For those who like the Focke Wulf...

**Cleartheprop** · January 21st, 2010, 14:16

...and those who dont know her yet, Here is a 2 mn HD video of the butcher bird...
:ernae:
[YOUTUBE]pgWn4S4KSdI[/YOUTUBE]

**Quicksand** · January 21st, 2010, 14:24

**Naismith** · January 21st, 2010, 15:12

Why was it called the Burcher Bird?

**hews500d** · January 21st, 2010, 15:47

Awesome video!! Love the music too!
Darrell

***Mathias*** · January 21st, 2010, 22:18

WOW! Mirage, extremely fast and dramatic stuff! Watched in on Youtube in fullscreen and I'm speechless.

Originally Posted by Naismith

Why was it called the Burcher Bird?

Naismith, Focke Wulf gave all their creations factory-internal bird nicknames.
The Fw190A was the "Würger" what translates into English like "butcher bird" or "shrike".

***jankees*** · January 21st, 2010, 23:18

OUTSTANDING!

**Wulf190** · January 21st, 2010, 23:34

Originally Posted by Naismith

Why was it called the Burcher Bird?

What else do you call a fighter plane with four 20mm cannons, two machine guns, and an insane roll rate that can give an early Spitfire Pilot nightmares?

**Cleartheprop** · January 22nd, 2010, 01:32

Thank you everyone ! I am glad you enjoyed the video as much as I enjoy flying this bird.:ernae:

HERE is a wiki link to the Butcherbird. (hence the name "Cracticus" I gave to the FW190 in my video.)

**HundertzehnGustav** · January 22nd, 2010, 02:34

Originally Posted by Wulf190

What else do you call a fighter plane with four 20mm cannons, two machine guns, and an insane roll rate that can give an early Spitfire Pilot nightmares?

**Frisian** · January 22nd, 2010, 04:57

Awesome vid, thanks :salute:

**GT182** · January 22nd, 2010, 05:25

Too bad you can't get the real one over here to the States Mirage. I think the only flying WWII 190s are in Europe somewhere. I know of an event that would LOVE to have it attend. Check the MAAM link in my Sig.

**Cleartheprop** · January 22nd, 2010, 05:35

Are you refering to the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum 20th anniversary, WWII weekend, a gathering of warbirds, June 4-5-6, 2010 ?
You're right, I would certainly love to be there. There are plenty of warbirds pictures on the MAAM website! Thanks. :ernae:

**Matt Wynn** · January 22nd, 2010, 05:41

i love the 190, especially some of the proposed modifications... the V-18 U1 in particular...

this aircraft is one i'm profiling... slowly... seen below... lots to do yet...

***huub vink*** · January 22nd, 2010, 06:39

Beautiful video Mirage_III. Is the music from the Carmina Burana?

Cheers,
Huub

**Cleartheprop** · January 22nd, 2010, 07:00

Hello Huub, Thank you!
The music is from Audiomachine. The title is - Guardians At The Gate -.
It seems they release music to professional only, used for movie trailers!
:ernae:

**dswo** · January 22nd, 2010, 07:40

I just watched this again. Well done, Mirage!

**peter12213** · January 22nd, 2010, 10:33

One of the best landings I've seen for the focke! absolutely amazing well done! :salute:
In awe here!

**Bjoern** · January 22nd, 2010, 12:10

Originally Posted by Naismith

Why was it called the Burcher Bird?

Because it butchered even B-17s.

The 109 needed gun pods for that, the 190 didn't.

**Cleartheprop** · January 22nd, 2010, 12:45

Thank You David! I had the pleasure to read your FW190 late variants review today! It is just great and accurate! Excellent guide :ernae:
Thanks peter12213! I have been flying this beauty several hours a day for 3 weeks now! I have had some practice on landing! I must say it is hard to land without bouncing but with a little practice, it becomes a little bit easier providing one doesn't try to make a short field landing! (I use my Lysander for short fields!)
Cheers !

**Scratch** · January 22nd, 2010, 14:46

Originally Posted by jankees

OUTSTANDING!

Took the word right out of my mouth.

That's what I call a motivational video!!:ernae:

**Cleartheprop** · January 23rd, 2010, 01:20

Thank you Scratch !
The purpose of the video is to show everyone how fun it is to fly this FW190 !!

raptor19 · January 23rd, 2010, 04:13

Cracking video Mirage. I have already passed the link on to a couple of friends. Beautiful model too, I love flying it but have yet to achieve a landing quite as smooth as yours.