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In 1937 even though the Me-109 was a very capable fighter the Reichsluftfahrtministeriun(RLM) or Reich Air Ministry was worried that future foreign designs might surpass itsperformance so they called for submissions of designs. Kurt Tank won the competition withhis radical use of an air-cooled radial engine that he dubbed the Fw-190 Wrger (ButcherBird). There were many skeptics who believed this new aircraft would surpass theperformance of the Me-109. However when the Fw-190 entered combat in the summer of1941 it already was Germanys premiere piston-powered WWII fighter. Over 20,000 of allvariants of the Fw-190 were built with 13,291 of these being of the 9 different A variants.
The production of the Fw-190A-7 began in November 1943 and ended in January 1944 withonly 80 aircraft being produced. Fw-190-A-7 W.Nr380394 was the test aircraft for an attemptto reduce drag caused by center-line fuel tanks thereby increasing airspeed. The experimentwas called Doppelreiter (Double Rider) and involved placing a streamlined fuel tank on topof each wing which meant reducing the armament to two 151/20 E cannons. Each tank wasdroppable and carried 270 liters of fuel giving the aircraft an extended range. The over thewing tanks reduced the aircraft speed by 13 kph while the standard center-line tank reducedspeed by 33 kph. Even though these were positive results the RLM did not accept themodification because they didnt want to disturb regular production schedules. The A-7 wasreplaced by the A-8 variant
Hobby Master 1:48 FW-190 Doppelreiter HA7407
- 1/48 scale pre-finished
- Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic
- Professionally painted
- All markings pad applied for superb results
- Cockpit slides open
- Comes with a pilot that can be removed
- Comes with display stand
- Can be displayed with landing gear up or down
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