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Fw 190 Pilots Manual

Posted: Mon 26. Jan 2009, 12:02
by Mathias Pommerien
The manual is now available for download.
Please check the main page.
http://www.classics-hangar.de/index_en.htm

Re: Fw 190 Pilots Manual

Posted: Thu 29. Jan 2009, 13:38
by Helldiver
I was taken aback when you published the Handbuch for the FW 190. About 40 years ago I was going through the Raytheon-Weyland's Library when I ran into the same Handbuch. Exactly the same. I took the book and ambitiously decided to translate it into English using a German-English dictionary. But when it came to be "an arm that turns on a wing" when they were talking about an airleron, I figured it was beyond me. Here you've done it for me.

Re: Fw 190 Pilots Manual

Posted: Thu 29. Jan 2009, 13:38
by Helldiver
I was taken aback when you published the Handbuch for the FW 190. About 40 years ago I was going through the Raytheon-Weyland's Library when I ran into the same Handbuch. Exactly the same. I took the book and ambitiously decided to translate it into English using a German-English dictionary. But when it came to be "an arm that turns on a wing" when they were talking about an airleron, I figured it was beyond me. Here you've done it for me.

Re: Fw 190 Pilots Manual

Posted: Thu 29. Jan 2009, 14:34
by Mathias Pommerien
He, yeah, the "cover" is a scan of an original period handbook, though it's actually the backside of a He 115 manual since the condition of this one was better than my Fw190 handbooks. I've added the text using a graphics tool.
The contend though is decidedly not a copy of the period handbooks but deals exclusively with the actual FS aircraft and it's functions. Well, I think it's a bit confusing to say the least to read a period manual and believe the FS model will work exactly the same.