Focke-Wulf Fw 58

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Focke-Wulf Fw 58

Type	Trainer, Transport, Ambulance
Manufacturer	Focke-Wulf
Maiden flight	1935
Introduced	1937
Primary user	Luftwaffe

The Focke-Wulf Fw 58 was a German aircraft, built to fill a request of the Luftwaffe for a multi-role aircraft to be used as advanced trainer for pilots, gunners and radio operators.

1 Design and development
2 Operational history
3 Variants
4 Operators
5 Specifications (Fw 58)
6 References
7 See also

[edit] Design and development

The Fw 58 is a low-wing monoplane with two piston engines mounted in nacelles on th wing leading edges. The crew members sit in an enclosed canopy. Aft of the flight deck, the fuselage is open to form a moveable machine-gun station. The tailwheel undercarriage is retractable.

[edit] 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 the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Croatia and Turkey.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Operators

Austria
Brazil

Brazilian Air Force

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

Croatia

Croatian Air Force

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakian Air Force

Finland

Finnish Air Force

Nazi Germany

Luftwaffe

Hungary

Hungarian Air Force

Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Poland

Polish Air Force

Romania

Romanian Air Force

Turkey

Turkish Air Force

Soviet Union

Soviet Air Force

[edit] Specifications (Fw 58)

General characteristics

Crew: 4
Length: 14 m (45ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 21 m (68 ft 10 in)
Height: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 47 m² (506 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,900 kg (4,200 lb)
Loaded weight: 2,810 kg (6,200 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Argus As 10 air-cooled inverted V8 piston engines, 180 kW (240 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 256 km/h (159 mph)
Range: 676 km (420 miles)
Wing loading: 59.8 kg/m² (12.3 lb/ft²)

Armament

2 × MG 15 machine guns

[edit] References

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