So a few Flug Werk 190's to stick with the 4 blades? ...

[Mark Allen M]

... hmmm! OK? I guess. Determined by performance and handling I would imagine. They still look good, just not great ... IMHO

[DoraNineFan]

Well, the first one switched back to the three-blade by the time it was shipped to the US. It is now with the Tillamook Air Museum. The four-blade was a temporary fix after the accident with F-AZZJ.

If I recall, the second FlugWerk had not flown or maybe flew a few times and was recently acquired by Jerry Yagan? Hopefully, whatever interpretation the builder had started there will be changed (which appears to be a full cowling and prop from the Tu-2.)

[Thomas_Mac]

The Fighter Factory Facebook recently posted a photo of lead weight ballast and when someone guessed it was to convert their Flug to a 3 blade they confirmed that was the plan.

[pjpahs]

Yagens has flown quite a bit. Last year at Warbirds Over The Beach and also at Thunder Over Michigan. It's still pretty sharp looking and can haul a++.
Gonna see it again in about a month, and I hope the 109 in flight.

[Eric1001]

Well, the first one switched back to the three-blade by the time it was shipped to the US. It is now with the Tillamook Air Museum. The four-blade was a temporary fix after the accident with F-AZZJ.

If I recall, the second FlugWerk had not flown or maybe flew a few times and was recently acquired by Jerry Yagan? Hopefully, whatever interpretation the builder had started there will be changed (which appears to be a full cowling and prop from the Tu-2.)

The first one was at Tillamook. But no longer. It is part of the Erickson collection, so it has been moved to Madras.
Look at the picture on their site: http://www.ericksoncollection.com/aircraft/#/erickson-focke-wulf-190/
You can clearly see they have gone back to a three blade prop.
I hope to see her in September when I intend to visit the Erickson Aircraft Collection.

Eric

[JohnTerrell]

Not that it really matters, but the information in the replies of this thread are not up-to-date - the first photo in Mark's post is current, as Erickson has recently refitted the Tu-2 four-blade prop/spinner.

(When that aircraft first flew in Germany, then owned by Yagen, it had the Tu-2 prop/spinner, as the three-blade prop design/setup was under investigation following the prop failure on F-AZZJ. After that was all cleared up and amended, the aircraft was operating with the three-bladed prop here in the US, both with Yagen and then Tillamook/Erickson. It is now operating with the four-bladed prop again.)

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[M.P.]

Not sure if this is true, but according an entry at Facebook, the one of the Erickson collection was damaged during a ground loop on landing:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fw190/p ... 4224610509

[Invader26]

http://abload.de/img/fw-190v-32uufsz.jpg

http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/images ... hter-1.jpg

I think the four blader looks great..The Germans certainly used 4 blade props on many types including the Do217 etc

[pjpahs]

I believe that the Frasca 190 has a R2800 engine as will the tri-state museum in Ohio will, from what the docent told me a couple years ago. Do the other 190 replicas use the ASh82 from Russia or use the Chinese copy Dongan HS-7? Are they carbureted or the modern Direct fuel injected?

[Zac Yates]

The one in New Zealand which had a ground-loop last year has an ASh and a three-blade that looks very authentic. WIXer DaveM2 works very close to the shop looking after it so could probably tell you more detail.