The Fw 190 might be Focke Wulf's and Kurt Tank's most famous designs but the company also had many failures like the Fw 159. Did those inspire the Fw 190?

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Sources
Richard Smith, Fw 190 Vol 1

Nawarra, Die Deutsche Luftrüstung

Wagner, Kurt Tank Focke Wulf Designer

Audio
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

Time stamps
0:00 Intro
1:40 1920's Focke Wulf Company
4:02 Focke Wulf starts to experiment
4:36 Germany starts to rearm (aka money can be made)
6:20 Focke Wulf expands / Kurt Tank joins
9:24 Focke Wulf's first success
10:31 MOAR planes for the army!
12:25 Focke Wulf messes up
15:50 Fw Design Philosophy
19:04 Outro

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