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Focke Wulf Ta 254

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Top speed
  
736 km/h

Designer
  
Kurt Tank

Manufacturer
  
Focke-Wulf

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The Focke-Wulf Ta 254 was a proposed German development of the Ta 154 fighter to be produced by Focke-Wulf.

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Development

The Ta 254 would have been a high-wing monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear. It was to have been powered by either two Daimler-Benz DB603E, Daimler-Benz DB 603L or Jumo 213Es piston engines. The main difference from the Ta 154 was to have been long-span wings and it was intended to produce both day and night fighter variants.

Specifications (Proposed with Jumo 213E)

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Wing area: 42 m2 (450 sq ft)
  • Gross weight: 11,490 kg (25,331 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 213E inverted V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 1,300 kW (1,750 hp) each with a three-speed two-stage intercooled supercharger, 2,050 hp (1,530 kW) with MW 50 boost

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 736 km/h (457 mph; 397 kn) at 10,520 m (34,510 ft) with MW50 Methanol-Water boost

    • Armament

  • Standard Night Fighter
  • Alternative Night Fighter
  • Day Fighter

    • References

    Focke-Wulf Ta 254 Wikipedia
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