Focke-Wulf Fw 62

The Focke-Wulf Fw 62 was a reconnaissance floatplane, designed and built by Focke-Wulf for use by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. 
Only four were built.

In 1936 the RLM, the German ministry of aviation, formulated a requirement for a shipboard seaplane for reconnaissance missions, to replace the Heinkel He 114. The aircraft was to be light, with a maximum weight of 2.5 tons and a crew of one or two, and suitable for catapult launching. Equipment and armament were to be kept to a minimum.
                
Focke-Wulf competed with the Fw 62, a conventional biplane design. The Fw 62 was of mixed construction and powered by a 705 kW (945 hp) BMW 132K radial engine. The engine was tightly cowled and drove a two-bladed propeller. The biplane wings were of equal span and featured two N-type struts on each side. They could be folded for shipboard storage. Each wing had a plain flap and an aileron.

First flown on 23 October 1937 the Fw 62 V1 twin floats, while the Fw 62 V2 had a large central float and smaller outboard stabilising floats. Official tests began in Travemünde in the summer of 1937. The Fw 62 was a capable aircraft and well liked by test pilots, but the competing Arado Ar 196 monoplane was both conceptually and structurally more modern, and was chosen for production.
                
                
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 11.15 m 
Wingspan: 12.35 m 
Height: 4.3 m 
Wing area: 36.1 m2 
Empty weight: 2,300 kg 
Gross weight: 2,850 kg
Powerplant: 1 × BMW 132Dc 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 656 kW (880 hp) for take-off
Propellers: 2-bladed controllable-pitch airscrew
Maximum speed: 280 km/h at 1,000 m
Cruise speed: 251 km/h
Range: 900 km 
Service ceiling: 5,900 m 
Rate of climb: 6.33 m/s 
Armament: Guns: 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun in rear cockpit.

Bombs: 4 x 50 kg SC 50 bombs.