Focke-Wulf Fw 159

Role  | Fighter

Type of aircraft

National origin | German
Manufacturer  | Focke-Wulf
Designer  | Kurt Tank
First flight  | 1935
Number built | 3
Developed from | Focke-Wulf Fw 56

The Focke-Wulf Fw 159 was an experimental German fighter of the 1930s, designed by Kurt Tank which never reached production, as it was considered inferior to the He 112 and Bf 109. It was a heavier variant of the Focke-Wulf Fw 56, with several improvements, such as a retractable landing gear and enclosed cockpit.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 Specifications (V2)
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Design and development[edit]

The Focke-Wulf company designed the aircraft as one of the four entries for the Rüstungsflugzeug IV ("Armed Aircraft IV") 1934 fighter competition. Its parasol wing configuration was based on the company's successful trainer product, the Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser, and it used a Junkers Jumo 210 engine. The plane had an enclosed cockpit and a rearward-retracting lever-action suspension main undercarriage which retracted completely into the lower fuselage. This mechanism was complicated, fragile and endlessly troublesome. The first prototype, the Fw-159 V1, was ready in the spring of 1935 but was destroyed when it crash-landed following the failure of the main undercarriage to deploy properly.

The second prototype, the V2, had a reinforced undercarriage. The general flight characteristics were good but the rate of climb and rate of turn were unsatisfactory, and the aircraft suffered greater drag than its competitors in the contest, the Arado Ar 80, Heinkel He 112 and Messerschmitt Bf 109. The competition was won by the Bf 109.[2]

Scale model Fw 159

## Specifications (V2)[edit]

Data from Hitler's Luftwaffe[2]

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 9.77 m (32 ft 1 in)
* Wingspan: 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
* Height: 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
* Empty weight: 1,875 kg (4,134 lb)
* Gross weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Junkers Jumo 210Da V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engine, 507 kW (680 hp)
* Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 385 km/h (239 mph, 208 kn)
* Range: 650 km (400 mi, 350 nmi)

## See also[edit]

* Swedish FFVS J22, which used a similar main landing gear design to the Fw 159

Related development

* Focke-Wulf Fw 56

Related lists

* List of military aircraft of Germany

## References[edit]

1. ^ Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G. (5 February 2009). Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945 : an illustrated guide. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-0786439379.
2. ^ a b Wood, Tony; Gunston, Bill (1977). Hitler's Luftwaffe. London: Salamander. p. 159\. ISBN 0-86101-005-1.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Focke-Wulf Fw 159.

* "The German Focke-Wulf Fw 159 | Aviation and Military History Blog | Chris Chant's Blog". cmchant.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
* "Focke-Wulf Fw 159". Airwar 1946.
* "Focke-Wulf Fw 159". History of war.

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Focke-Wulf aircraft

Company designations, pre-1933|

* A 3
* A 4
* A 5
* A 6
* A 7
* A 16
* A 17
* GL 18
* F 19
* A 20
* A 21
* GL 22
* K 23
* S 24
* A 26
* A 28
* A 29
* A 32
* A 33
* A 36
* A 38
* S 39
* A 43
* A 47
* S 48

* S 1
* S 2
* W 4
* W 7

* C.20 (Cierva under licence)
* C.30 (Cierva under licence)

Names|

* Buchfink
* Bussard
* Condor
* Ente
* Falke
* Falke (2)
* Habicht
* Höhengeier
* Kiebitz
* Mastgans
* Moskito
* Möwe
* Möwe (2)
* Photomöwe
* Sperber
* Stieglitz
* Stösser
* Weihe
* Würger
* Uhu

RLM designations, 1933–1945|

* Fw 40
* Fw 42
* Fw 43
* Fw 44
* Fw 47
* Fw 55
* Fw 56
* Fw 57
* Fw 58
* Fw 61
* Fw 62
* Ta 152
* Ta 154
* Fw 159
* Ta 183
* Fw 186
* Fw 187
* Fw 189
* Fw 190
* Fw 191
* Fw 200
* Fw 206
* Ta 254
* Fw 300
* Ta 400

Company designations, post-1945|

* Fw 260
* Fw 300

Projects|

* Entwurf I
* Entwurf II
* Entwurf III
* Entwurf IV
* Entwurf V
* Entwurf VI
* Entwurf VII "Peterle"
* Entwurf VIII
* 1000x1000x1000
* Nr. 238 Fernkampfflugzeug
* Grosstransporter
* Nr. 261 Fernkampfflugzeug
* Rochen
* Strahlrohrjäger
* Super Lorin
* Super TL
* Triebflügel
* Volksjäger

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Reich Air Ministry (RLM) aircraft designations (list)

1 to 100|

* 8-11
* Fi 2
* 8-31
* 8-41
* Fi 5
* DFS 6
* 8-71
* Gö 8
* Gö 9
* Do 10
* Do 11
* 8-124/Do 12
* Do 13
* Do 14
* Do 15
* Do 16/Wn 16
* Do 17
* Do 18
* Do 19
* Do 20
* 8-211
* Do 22
* Do 23
* Do 24
* Do 253/Kl 25
* Do 26/Kl 26
* 8-27/Do 273/Kl 275
* 8-281
* 8-29/Do 29
* Fw 30
* Kl 31
* Kl 32
* Ju 33
* Ju 34
* Kl 35
* Kl 36
* He 373
* He 38/Ju 38
* DFS 39
* BV 40/DFS 40
* He 413
* Fw 42/He 42
* Fw 43
* Fw 44
* He 45
* He 46/Ju 46
* Fw 47/He 47
* Ju 48
* He 49/Ju 49
* He 50/Ju 50
* He 51
* He 52/Ju 52
* Ju 53
* DFS 54/NR 54
* Fw 55/NR 55
* Fw 56
* 8-574/Fw 57
* Fw 58/He 58
* He 59
* He 60/Ju 60
* Fa 61/Fw 61/He 61
* Fw 62/He 62
* 8-634/He 63
* Ar 64/He 64
* Ar 65/He 65
* Ar 66/He 66
* Ar 67
* Ar 68
* Ar 69
* He 70
* 8-714/He 71
* He 72
* He 733
* He 74
* Al 75
* Ar 76/FZG 766
* Ar 77
* Ar 783
* Ar 79
* Ar 80
* Ar 81
* 8-824
* 8-831
* Al 84
* Ju 85
* Ju 86
* Ju 87
* Ju 88
* Ju 89
* Ju 90
* Ju 913
* Ju 92
* Ju 933
* Ju 943
* Ar 95
* Ar 96
* Fi 97
* Fi 98
* Fi 99
* Fi 1003/He 100

101 to 200|

* Al 101
* Al 102
* Al 103/Fi 103
* Fh 104
* Kl 105
* Kl 106
* Kl 107
* Bf 108
* Bf 109/Bf 109R6
* Bf 110
* He 111/He 111U6
* He 112
* He 1136
* He 114
* He 115
* He 116
* He 1173/Hs 117
* He 118
* He 119
* He 120
* Hs 121
* Hs 122
* Hs 123
* Hs 124
* Hs 125
* Hs 126
* Hs 127
* Hs 128
* Hs 129
* Hs 130
* Bü 131
* Bü 1323/Hs 132
* Bü 133
* Bü 134
* Ha 135
* Ha 136/Hü 136
* Ha 137
* BV 138
* Ha 139
* Ha 140
* BV 141
* BV 142
* BV 143
* BV 144
* Go 145
* Go 146
* Go 147/Ju 147
* Go 1483
* Go 149
* Go 150
* Kl 151
* Kl 152/Ta 152
* Kl 1533/Ta 153
* Kl 1543/Ta 154
* BV 155/Kl 1553/Me 155
* Fi 156
* Fi 157
* Fi 158
* Fw 159
* Ju 160
* Bf 161
* Bf 162/He 162
* Bf 163/Li 163/Me 163
* Me 164/MeC 164
* Bf 165
* Fi 166/FK 166
* Fi 167
* Fi 168
* Fi 1693
* He 170
* He 1713
* He 172
* He 1733
* He 1743
* 8-1754
* He 176
* He 177
* He 178
* He 1795
* Bü 180/He 180
* Bü 181
* Bü 182
* Bü 1833/Ta 183
* Fl 184
* Fl 185
* Fw 186/Ju 186
* Fw 187/Ju 1872
* Fw 1883/Ju 188
* Fw 189
* Fw 190
* Fw 191
* Ao 192
* Ao 1933/DFS 193
* DFS 194/Me 194
* Ar 195
* Ar 196
* Ar 197
* Ar 198
* Ar 199
* Do 2004,6/Fw 200

201 to 300|

* Si 201
* Si 202
* DFS 203
* Si 204
* 8-2051
* Fw 206
* 8-2071
* Me 208
* Me 209 (I)/Me 209 (II)
* Me 210
* Hü 211
* 8-2124/Do 212
* 8-2131
* Do 214
* Do 215
* Do 216
* Do 217/Hs 217
* Do 2183
* He 219
* He 220
* Do 2213
* BV 222
* Fa 223
* Fa 224
* Ao 225/Fa 225
* BV 226/Ho 226
* FGP 227
* DFS 228
* Go 229/Ho 229
* 8-230/DFS 230
* Ar 231
* Ar 232
* Ar 233
* Ar 234
* Do 2355
* Fa 2363
* BV 237
* BV 238
* 8-2391
* Ar 240
* Go 241
* Go 242
* Me 2433
* Go 244
* Go 2453
* BV 246
* 8-2471
* Ju 248
* BV 250/Ho 250
* Ho 251
* Ho 252
* Ju 252
* Fi 253/Ho 253
* Ho 254/Ta 254
* 8-2551
* Fi 256
* SK 257
* 8-2581
* Fw 259
* 8-2601
* Me 261/Me 261w
* Me 262
* Me 263 (1941)/Me 263 (1942)/Me 263 (1945)
* Me 264
* Fl 265/Me 265
* Fa 266/Go 2663
* Ho 267
* Ju 268
* Fa 269
* He 270
* We 271
* He 2723
* He 2733
* He 274
* He 2755
* He 2763
* He 277
* He 278
* He 2793
* He 280
* He 2813
* Fl 282
* Fa 283
* Fa 284
* Fl 285
* Ju 286
* Ju 287
* Do 2884,6/Ju 288
* Ju 2893
* Ju 290
* Hs 291
* As 292/Hs 2923
* Hs 293
* Hs 294
* Hs 295
* Ar 296/Hs 296
* Hs 297
* Hs 298
* Ju 2993
* Fw 300

301 to 349|

* DFS 301
* 8-3021
* 8-3031
* 8-3041
* 8-3051
* 8-3061
* 8-3071
* 8-3081
* Me 309
* Zwilling
* Me 310
* 8-3111
* 8-3121
* 8-3134
* 8-3141
* Hs 315
* 8-3161
* Do 317
* Do 318
* He 319
* Me 3203
* Me 321
* Ju 322
* Me 323/ZMe 323
* 8-3241
* Fa 325/Fw 3253
* 8-3261
* Me 327
* Me 328
* Me 329
* Fa 330
* DFS 331
* DFS 332
* Fi 333
* Ar 3343/Me 334
* Do 335
* Fa 336
* Ju 3373
* 8-3381
* Fl 339
* Ar 340
* 8-341
* WNF 342
* He 343
* Rk 344/So 3445
* Go 345
* DFS 346
* Rk 347
* 8-3481
* Ba 349

Post-349 (non-sequential)|

* Ju 352
* Fi 356/Ju 356
* Me 362
* Me 3642
* Me 3683
* Ju 388
* Ju 390
* Fw 391
* Ar 3933
* Ar 396
* Ta 400
* Me 409
* Me 410
* Do 417
* He 419
* ZMe 423
* Ar 430/Ka 430
* Ar 432
* Do 435
* Ar 440
* 8-4454
* DFS 446
* Ju 452
* Me 4622
* DFS 468
* Ju 488
* Fw 491
* He 500
* Me 509
* Me 510
* He 519
* 8-5204
* ZSO 523
* Ar 532
* 8-5344
* Do 535/He 535
* Me 6002
* Me 609
* Ar 632
* Do 635/He 635/Ju 635

* 1 Not assigned
* 2 Unofficial/proposed
* 3 Assigned, but not used before RLM was dissolved
* 4 Assigned to captured aircraft
* 5 Unconfirmed
* 6 Propaganda/cover designation

Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.
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