Focke-Wulf Fw 300

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name=Focke-Wulf Fw 300


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type=Civil Airliner, Transport, Recon
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variants with their own articles=The Focke-Wulf Fw 300 was a proposed very long range civil airliner, transport, reconnaissance aircraft and anti-ship aircraft designed by Focke-Wulf in 1941 and 1942. The design was intended to replace the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor".

Design and development

The proposed Fw 300 had an all-metal airframe, a cantilever low-wing configuration, and a pressurized fuselage. Space was provided for up to 50 passengers in individual compartments. The landing gear was retractable. Four wing-mounted piston engines were proposed to drive the aircraft. Two engine candidates were:
*The Jumo 222, a 24-cylinder engine (four inline banks of 6 cylinders, arranged in an X around the crankshaft), rated at 2,500 hp (1865 kW), which in the event never proceeded to the production stage during the course of the war;
*The Daimler-Benz DB 603, a 12-cylinder inverted-vee engine rated at 1800 hp (1343 kW).Both engines were liquid-cooled.

In the proposed military configuration, the eight-man crew were to have been enclosed in one pressure cabin and the defensive gun armament operated remotely. For anti-ship missions it would have carried guided missiles.

Design work continued during the first years of the war, but were shelved as the need for long-range bombers or other long-range efforts diminished and other priorities emerged. A prototype was never completed.

pecifications (proposed)

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length main= 32.2 m
length alt= 105 ft 7 in
span main= 46.2 m
span alt= 151 ft 6 in
height main= 5.6 m
height alt= 18 ft 4 in
area main= 277 m²
area alt= 2980.5 ft²
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loaded weight main= 47,500 kg
loaded weight alt= 104,500 lb
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engine (prop)= Jumo 9-222 or Daimler-Benz DB 9-603E
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number of props=4
power main= 1,865 kW
power alt= 2,500 hp [Jumo]
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max speed main= 635 km/h
max speed alt= 395 mph
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range main= 9,000 km
range alt= 29,520 ft
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* 12 × MG 151/20 cannon in six twin turrets
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References

* Herwig, Dieter and Rode, Heinz. "Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Strategic Bombers 1935-45". Midland Publishing Ltd., 2000. ISBN 1-85780-092-3.

ee also

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* Focke-Wulf Fw 200
* Focke-Wulf Ta 400

similar aircraft=
* Junkers Ju 290

sequence=
Ar 296 -
Hs 297 -
Hs 298 -Fw 300 -
Me 309 -
Me 310 -
Ca.313

lists =
* List of World War II military aircraft of Germany - List of military aircraft of Germany
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