Ta 154 for cfs 3

[dmaloof]

Hi, seeing il-2 modders are making a ta-154 mosquito. is one in the works for CFS 3 besides the Firepower version? I dont think a freeware one was ever made.:jump:

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,44491.0.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Ta_154

[Capt. Winters]

Hi There,

there is a version of it in the ETO expansion for CFS3. It was made by Nachtpiloten (Ted).

here is the description file for the plane in ETO, short name in the aircraft list under Germany is: Fw Ta154 Moskito.

Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito

Development of the Ta 154 was already well advanced, and the first prototype V1 with Jumo 211F engines flew on July 1, 1943. It was followed by V2 with Jumo 211N engines, which was kept at the factory for handling trials. V1 was then sent to Rechlin-Larz Airfield for fly-off testing against the 219 and the new Junkers Ju 388. There the 154 reached almost 700 km/h (440 mph) and easily outflew the other two planes, but those were both fully armed and equipped with radar.

The first armed version of the Ta 154 was the V3, which also was the first to fit the Jumo 211R engines. The added weight of the guns and drag of the radar antennas slowed the plane by a full 75 kmh, although it was still somewhat faster than the 219. The rest of the 15 prototypes were then delivered as A-0 models, identical to V3. Some of these also included a raised canopy for better vision to the rear.

It quickly became clear that the Jumo 211R would not be available any time soon, if at all. Future production turned to the more powerful Jumo 213A, but this was also suffering from long delays. The 154 program spent most of the next year testing various prototypes, and sent many of the A-0s to Erprobungskommando 154. During these tests the plane showed an alarming tendency to break its landing gear, and about half of the V series were lost this way.

By June 1944, the Jumo 213 was finally arriving in some numbers, and a production run of 154 A-1s were completed with these engines. Just prior to delivery the only factory making Tego-Film, in Wuppertal, was bombed out by the Royal Air Force, and the plywood glue had to be replaced by one that was not as strong, and was later found to react chemically, apparently in a corrosive manner, with the wood in the Ta 154's structure. In July, several A-1s crashed with wing failure due to plywood delamination. This same problem also critically affected the Heinkel He 162 Spatz, Ernst Heinkel's Volksjager jet fighter program entry.

Tank halted production in August, and the RLM eventually cancelled the entire project in September (Milch had been removed by then). At that time about 50 production aircraft had been completed, and a number of the A-0 pre-production planes were later modified to the production standard. Some of the planes served with NJG 3, and a few were later used as training aircraft for jet pilots.

regards Rob.

[Cuttles]

pretty good history, Rob.