know who you can turn to for help? Thank you.
Amazing
Was Capt. Roger Baker /UAL+?/ pivotal in obtaining this plane?
There is a nice fw 190 A6 in south Africa.
+bissch 6 B Good to see that original Fw-190 is finally in a climate-controlled structure.
FiveCentsPlease yep its great next to the ME 262 night fighter Red 8. The only one I the world.
Nice work ,Is the paint job from the eastern front...?..
+Sofia Theodoropoulos Eastern Front JG54 colors, July 1943. The shades and tones are under debate. The RLM was experimenting with new colors and changing the paint number codes at that time. There are some opinions that captured supplies of Russian paint may have been quickly used. Spectroanalysis of the original paint was performed, although it has not been made clear if the test paint samples were used in the final painting.
As long as you can assure the post-buckeld panel has the same bearing capability as a new, neatly curved panel. It could have been loaded to, say 90% of the fracture load in the past. (Heavy landing for instance, engine shears off this particular panel)
The FW-190 has 5 G limit load isn't it? What are you gonna do with the plane? Fly it on eggs....or...?
Keep a very, very sharp eye on this panel and especially cracks developing from the rivet holes. Nice machine b.t.w....
+ Louis van Rijn The Fw-190A-5 airframe was restored in the UK at JME Engineering by a very talented group of people. They repaired a few damaged areas from the original forced landing as well as remanufactured a few places that were out of spec. So I think it was gone over very well. It was then shipped to Gosshawk for final assembly, engine fitting, testing and painting, etc...
love it....
Why did you remove the 20mm wing cannons and the machine guns
?
+Oveida Sinclair It is a factory A-5/U3 fighter-bomber version, with outer guns removed. It should have the ETC bomb rack to be correct. It's last WW2 flight was a bombing mission.
Because it's illegal to have them it's not a military aircraft anymore
There is another 801 project out there
I like the sound, it's different to the other radials! Because it's a 14 cylinder?
@soaringtractor i know, what an idiot that guy was
The perfect blend of form and function. A timeless teutonic beauty. Too bad it served on the wrong side. It would have been the pride of any airforce.
It would be very special if it has its BMW 801 engine in it....someone said there is only 1 original plane with the Beemer engine in it. Is this it?
+Brady Dog This one is the only authentic WW2 example that is airworthy and it does fly with the BMW 801. A second WW2 example is getting close to complete and will also fly with a BMW (both engines restored by the same shop.)
@@FiveCentsPlease great work coming out of arizona. Warbirds.
Did the ground crew's pick there own paint scheme.. I know the armor crew painted there own tanks depending upon what terrain they were in...
+justin tyme The RLM was experimenting with new color combinations when this plane became operational and was issuing new field orders for painting. They were also re-arranging color numbers with older paint colors. So it is believed that JG54 was field testing a new summer camo pattern, which resembles the "late war" colors found on other aircraft. There are photos of other JG54 birds with the same paint combination.
There may be two flyable FW-190's in existence. Paul Allen, R.I.P., had an original flyable FW-190 in his museum in Everett, WA.
+ James Burns This is Paul Allen's Fw-190A-5 completing final assembly and painting. Gosshawk is finishing a Fw-190A-8 for the Collings Foundation and it will be an original BMW-powered restoration.
Ominous.
Achtung! Spitfire! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
imagine getting a ride in a B17 and all of a suden one of these show up....
Thousands didn't need to imagine it. But you'd hardly have time to admire the design or paint job.
@@PaulZink yeah but millions need to imagine it
If the germans would have followed Adolf Galland's advice - just build the Fw190 and the 262 - then they could have prolonged the war...
Which is a bit of misunderstood fallacy. The Germans never lacked for planes, even in 1944-45. What they didn't have enough of was experienced pilots and fuel at the end of WWII.
Did you read what John said? NO EXPERIENCED PILOTS AND NO FUEL = GAME OVER
ww2cartoons.org/dec-1944-battle-of-the-bulge-the-germans-run-out-0f-gas/
You think that the Fw 190 and ME 262 were magic wands that could have given the Germans a better chance? Who was going to fly them and with what fuel in 44-45?
Did Galland really say in 1943 "just build only the Fw190 and 262 (and we can win) providing we have enough fuel and pilots". How was it the lack of Fw 190's and ME 262's?
Martin Strange -If Hitler allowed The ME-262 to be use for what it was meant for the outcome of the war may not have gone as it did...
senoJSR -There was still experienced Flyers in German. Fuel was become a very pressing issue for the Wehrmacht. Weather they would have replicated from other theaters is unknown. Haulting the bombing of German synthetic plants would have also help the problem for them.
Nice bird.
But the colours seem to be not right.
+nein nein The markings were documented from the wreck, which was remarkably intact. JG54 Summer colors, and perhaps new technical orders for experimental colors from the RLM. The main issue is some disagreement among researchers on the hues that were chosen in the paint process.
thx & wow.
I never saw a tail band unter the cross marking and this kind of brown.
Must be very rare.
Perhaps the tail band moved more to the back after these example.
+nein nein The initial analysis of the wreck, including spectroanalysis and research suggested that the colors were RLM 79, RLM 81, RLM 82, and RLM 83. This could have been an early experiment with what is called "late war" Luftwaffe colors, though colors and numbers were being reassigned by the RLM and this makes it confusing for researchers. Some have suggested that the colors were improvised in the field. Here is a well-known picture of JG54 Fw-190s operating on the Eastern Front. i.pinimg.com/originals/ae/10/75/ae1075dd19911bfcef55ccc2064fded8.jpg
FiveCentsPlease -The Brits took extensive photos of these plans during and after the war....contacting them might relieve you of the problem.
FiveCentsPlease -Thank You for the link. Look at the tailpiece and the rutters of the birds...they saw some action! The colors look interesting but not familiar..could it be discoloration?
It should have its original colors and flag of state on it.or we forget the horrors of our history and repeat our errors. No matter how much we aviation nuts adore these very special aircraft, let us never forget that it was an instrument of aggressive war by Nazi Germany.
+Brady Dog The colors are original to this particular plane. JG54 Eastern Front, July 1943.
Aren’t they all, so what’s your point ?
@@TheMuffdivr People (perhaps not you) have been griping about this paint combination since the day it rolled out of the shop. Although a few of the FlugWerks have been a little creative on painting, but that's the owner's choice.
My comment didn’t apply to the paint job just some jerkoff saying let’s not forget that Germany’s fighters were destructive weapons of war to which I responded aren’t they all. Catchin’ on now?
FiveCentsPlease -Thank You for that clarification
BMW
Bmw what?? Think the 801 was based on a Pratt and Whitney??
Yes .built under license
@@migfsx no, the BMW 801 was a Konstruction from BMW, not a Licence Build.
This BMW was not built under P&W license, nor was it designed using an American design as template. A completely independent design in itself.
👁illuminati
Comper aircraft
PAUKE PAUKE
Looks like a Zero.
...o.k if you take me with u in a traffic pattern i will do the same for you
here are my coordinates: 50.334912, 8.875353
happy landings
Horrido!!
HORRIDO
Engine designed by USA!
I think you are mistaken. The engine was dis- and reassambled in the US. But it had been developed and manufactured in Germany.
Nope Sir! This was a pure BMW development! Indeed, after WWI BMW was prohibited to continue to build aircraft engines. When that started again, you had to bring yourself up to date. A few licenses were purchased. The legendary BMW 132 engine is based on another engine. This engine was used for example in the JU-52 and did deliver 960 hp in its strongest version. It is uplifting to hear the sound of these engines. I saw a Ju- 52 in flight several times. But also in the outstanding ground support plane Hs- 123 this very robust engine was used. But that's a simple 9 cylinder star engine. But the 801 consists of 2 coupled 7 cylinder stern motors. Clearly so far ...?
No, nothing to do with US engines.
Nothing sounds like a BIG RADIAL. If I had a choice between this beauty and a P51 0r spit I'm going with the 190. Better than both put together eight a ace at the helm.