BMW 801
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The BMW 801 was a powerful German 41.8-litre air-cooled 14-cylinder-radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. Production versions of the tw
BMW 801D on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford
BMW 801 engine, BMW Museum, Munich, Germany (2013)
BMW 801 D2 at the Flugmuseum Aviaticum, Austria (2007)
BMW-Kommandogerät, a single-lever power control device for the BMW801, designed by Heinrich Leibach.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger is a German single-seat, single-engined, fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s; it was widely used during World War II. Along w
BMW 801
…successfully fitted a BMW 801 to a new fighter design he was working on, and as a result the 801 became best known as the power plant for the famous Focke-Wulf Fw 190. The BMW 801 radial also pioneered the use of what would today be designated an engine control unit: its Kommandogerät engine management system took…
Fw 190A-3 of Stab. 7./JG2, June 1942
An Fw 190F's tailfin, showing the triangular hinged panel for access to the tailwheel retraction mechanism inside of it
Fw 190 A-8/R8 of IV.(Sturm)/JG 3, flown by Hptm. Wilhelm Moritz
Fw 190 V1 in its original form with the streamlined engine cowling and ducted spinner: The pointed tip of the internal spinner can also be seen. The pilot is probably Hans Sander.