Focke-Wulf Fw 44 - Citizendia

A Focke-Wulf Fw 44J in 2005.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 is a 1930s German two-seater biplane aircraft known as the Stieglitz (Goldfinch). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It was produced by the Focke-Wulf company as a two-seat civilian airplane for pilot training and sport flying. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. It was also eventually built under license in several other countries.

Design and development

The Fw 44 was designed as a biplane with conventional layout and straight, non-tapered wings. A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer Its two open cockpits were arranged in tandem, and both cockpits were equipped with flight controls and instruments.

The Fw had fixed tailwheel landing gear. Conventional landing gear describes an Undercarriage arrangement consisting of two main weight-bearing wheels forward of the aircraft's Centre of gravity, the It employed ailerons on both upper and lower wings. For the band with a similar name see The Ailerons Ailerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the Trailing edge of the Wing of a Fixed-wing It did not use flaps. Flaps are hinged surfaces on the trailing edge of the wings of a Fixed-wing aircraft.

The first prototype flew in 1932. After many tests and modifications to increase the plane's durability and aerodynamics, the final Fw 44 proved to have excellent airworthiness. It was flown with a radial engine. The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion Engine configuration in which the cylinders point outward from a central

A second version of the Fw 44 was the Fw 44B, which had an Argus As 8 four-cylinder inverted inline air-cooled engine of 120 horsepower (90 kW). The Argus As 8 was a four-cylinder aircooled inverted inline aircraft engine produced in Germany in the 1930s The cowling for this engine gave the plane a more slender, aerodynamic nose. A cowling is a covering of a vehicle's Engine, most often found on automobiles and aircraft

Twenty Fw 44s purchased by China were modified for combat missions and participated in the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War until all were lost in action. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the

The last series version was Fw 44J, which was sold or built on license in several countries around the world. It is equipped with a 7-cylinder radial engine.

Variants

Fw 44B
Fw 44C
Fw 44D
Fw 44E
Fw 44F
Fw 44J

Operators

Argentina
Austria
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

China
Chile
Colombia
Czechoslovakia
Finland

Suomen Ilmavoimat

Germany

Luftwaffe

Hungary

Hungarian Air Force

Poland
Romania

Romanian Air Force

Slovakia
Sweden
Turkey: 1937 - 1962)

Specifications (Fw 44)

General characteristics

Crew: two, student and instructor
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Wingspan: 9. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 0 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height: 2. 80 m (9 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 20 m² (215. 2 ft²)
Empty weight: 565 kg (1,243 lb)
Loaded weight: 770 kg (1,694 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 785 kg (1,727 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Siemens Sh 14 A-4 7-cylinder radial engine, 118 kW at 2,100 rpm (160 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mi)
Range: 550 km (340 mi)
Service ceiling 3,900 m (12,790 ft)
Rate of climb: 17 m/s (56 ft/s)

References

Commemorative Air Force

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