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Update 23 May 08, 1:00pm PST: Pilot visibility issue resolved for both v8 and v9 thanks to an innovative solution by Heinz Dziurowitz. Canopy now visible. Pilot head movement restricted to stay within the darkened canopy perimeter thanks to instruction from Beber. Tested in 8.64 and 9.01r1.

Update 1 May 08, 3:04 pm PST: Improved engine sound provided by Dataroots + tail-wheel lock.

Update 30 Apr 08, 4:25 pm PST: If the paint.png and panel.png files are missing please redownload. Sorry for the inconvenience.

This is the Focke-Wulf FW190A-9, originally created by Hakan Langebro for v7 and updated to v8.64+ with major changes to the cockpit and other adjustments to cosmetics and flight modeling. Tested in 8.64 and 9.00r3. Thanks to Hakan for permission to post this update.

From Hakan's original readme:
"The A-9 version of the FW190 series was the last of the radial powered FW190's that went in to production. It came out in service at the end of 1944. The engine that powered the A-9 was the last iteration of the BMW 801, called the BMW 801S(TS), or 801 E (TH). It was rated at 2000Hp for take off and 2300Hp for special emergency power. It was a very fast and lethal weapon. It was about as fast as the P-51B/D Mustangs up to about 22,000ft. The armament consisted of 4 20mm cannons and 2 13mm machine guns. The outer cannons had 145 rounds each, the inner had 250 rounds each and the machine guns had 475 rounds each. This was, to say the least, quite a powerful package, that could pack an enormous punch. Many of the later FW190's were used as bomber busters and it didnít take much to bring down a B-17. The munitions package that I have modeled is for a ground attack mission, packing one 500kg SC500 bomb and four 250kg SC250 bombs. The cannons and machine guns are loaded too!"

More info is available in the FW190a9 ReadMe.rtf and the included Fw190 Data folder.

Specifications:
Length 8.95m (29' 4")
Wing span 10.52m (35' 6")
Wing area 18.61sqm (200sqft)
Empty weight: 3530kg (7766lbs) depending on equipment
Gross weight: 4410-5000kg (9,700-11,000lbs)
Max speed at SL: 575-595km/h (357-370mph)
Max speed at 18,000ft: 690-700km/h (428-435mph)
Climb and combat power: 1650Hp @ 2400rpm, 1.45ata (43.5 InHg)
Take off and emergency power: 2000Hp @ 27000rp, 1.65ata (49.5 InHg)
Special emergency power: 2300Hp @ 2700rpm, 1.75ata (52.5 InHg)
Climb to 5000m (16,500ft) 5.45min (at Climb power, 1650Hp)
Initial climb rate: 18.5m/s (3650ft/min)
Service ceiling 11,400m (37,500ft)
Range 665km (413sm), without external tanks

Thanks to the following people for their assistance/materiel:
HoHun - for development help and his Cockpit Histopack.
Dataroots - for his custom sounds.
Paul B Jones - for development help and his Prop Disk graphic.
Beber - for his animated pilot figure.
Jacques Brault and Daniel Grimes - for their insight.
And all others who answered my technical queries in the forum.

Notes:

1) FOV 70 for 3D.

2) In the Cockpit/-Panels- folder there is a file called "panel with pedals.png" which has the original photo with the rudder pedals. This may be swapped with the existing "panel.png" (renaming as such) for a more interesting 2D panel, but less accurate 3D viewing.

3) Izicam preference file included. Use F5 and F6 keys to activate. For more info see:
http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?autoco...p;showfile=4657

4) "Auto-set RPM based on throttle" would be appropriate to this plane. However, I have disabled it because the throttle lever will not animate by keyboard or joystick control; it sticks at full even though the actual engine rpm and sounds are not effected. This has been observed both in 8.64 and 9.00r3 on my system. Throttle movement may be correct on other versions - or this might be an X-plane bug. Since the performance difference is minimal, I have saved the plane without "auto-set RPM based on throttle". If you don't care about a visually stuck throttle, or will be using a mouse, you can open the acf in Planemaker, go to Standard/Engine Specs/Description, enable "auto-set RPM based on throttle" and save. The correct values for this parameter are already set and will appear to the right under Prop Engine Specs.

Enjoy,

Wehrlipub