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By: - 2nd November 2010 at 20:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
October 2010
The plane, better the fuselage, is completely dismantled, rinsed with "tons" of fresh water and got rid of her colours. "All the glamour is gone", time to check the damages. Jaquard used metal tanks and they made some ugly damages during the impact as the tanks went through the fuselage. Thats the reason why MeierMotors only use fireproof rubbertanks in their restauration projects.
Here you can see the dismantled fuselage fixed on a building cradle. MeierMotor will build a cradle for every fuselage part. So the can take of the sheeting without twisting the airframe.
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The wing "lies" outside awaiting rain and freshwater also fixed in a cradle
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The ASch82T .... I think the radial has seen its best time ... we will see
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By: - 2nd November 2010 at 20:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The rear fuselage dimantled .... sheet for sheet checking the structure
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Building cradle for the tailplane
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...... to be continued
By: - 2nd November 2010 at 20:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Many thanks for sharing these images with us Matthias... nice steady progress being made and I look forward to updates as and when you post them :)
Cheers
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator
By: - 2nd November 2010 at 21:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Matthias,
I was one of the many entralled by Leon's display at Flying Legends and his obvious pleasure at displaying this bird was evident as he taxied back in.
It may have only been a modern version of the Fw 190 but it ticked all the boxes for me.
It's good to hear it may once again grace the skies and thanks for the progress report on it's resurrection...
By: - 2nd November 2010 at 21:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
:D thats the way Marc looks like, when he is happy :D
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By: - 2nd November 2010 at 21:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
hee hee :D
Thanks for the excellent detailed photos of the project Matthias, absolutely 'rivetting'! :o
By: - 2nd November 2010 at 21:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
After that, Christophe sold the wreck to a German investor which gave MeierMotors the order to restore the plane into flyable condition, of course with German registration. The engine question is not solved at this second, but there are some stunning ideas. I hope that I can lift the curtain of secrets in some weeks.
Thank you very much for the pictures and the updates. Oftentimes, this work goes unseen but I've very glad that you take the time to share this with others. It helps us appreciate the hard work needed to keep these aircraft flying.
I look forward hearing what the engine selection will be. It's wishful thinking of me to hope for a rare BMW or Jumo, or perhaps a DB603 for a late-war version.
I hope you will also start another thread for the conversion of ex-Tom Blair FlugWerk Fw190D to the D-9 configuration when it arrives to begin work.
By: - 2nd November 2010 at 22:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
....I hope you will also start another thread for the conversion of ex-Tom Blair FlugWerk Fw190D to the D-9 configuration when it arrives to begin work.
Yes I will do that ... I´ve seen already pictures of that Jumo engine .... wow, thats a piece of iron I tell you
By: - 2nd November 2010 at 23:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Really excellent stuff. I look forward to your updates, Matthias.
By: - 3rd November 2010 at 11:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great, many thanks for the update.
By: - 3rd November 2010 at 13:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Matthias, great that you have time to post progress updates on your restorations. Other noted restoration shops should take note. Its information like this that we enthusiasts love to read, its much appreciated. At the rate of progress made to date with the salty 190 i imagine we will see her reborn sooner then later. Keep up the great work
By: - 3rd November 2010 at 21:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes I will do that ... I´ve seen already pictures of that Jumo engine .... wow, thats a piece of iron I tell you
Can´t wait to see those! Thanks for posting.
By: - 4th November 2010 at 10:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great update there, look fwd to seeing the FW airborne soon.
Lmfao at the crankiest pilot I've ever seen!
By: - 4th November 2010 at 11:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I thought Tom Blair's Dora had that modified V-1710?
By: - 4th November 2010 at 11:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I thought Tom Blair's Dora had that modified V-1710?It did!
By: - 4th November 2010 at 13:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks for the confirmation, Mark. Great news about the Jumo!
By: - 4th November 2010 at 14:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I thought Tom Blair's Dora had that modified V-1710?
Yes, that was the Allison Dora. I can't understand why it was never flown.
But, it apparently has a new owner and will be rebuilt as a wartime Fw190D-9.
By: - 4th November 2010 at 15:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think there was some sort of legal issue with that conversion-I just hope it stays in Europe now!
By: - 4th November 2010 at 16:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I wonder what primer they used under the paint? looked like it just peeled off when it hit the water. Is DuPont Vari-Prime (Yellow Death) outlawed in Europe?
or: Why don't they use epoxy primer?
By: - 4th November 2010 at 17:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It helps us appreciate the hard work needed to keep these aircraft flying.
Well said!
It's great to see the plane being repaired. I too, look forward to future updates.
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By: Matthias Dorst - 2nd November 2010 at 19:39
One of the best known Focke Wulf out of Flugwerk production is the WkNr 990013.
The fighter belonged to the collection of Christophe Jaquard and was based in Dijon-Darois. Maidenflight was at 7th Mai 2009, the plane got the French registration F-AZZJ. The first official performance was on 31st May 2009 at the "La Ferté" show nearby Paris. The had some technical problems, but Jaquard displayed the ship at this airshow on the ground. The plane was painted in the colours of an A-4 belonging to JG2 "Richthofen" (Jagdgeschwader 2 = squadron 2), exactly WkNr734 of the second group. At this time, 1943, the group was based in Tricqueville/France.
5th September 2009 Marc "Leon" Mathis displayed the fighter at the "Hahnweide" airshow in Germany. This display was one of the best fighter displays I´ve ever seen. Powerful, dynamic, low & fast and pretty loud :D This was the first display of a Focke Wulf in Germany since the war ended, and it was great. Marc was the "darling of the public". Marc flew together with Eric Goujon (spitfire) and the "finale furioso" was the interception of the Boeing B-17 "Pink Lady" while Eric flew the top cover. What a day, what an airshow...
Year 2010
Marc "Leon" Mathis displayed the F-AZZJ at the "La Ferté Airshow" and performed at the "Flying Legends" show in England. Visiting the airmeeting "100 ans Aeronavale" 22th June 2010 in Hyères /South France, Marc got technical problems and bellylanded the bird in the birch of Hyères. The impact was heavy, the plane was about 250 km/h fast. At this accident you can see the "Masterclass" of that pilot; the plane ditched in perfect winglevel an Marc was saved unhurt by jet-ski-pilots of a diving school nearby.
Marc told me something about propeller-hub problems and that one propeller-blade feathered after a barrell roll, producing very hard vibrations and of course a huge lack of power. Marc said that he had only a few seconds to decide wether to ditch in the water, or to use the beach for a belly landing. He saw a lot of people on the beach, of course spectators of the airshow in the neighborhood, and so he decided to take the very hard way. Only about two weeks later he managed the maiden-flight of the Fw190 A8/M D-FMFW in Bremgarten. Returning from the maidenflight, it was pretty hot outside, I asked Marc "Do you want some mineralwater ?" and Marc said with a big grin on his face "No my friend, I´ve got enough from water for my whole life, later I will drink a beer" :D What a man, what a pilot.
The plane sunk in minutes and layed a few days on the ground of the birch in salty water. After that, Christophe sold the wreck to a German investor which gave MeierMotors the order to restore the plane into flyable condition, of course with German registration. The engine question is not solved at this second, but there are some stunning ideas. I hope that I can lift the curtain of secrets in some weeks.
Achim & Elmar checked the wreck in Dijon-Darois and gave their "okay" to the client. The damages are a solvable problem; lot of work but solvable.
20th August 2010 , the plane arrived MeierMotors at Bremgarten.
the wing
looks bad, but thats the smallest problem and damage
Number three at MeierMotors :cool:
On the last picture you can see pretty good the exhaustpipes. MeierMotors choosed another way using "flat" exhaustipes optimizing the airflow at this section.