Author Topic: Fw-200 Condor  (Read 7155 times)

Offline ysi_maniac

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Fw-200 Condor
« on: October 27, 2013, 03:30:02 PM »





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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2013, 12:44:30 AM »
Top one cries out for a six-engined twin-boom version with a pusher engine in that rear of the fuselage nacelle.

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2013, 01:34:22 AM »
I must confess that the original nose shape of the Condor looks great in my eyes.

Any mention of the Condor always reminds me of this 1942 occasion:
Hitler met Finnish Marchall of Finland Freiher Mannereheim


Notice the smoking wheel after the landing (and ground crew rushing to put out the fire?). Some claim that Hitler's Condor was close to hitting a smoke stack in the fog during this visit. Others say they were far enough and the pilot knew exactly where he was.

Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2013, 03:24:07 AM »
The Fw 200 Condor always had poor brakes.  That's the likely cause.

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Logan

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2013, 04:07:52 AM »
Apparently, the brake was dragging already before they took off... damaged valve housing - sticking valve...

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2013, 04:59:02 AM »
Your twin engined version looks similar (a little) to the real world Fw206:










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Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2013, 06:27:04 AM »
I did not know Fw-206. Thanks for posting.  :) :) :) :)

Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2013, 11:53:10 PM »
Thinking on first transcontinental non stop flights. More  than 24h long  :-* ...


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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2013, 06:14:00 AM »
Real world Berlin to Brazil proposal, FW 200L



There is a real world build that could be used to cause consternation, the FW 200 B/D.
The Finns and Japanese each ordered a pair of B model airliners, for obvious reasons
these were not delivered and were taken into Lufthansa/Luftwaffe service under the
D designation. For a short period at least two were operated in full Lufthansa livery.
Now where the cat gets amongst the pigeons is that while fuselage wise they look
just like the A model airliners, they have the wing, engines and landing gear of the
military C models.
So combine an A fuselage with C wings etc., paint it in Lufthansa silbergrau and black,
add the civil codes and take it to a contest and watch as someone tries to move it
into Flights of Fancy/Hypotheticals.
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Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2013, 04:10:01 PM »
What you say is, in fact, take a model of military version and remove the military bits: turrets, gondolas, etc ... isn't it?

Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2014, 12:53:33 AM »
Now this is an interesting photo.



Look at the Hamilton-Standards and Pratt & Whitney Hornet engines!  It seems this is one of the rare Fw 200Ds.

"Early 1940 the two Fw 200KB-1 (WerkNr 0009 and 0010) ordered by the Finnish airliner 'Aero O/Y' were converted to transports and delivered (June 1940) to the Luftwaffe as Fw 200D-1. They had P&W Hornet engines and Hamilton Standard propellers."

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2014, 01:09:03 AM »
Yep, in contrast the undelivered Japanese aircraft had BMW engines, which was how the
Lufthansa B model airliners would have been equipped had the war not interfered with
the airline's expansion plans.
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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2014, 02:26:50 AM »
It would be interesting to do one (either kit or profile) in Finnish colours.
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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2014, 04:51:48 AM »
The two Aero O/Y aircraft were to OH-CLA 'Karjala' and OH-CLB 'Petsamo'.
The most likely scheme would probably have been the bog standard silbergrau and black,
with black codes/name and the Finnish flag on the tail. Aero O/Y became Finnair so
I suppose you could push their blue livery backwards, and have a blue fuselage cheat line,
ala the red cheat line of the Danish Condor OY-DAM.
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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2014, 03:22:47 AM »
Now this is an interesting photo.



Look at the Hamilton-Standards and Pratt & Whitney Hornet engines!  It seems this is one of the rare Fw 200Ds.

"Early 1940 the two Fw 200KB-1 (WerkNr 0009 and 0010) ordered by the Finnish airliner 'Aero O/Y' were converted to transports and delivered (June 1940) to the Luftwaffe as Fw 200D-1. They had P&W Hornet engines and Hamilton Standard propellers."

Cheers,

Logan

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2021, 10:42:00 AM »
Fw-200 Condor   He-177 Greiff (Nose, tail, wings, and engines)


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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2021, 04:12:27 PM »
Your twin engined version looks similar (a little) to the real world Fw206:












Oh wow, never knew, let alone seen the Fw 206 design before GTX
What time frame was the Fw 206?
Am I right in thinking it looks more in line with the DC-3/C-47?

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Re: Fw-200 Condor
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2021, 01:53:15 AM »
What time frame was the Fw 206?

1938 - 1942
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