FSX/FS2004 - Focke Wulf FW-58C "Weihe" Floatplane
The Focke-Wulf Fw 58 was built to fill a request of the Luftwaffe for a multi-role aircraft to be used as advanced trainer for pilots, gunners and radio operators. It was also used as VIP transport, ambulance, feeder airliner, photo-recon, and weather research aircraft. It was built under license in Bulgaria and Brazil. It was also exported to and operated by several countries such as the Netherlands, Argentina, Bulgaria, China, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Sweden and Turkey.
In its transport version, the FW58 offered place for six passengers. Other versions had machine gunner popsitions in the transparent nose and open position behind the cabin. places. Bombs could also be transported under wings or fuselage, and landing gear could be conventional, skis or floats. During the war it was used widely as ambulance for casualty transport, and crop spraying. Lufthansa used four units for passenger transport in 1938/39. Some units were build in Brazil by the Fabrica Galleao for gunner training.
Two noteworthy characteristics of the design common to all FW58 Models are the rounded triangular cross-section of the engine nacelles, that housed inverted V-8 engines, and the tailplane, which was mouted on a step in the forward part of the tailfin.
MTOW: 6446 lb
Empty: 5291 lb
Horizontal maximum speed: approx. 130 Kt.
Landing Speed: 46 Kt
Power: 2x240 Hp @ 2000 RPM, 12700 cc inverted V-8 Argus 10C engines.
Propellers: Twin-bladed, wood.
Installation:
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-Unzip " FW58Foat" into a temporary file and move the "FW58Foat" folder into the main Aircraft directory.
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-Read instructions carefuly when installing the gauges , say YES...when asked if the gauges sources should be trusted. If you say no....most of the gauges are not going to work !
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-Leave the Twoprop.cab, SimIcons1024.cab and autopilot.cab in your panel folder.
-Copy the effects into the Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator ..\effects folder.
-Spoiler key makes the gunners go to their stations.
If having trouble with the cockpit transparencies in FSX acceleration, copy the glass.bmp from the Acceleration.texture into the FW58Float texture folder.
CREDITS
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Special thanks to :
-GMAX for the drawing program and Microsoft for their makmdls.mdk.
LEGAL:
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The project is released as freeware. You may modify it and repaint it. You may upload this file to another website as long as it is not for profit. Repaints are most welcome as there are many possibilities and repainting the plane should not be very difficult.
You need the written permission of the original authors to use any of these files for commercial purposes, otherwise a simple credit would be nice.
This file should not cause any problems with your computer, but I accept no responsibility if you think it does
Enjoy !
A.F.Scrub
December 2011
Email: af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com
