Focke-Wulf Your 152

The Focke-Wulf Your 152 was a German hunter of the Second world war created by the engineer Kurt Tank and produced in the Focke-Wulf factory of Cottbus.

Développment

The Your 152 was an evolution of the Fw 190D equipped with a Moteur in line, the last before the fall of the Nazi Germany. Several alternatives were studied including two principal having been the subject of construction:

Your 152C, called " destroyer" ( Zerstörer ), a basic hunter and average altitude. This apparatus, considered as being the direct substitute of Focke-Wulf FW 190D, differed from it primarily by its engine, a dB 603 instead of JuMo 213. Only the prototypes and some specimens of preproduction left the assembly lines before the end of the second world war. No operational use of this apparatus is known.

Your 152H, hunter of high-altitude. The alternative H had wings with great lengthening with an aim of ensuring a better bearing pressure high-altitude, a powerful armament and performances in term speed and unequalled ceiling of use at that time. Its engine was seen equipped with two devices aiming at preserving all its potential:

a device of injection water/methanol (MW50) allowing to increase the performances during one short duration (approximately 10 minutes)

a device of nitric oxide injection (GM-1) allowing to mitigate the lack of oxygen in altitude, combustive necessary to the good performance of any piston engine, and thus allowing to preserve an optimal report/ratio carburizing/combustive in the engine whatever the altitude. If the prototypes of this alternative were tested alternatively with engines dB 603 and with of JuMo 213E, the version of series Your 152H1 will be equipped exclusively with the JuMo engine. A speed of almost 730 km/h with 9000m to altitude, Your 152H took into account it among the planes with fastest piston engine of the Second world war. Your 152H1 was briefly engaged in the last combat of Luftwaffe, in particular at the time of the Bataille of Berlin, within the squadron of hunting JG301. In the actual position of knowledge, there exists yet one specimen having survived the conflict. It is with the National Air and Space Museum of Washington D.C This apparatus was taken along to the USA in 1945 on the aircraft carrier " Reaper" with many other German planes captured at the end of the conflict.

A total of 150 apparatuses was built, all confused versions and prototypes included/understood, the majority being Your 152H1.

Data sheet (Your 152H1)

Dimensions

Scale: 14,82 m
Length: 10,82 m
Height: 3,36 m
wing Surface: 23,50 m ²

Masses

Empty weight: 3920 kg
maximum Mass décollable: 5215 kg

Performances

Motorization: a V12 engine cooled by liquid Jumo 213E-1 of a power of takeoff of 1750 CV (2050 CV with injection MW50)
maximum Speed: 730 km/h to 9500 m of altitude (without MW50) 759 km/h to 12,500 m by using booster GM-1
Climbing speed: 1050 m/min
operational Ceiling: 14.800 m
Passable distance: 1200 km

Armament

a gun of 30 mm MK 108 drawing since the hub from the propeller, 60-90 blows
Two guns of 20 mm MG 151/20 located in the root of each wing, 150-175 blows each one

See too

List of the military aircrafts

Bibliographical references

Alfred Price, " The last year of Luftwaffe" , magazine " Faded of Aviation" , Except series n°28, Editions Larivière
Encyclopédie interns with the video game It-2 Sturmovik, presenting the apparatuses of this simulator.

Bonds

Your 152 & Jumo 213
German Site, files aéron. : Your 152
Luftwaffe Center Resource: Your 152
NASM
Photographs
the Jumo engine 213

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