Procurement of 242 units planned but the performance was not acceptable. A developed version Fw 259 was projected, but cancelled. A Stuka version Fw 188 was also projected.
| Type |
Single seat fighter V1, V2 |
Single seat fighter V3 |
| Engine |
1 Junkers Jumo 210G |
1 Junkers Jumo 210B with 2-bladed fixed wooden propeller |
| Dimensions |
Length 10.00 m, height 3.50 m, span 12.40 m, wingarea 20.22 m2 |
| Weights |
Empty 1875 kg, fuel 260 kg, oil 27 kg, pilot 80 kg, flying weight 2250 kg |
| Performance |
Max. speed 385 km/h at 4000 m, cruising speed 363 km/h at 2700 m, average climb to 6000 m 9.80 m/sec., service ceiling 7200 m, range 650 km, endurance 2 h, landing speed 95 km/h |
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| Armament |
2 MG 17 with 1000 rpg and also planned a MG C/30L cannon firing through the prop.hub |
| Type |
Werk.Nr |
Registration |
History |
| V1 |
932 |
D-IUPY |
First flight 30/11 1935, first with a 3-bladed propeller. Crashed during the first landing. The landing gear did not work properly, the hydraulic cylinder was not strong enough.Repaired, flight testing continued in Oct. 1936 |
| V2 |
933 |
D-INGA |
First flight July 1936. Engine WerkNr 9494. In August 1936 to the erprobungsstelle for a 4 week testing period. |
| V3 |
1246 |
D-ISXI |
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1963 |
D-IGQO |
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1964 |
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1965 |
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The aircraft was shown for the first time in model form at the Brussels Air Show. An illustration with a short description can be found in "Flugsport" 1937 on p. 305. As a supplement to this report we bring some more photos.
Braced high-wing wing of rectangular outline. Rounded ends, indented center piece. The canopy rests on N struts. Every wing half is through intercepted a mid-supported stick after the hull. Aileron light metal frame with fabric covering, dural planked torsion nose.
Round or oval fuselage, front section up to behind the pilots seat metal frame, covered with removable electron sheets. Fuselage end all-metal shell construction.
Closed pilot's seat with sliding hood. Self-supporting tailplane, fins and rudder metal frame with fabric covering.
Retractable landing gear with kinked struts, foldable backwards into the fuselage. Retraction is hydraulic. Footpeg and spur are also retractable intended.
