The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier (German for courier[2]) to the Allies, is an all-metal four-engined monoplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies [1] was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft led to …

May 8, 2019 · Fw 200 C-1 - Production Reconnaissance Bomber Model featuring accommodation for five-person crew; Powered by 4 x BMW 132H 830hp (ea) engines; 1 x 20mm cannon in nose assembly with 3 x 7.92mm machine guns elsewhere.

The Fw 200 C-3/U-4 version can carry five crew members and thirty fully armed troops in transport configuration. It has an external length of 23.45 meters, an external height of 4.3 meters, and a fuselage diameter of 2.3 meters.

The answer was the Fw 200C, with some modest structural reinforcements, improved cowlings containing 850hp BMW 132H-1 engines with three-bladed propellers, and bomb crutches on the wings.

The Fw 200 was an elegant machine, of all-metal construction, except for fabric-covered flight-control surfaces and the wing covered with fabric aft of the main spar; it was powered by four radial engines mounted on a wide-span low-mounted wing. All flight control surfaces were manually actuated, though the split flaps were hydraulically actuated.

Nov 13, 2015 · Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C "Condor" in the air in 1941. Source: Wikimedia. The Focke Wulf Fw 200 was originally designed as a long-range airliner for the Lufthansa. The prototype, the Fw 200V1 with the registration D-AERE made its maiden flight on July 27th, 1937 and was flown by Kurt Tank himself.

Focke-Wulf Fw 200C Condor FuG 200 with Hohentwiel radar. The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier (courier) to the Allies, is an all-metal four-engined monoplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf.

Dec 21, 2016 · Fw 200 C-1 - First military production version, BMW 132H engines, lengthened ventral gondola, increased defensive armament, provisions for four 250 kg (550 lb) bombs.

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