Half painted Fw 190 wing undersides - the purpose?

[Eric Larger]

Yes I undertand very well what do you mean , but again I am not sure that reaching the best performance was the highest priority.

Several machines , as you can see when reading for example J.Y Lorant 's book on JG300 , were produced but were not efficient war machines , tabs not tuned , undercarriages misfunctionning , engines overheating ....

The report written by Barhorn , when commanding JG6 , issued on 23 march 1945 , is very instructive on these points (from memory, problems with wooden landing gear covers , engines ...) .

So to conclude , of course this production and finition processes could have influence on the machine performances . And of course the fact of painting the leading hedge could have also an influence on airflow , but according to me the aerodynamic aspect is far from being the sole one to take in account .

Nice to read your point of view in anyway.

Eric Larger