The Asymmetrical Plane That Actually Flew - Blohm & Voss BV 141
This video is a re-upload of a video that was on my other channel, which is now a dedicated gaming channel. It now lives here in a brand new series dedicated solely to history - specifically military history.
Built as a tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the Blohm & Voss 141 was indeed a weird one. Despite its unstable looking appearance, the BV 141 was actually found to be quite easy to fly. The BV 141 was designed as a candidate for the German Air Ministry which issued a specification for a single-engine reconnaissance aircraft with optimal visual characteristics.
The eventual winner was the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu; which can be seen as a little odd as their production of a twin-boom design using two small engines went against the requirements set out by the German Air Ministry. Unfortunately the BV141 would not go on to be produced in large numbers. In total only twenty of these weird aircraft were ever built.
The first production run of three prototypes and five BV 141As were found to exceed their design requirements, but they were too under-powered with their current engines. Twelve BV141bs were built, and were equipped with the more powerful BMW 801 Radial engines, but it had come too little, too late. The German Air Ministry had already put the FW 189 into production and there was a great need for the BMW 801 engines to be used in the new FW 190 fighters.
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Producing these videos is a hobby of mine. I have a passion for history, and personally own a large collection of books, journals and other texts, and endeavor to do as much research as possible. However if there are any mistakes, please don't hesitate to reach out and correct anything :)
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Built as a tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the Blohm & Voss 141 was indeed a weird one. Despite its unstable looking appearance, the BV 141 was actually found to be quite easy to fly. The BV 141 was designed as a candidate for the German Air Ministry which issued a specification for a single-engine reconnaissance aircraft with optimal visual characteristics.
The eventual winner was the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu; which can be seen as a little odd as their production of a twin-boom design using two small engines went against the requirements set out by the German Air Ministry. Unfortunately the BV141 would not go on to be produced in large numbers. In total only twenty of these weird aircraft were ever built.
The first production run of three prototypes and five BV 141As were found to exceed their design requirements, but they were too under-powered with their current engines. Twelve BV141bs were built, and were equipped with the more powerful BMW 801 Radial engines, but it had come too little, too late. The German Air Ministry had already put the FW 189 into production and there was a great need for the BMW 801 engines to be used in the new FW 190 fighters.
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Producing these videos is a hobby of mine. I have a passion for history, and personally own a large collection of books, journals and other texts, and endeavor to do as much research as possible. However if there are any mistakes, please don't hesitate to reach out and correct anything :)
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