- Focke-Wulf Fw 58
Infobox Aircraft
name = Focke-Wulf Fw 58
type = Trainer, Transport, Ambulance
manufacturer =Focke-Wulf
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first flight = 1935
introduced = 1937
retired =
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primary user =Luftwaffe
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variants with their own articles = TheFocke-Wulf Fw 58 "Weihe" ("Harrier") was a German aircraft, built to fill a request of theLuftwaffe for a multi-role aircraft to be used as advanced trainer for pilots, gunners and radio operators.Design and development
The Fw 58 is a low-wing
monoplane with twopiston engine s mounted innacelle s on the wing leading edges. The crew members sit in an enclosed canopy. Aft of theflight deck , the fuselage is open to form a moveable machine-gun station. The tailwheel undercarriage is retractable.Operational history
The Fw 58 was widely used for training Luftwaffe personnel. It was also used as VIP transport, ambulance, feeder airliner, photo-reconnaissance, and weather research aircraft. It was built under license in Bulgaria and
Brazil . It was also operated by several countries such as theNetherlands ,Hungary , Romania, Croatia andTurkey .Variants
;Fw 58 V1:First prototype.;Fw 58 V2:Second protoype.;Fw 58 V3:Third prototype.;Fw 58 V4:Fourth prototype.;Fw 58B:;Fw 58B-1:;Fw 58B-2:This version had a glazed nose, and was armed with a 7.92-mm (0.31-inch) MG 15 machine-gun.;Fw 58C:;Fw 58W:Twin-floatplane version.
Operators
;AUT;BRA
*Brazilian Air Force ;flag|Bulgaria|1878
*Bulgarian Air Force ;flagicon|Croatia|1941 Croatia
*Croatian Air Force;CZS
*Czechoslovakian Air Force ;FIN
*Finnish Air Force ;flag|Nazi Germany
*Luftwaffe ;flag|Hungary|1940
*Hungarian Air Force ;NLD
*Royal Netherlands Air Force ;POL
*Polish Air Force ;flag|Romania
*Romanian Air Force ;TUR
*Turkish Air Force ;flag|Soviet Union|1923
*Soviet Air Force pecifications (Fw 58)
aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
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crew=4
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payload main=
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length main= 14 m
length alt= 45ft 11 in
span main= 21 m
span alt= 68 ft 10 in
height main= 4.3 m
height alt= 14 ft 1 in
area main= 47 m²
area alt= 506 ft²
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empty weight main= 1,900 kg
empty weight alt= 4,200 lb
loaded weight main= 2,810 kg
loaded weight alt= 6,200 lb
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engine (prop)=Argus As 10
type of prop=air-cooled invertedV8 piston engines
number of props=2
power main= 180 kW
power alt= 240 hpmax speed main= 256 km/h
max speed alt= 159 mph
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range main= 676 km
range alt= 420 miles
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loading main= 59.8 kg/m²
loading alt= 12.3 lb/ft²
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armament=
* 2 ×MG 15 machine gun s
avionics=ee also
aircontent
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*List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
*List of military aircraft of Germany References
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