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2 was planned to reach an altitude of 5,900 m in one minute, its effectiveness as an interceptor was curtailed by the fact that it would have only about 15 minutes of combat action time. Test flights for this aircraft were scheduled to be carried out between May and June 1945. Three units of the Fw
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1, straight and swept back. The wings of the swept back version spanned 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) and had an area of 13.5 m (145 sq ft). The tail was supported by a boom above the engine exhaust. It was planned to be armed with two 30 mm
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1, the first model of the Focke-Wulf project, was an innovative-looking single-jet aircraft. It was designed to be powered by one BMW 003 A1 turbojet as an actual contract competitor to the
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that would enable it to reach speeds nearing 1,000 km/h (620 mph). Armament was to be two 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannon located under the fuselage.
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The air intake of the turbojet engine was placed in the front and the engine itself in the lower fuselage. Two possible
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program and in the months that followed Focke-Wulf presented two consecutive projects. The variants presented were a
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design, corresponding to project number one and project number two. Neither of them was given an
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2 were built of wood and covered with a thin metal layer. The wings,
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competition in the second half of 1944 required the use of the
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Aeronautical Research in Germany: From Lilienthal Until Today,
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Erla-Gerner-Gotha – Autobauer versuchen sich am Volksflugzeug
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Ernst Heinrich Hirschel, Horst Prem, Gero Madelung et al.
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Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935–1945: An Illustrated Guide
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In order to save strategic materials, the wings of the Fw
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Designed for early 1945 RLM requirements the Focke-Wulf
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1,000 km/h (620 mph, 540 kn) (621 Mph)
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In some postwar English language publications, the Fw
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as part of the defense effort against the devastating
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Geheimprojekte der Luftwaffe- Jagdflugzeuge 1939–1945
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List of military aircraft of Germany by manufacturer
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Interceptor
Focke-Wulf
Luftwaffe
Focke-Wulf Ta 183
emergency fighter
Luftwaffe
Focke-Wulf
World War II
Allied bombing raids
Emergency Fighter Program
Nazi Ministry of Aviation
turbojet
rocket-powered
RLM aircraft designation
BMW 003
Heinkel He 162A Spatz
shoulder wing
MK 108 cannon

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