Warbird Information Exchange

I am a fairly new member here , I have been asked to start a thread about the Flug Werk 190 that I am have built. A update as to where we are today, The kit was purchased last year and arrived from Germany in October of 2009. Dave Goss is doing the assembly, with our goal being as close as original as possibly. The airplanes workmanship is fantastic, as this time we have all the assembly’s together ( wing and tail to fuselage ,. The wiring is complete to the cockpit, the gear is finished with uplocks are in and the gear has been swung. the throttle and mixture controls are installed and through to the firewall. Fuel system is complete and installed. Next week will be wheels, breaks, oil cooler and oil tank. The following week will be the engine. We are anticipating taxi testing in July / August. I will post pictures as I take them
Dan

hello Dan

allright! Bring on the updates, photos etc. Can't speak for everyone here, but I am sure interested in anything about this project that you'd be willing to share.

So what are you using for a powerplant? And have you selected a color scheme yet?

Looking forward to more on this endeavour.

cheers

greg v.

Outstanding Dano! I'm glad you started a new thread for that so it wouldn't get buried where nobody will see it. I too, look forward to pictures. Where will you be basing it when it is complete? I assume you are going to fly it? How does one get checked out in a 190 when there are no 2 seaters flying? Thanks!

If Dave Goss is doing the work, you will have a first class plane.

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Breaks?......I certainly hope not........

We are using the ASH -82 fuel injected engine, the dimensions of the engine are as close as any engine out there to the original 801 engine. Flug Werk has already done the designs for the engine and worked out the details for the oil cooler and other issues. with the original purchase of the Kit, I purchased another zero time engine for spares and backup.
By using the ASH engine, we can use the prop that comes from Flug Werk, which is the same dimension as the original fw prop
Brakes are the original from the Kit, we will see how they work, if a issue, then Red Line has offered to make a set of disc brakes for us.
We are looking at JG 26 paint , pips priller airplane
For me, I have been flying for about 20 years, own and fly a t-28 for the past 10 years. I have been flying a T-6 a couple times a month and I have been offered some time in a Yak 11, which I will do before my first flight.

Dan

thanks for the info. Found this page with some of Priller's 190's, is the artwork you're considering one of these?

http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/aacesjg26contd.html

JonL, couldn't help but notice your avatar, is that the P-40 graveyard in New Zealand that was only cleared out in the early 80's (or was it the late 70's)?

cheers

greg v.

New update, the plan is to mount the engine in the next day. The oil cooler is installed, the oil tank will be installed with the engine, the O2 system is being installed at this time. the right side fuse panel is wired and completed, ready to snap in and attach the cannon plug. The fuel system is compete to the fire wall. Throttle and mixture control is completed to the fire wall, after the engine is installed the linkage will be finished up.
Wheels and brakes are installed,
The gear doors will be worked next week, the upper gear doors are fairly straight forward, the lower gear doors will take some time as they have to be rolled to follow the lower wing curve

Hi Dan,
Thanks for posting on the forum! Just a couple of questions, does the Ash have inverted flight systems and are you concerned by the french 190's recent engine failure and ditching?
Many thanks
Matt

Thank you for the post, to answer the first question, the engine is fuel injected, so any inverted flight should not make a difference on that fuel reaching the engine. In looking at the fuel pick up system, the pumps are at the bottom of the tanks, which they should be. To help out with the inverted flight, there is a sump type desing that will allow for some inverted flight when low on fuel. The idea is that you are not going to fly around upside down for a extended time.
I am concerned about any engine failure, to let people know, I experienced a engine failure in my first T-28 with my wife in the back seat, we had to put the airplane down in the desert, missing telephone and high tension wires , we both survived with minimal injuries, but the airplane was a right off. The cause being determined as a master rod bearing failure
After experiencing that , we do not want to deal with that again. However, that choice in made any time that we strap in to a single engine airplane.
As is, I have reviewed the ASH-82 engine, from what I can see, the engine is designed welled, look simple and I believe that that after 40 years and over 20,0000 engines built that the design has the worries worked out,
You can look at the MP-14 engine in the yak and see hour strong the engine is and well designed .

here is the fw 190 witht he engine mounted



http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae90 ... /fw190.jpg

Thank you for the reply Dan, your 190 is looking great, very envious! Just going back to my earlier question and your reply, rather than the reliability of the engine being a problem does the actual plumbing in and routing of the fuel and oil systems produce more of a concern as it is a new and un-proven layout?

Just a quick note too, it appears White 1's 801 has been running, that is something I can't wait to see too!!!

http://www.meiermotors.com/index.php?op ... 18&lang=de