Junkers Ju 87 R-4 - STUKA First Look - FHCAM
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2018
- Here's a short montage of some closeups of Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum's newly revealed Junkers Ju-87 R4 Stuka. They will be finishing its final restoration to flying condiation on the display floor so visitors can watch its progress. I'm SUPER excited for this and can't wait to make my weekly visits to see what's going on. AND they still have portions of the original wrecks on display as well.
History of the Artifact
This Stuka, an R-4 version modified to fly long distances, was built in 1941 and was destined for North Africa before being diverted to the fighting in Russia. Serving with Lehrgeschwader (demonstration wing) 1 and then Sturzkampfgeschwader (dive bomber wing) 5, the plane operated in northwest Russia, near the border with Finland and Norway.
The aircraft was on a mission to bomb Murmansk in April of 1942 when it was attacked by Soviet fighters and crashed to the west of the city. The wreckage remained in the wilderness until the early 1990s, when it was acquired by a private collector and shipped to England. The rare plane was eventually obtained by the Deutsches Technikmuseum (German Museum of Technology) in Berlin in 1997.
The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum began a restoration to flying condition on this rare and important aircraft in 2013. This is one of only three surviving Stukas left in the world. 
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STUKA!!!! This will be one of the best restorations EVER carried out!
Beautiful, very rare plain
Awesome my number one favourite ww2 bird.i have the hans rudel g2 tank buster rc 1400mm and 1200mm winter version love to know what happened to his stuka??
+@richardbrown9035 If Rudel surrendered on 8-May-1945 in a Stuka, most likely it would have been towed to the scrap area along with other Luftwaffe aircraft because they were under orders to surrender with their equipment to the nearest Allied area.
Is this restoration still in the works?
+@TyCrispy All museum work was stopped until the museum was sold. The new owners have started opening back up, saying they are looking forward to "restoring and flying" again in the future.
The rumor is the museum will close ?
They've already started selling some his other projects. B-17, F9F, F-84, etc. Sad times.
Not much of a look. What about a look inside the cockpits? Engine? Instrument panel? Close ups of crumpled panels is NBG.
+ Ti m Work stopped on all museum projects when the owner passed away and his estate transitioned to his only heir. The electricals and cockpit avionics were barely started when work was halted. Very recently entire aircraft collection has been sold, so wait for news on any work that will be resumed.
@@FiveCentsPlease Oh no! I'm sorry to hear his passing. My respects to his family and friends.
@@tim7052 Before his death he made arrangements from his large fortune to fully fund the museum. His only heir made changes to the estate and this museum and along with several other museums were suddenly left without funding. And thankfully this collection has a new owner.
@@FiveCentsPlease It's a pity those changes were made - probably by so.eoe who doesn't appreciate historic aircraft. But I'm glad the aircraft will still be valued - albeit by a different owner.
@@tim7052 Actually, here was the last update video before the museum was closed. The Stuka left the factory in desert colors but was sent to the Eastern Front, so they planned to apply all layers of paint for accuracy. ruclips.net/video/C-6WaS8EUd0/видео.html
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I can't imagine the time and effort put into this restoration by so many dedicated individuals. But your work is so very appreciated by flight-loving peoples everywhere. Keep up the great work and keep them flying!
AMAZING...no other comment is needed! Thank You !!!
I almost started crying, i really hope they add the sirens because this is what we've been waiting for (although there is no documentation stating that the r-4 had sirens).
We'll find out once it's finished. :)
@@Neiot Maybe they make two types of landing gear covers, two without the sirens and two with the sirens. Unless the landing gear covers they make will be permanently attached to the plane.
I hope they add the propeller driven sirens too 🙂 It's such an iconic part of the Stuka.
I'm just waiting impatiently for the day that engine starts and when you perform your chop maneuver !!!! fantastic, thanks for this news.
As always, your photography is stunning.
Superb photography dude. Nice.
oh my...
Wonderful news. A must see flying aircraft!
Can't wait to see it fly. Is there any information on how many parts are original? Looks like there is a lot of new metal in there. Thx for the video!
General Volunteer here. When we restore planes like this, we often ship in parts from all over the world. Many of the parts are original, but were scattered. I can't say in confidence that every piece is original, but the wing at the beginning of the video is as original as you can get. As time goes on, new information will be revealed to us.
If you look at the still photos, parts of the original wreck are displayed along side. This was a crunched wreck recovered from Russia in the 1990s (about 1994 I think.) I would guess that much of the airplane is new-build material copied from the wrecked parts. The firewall looks like it is original metal, though.
Awesome!
i so cant wait to see her fly, with a mk1 spitfire behind her tail! Bring her to the UK i wish lol , Keep going making history right there 70 plus years in the making, back up in the air where she belongs! The A10 of her day. Will she have her sirens installed!!!!
I'm lucky to be growing up in an era in which we can do this. We have the technology to bring things like this back to life this is history that needs to be preserved for everybody in the future we must never forget the sacrifices that were made and these amazing and beautiful machines are what remains of these valuable history lessons that we must never forget
Please post updates every month. I will watch every single one of them. You cannot even think about how excited I am right now even though. I think I wont be able to sleep tonight. (It's midnight)
I will certainly do what I can! It's great to see people so excited about this.
THANK YOU GUYS SOOO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. IT WAS MY DREAM SINCE CHILDHOOD TO SEE ONE FLY WITH THE SIREN ON. I WILL TRAVEL *ANYWHERE* IN THE WORLD TO WATCH IT FLY WHEN ITS COMPLETED. I know it sounds weird for me to get this keen about a killing machine but you really made my year.
This is my ALL TIME favorite aircraft,and I am beyond thrilled to know there is now a third Stuka in the world and it's going to fly.!!!
+stuka97 If you include ID'd partial wreckage and survivors, there are around eight Stukas worldwide but just two intact examples. But hopefully this rebuild will inspire another collector with the means to build another example even if only for static display. (In fact I think there is a slow-moving static Stuka reconstruction happening in the UK also.)
Great ! The Ju-87 dive 'bombing' vertically from 9000 ft at an airshow, THAT would be an event not to be forgotten..... In a tube vid by Kermit Weeks where he visits vintage V12 in 2017, there they had a perfect BMW801, a DB605, some DB601s, a Jumo213 A and several Jumo 211s (these were used in the Ju87s and Ju88), when asked whom those Jumo211 belong, José Flores replied top secret - they are for Ju87 and Ju88s !! Now we know one of them, hopefully we see them fly again, such great airplanes, the pilots loved both and of course the Ju87 was flown by the ace of aces of ground attack pilots, Hans Ulrich Rudel.
I couldn't agree more... and FHCAM has confirmed they own all three working Jumo 211's. No idea how far along their Ju88 is, but some day that baby will be alongside all these as well. Plus their He 111 and Fw 189.
+TPath3 I think the museum staff have confirmed that their example will not fly with the Jericho sirens. But it's a flying Stuka.
@@FiveCentsPlease They are building a fairing for it and have a propeller, but do not have any other bits.
@@fight2flyphoto Good to hear that they have some parts. I'm not sure that an original example exists to copy, unless one is squirreled away in a private collection. (Unless the original mechanism is just the propeller.) I sorta doubt they would fly this example in aggressive dives but I could be wrong. But what this rebuild could do is allow another future example to eventually fly with the knowledge learned in this rebuild. I watched an interview with a Stuka pilot who described how his siren disintegrated and struck the cockpit with an almighty whack. So I wonder if they would risk the damage also. The same pilot said that they took them off. Still, that sound would be cool to hear.
On my list of planes I'd really like to see fly, Stuka is #1. (Ki-84 is #2).
Great job so far. Keep going. Who's gonna fly this bird ? ^^
The Flying Heritage and Combat Armour Museum is the place where you can see it fly. The question as to whom is still on the table. :)
I have a question for the FHCAM team:
Is the stuka still going to be called the R4 or will it be converted to a B2 which was the most known varient?
The only difference i found between the B2 and R2/R4 are the shape of the auxiliary air intakes. I don't know if it's worth making another engine cover for other special occasions.
+AwesomeGuy The restoration is said to be primarily based on Ju-87R-4 Wk.Nr. 6234 12(St.)/LG 1 lost on April 24, 1942 near Murmansk. Pilot Lt. Rudolf Neumann and radioman Uffz. Kurt Gräf both parachuting from the plane. Gräf remains MIA. The restoration also used parts from Ju-87R-2 Wk.Nr. 5709 1./St.G.5 also recovered from Russia.
I wonder if they have a Junkers Jumo 211 restored to airworthy condition as well .That would really be a one of a kind Ju 87
Yes, they have a couple of them. :-)
@@fight2flyphoto I hope that Vintage will show some video of the Jumo on the stand if the museum does not mind.
@@fight2flyphoto Beautiful restoration work on this Jumo 211. scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/44193207_1972868562759156_7160265027134423040_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=d1af4b014feaa867aa1831705c04271e&oe=5C8FFA12
Jason, Will it be built as a Dive Bomber or Tank Killer? The very small article in FlyPast gave no clue
+bob dyer It was just painted in North African base colors. It was originally assigned to North Africa before flying on the Eastern Front. No info on any special colors over the base paint. www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/44381940390/
bob dyer its gonna be an R variant which means Reichweite or reach in english ✌🏻
@@Sven1612 It's based on the wreck of Ju-87R-4 Wk.Nr. 6234 12(St.)/LG 1. This was an example built for North Africa but was diverted to the Eastern Front. They just painted the base layers of paint in North African colors. It is possible that this is only first paint layer and it will get another painting in Eastern Front colors, since the museum reproduces all layers of paint.
I think they should also duplicate the landing gear covers to replace the ones that got damaged on the Stuka that is on display in Chicago
+gaz lyno Not just the doors, but the entire gear. The Chicago example currently has T-6 gear, or at least T-6 wheels. So yes, now would be a good time to make proper repairs.
Will it have the mounted Jericho sirens? If so i swear to god i will travel to the far side of the earth to see it.
+Aeddin Lewis Good question. I not sure that there is a surviving original siren to copy unless there is one tucked away privately. This museum has very conservative flight displays and you may also consider that they will never demonstrate the aggressive diving technique on such a rare plane. But I don't mean to rain on the parade. If a siren had been around to copy, I would think someone would have put a replica on an aerobatic plane to demonstrate just for grins. But the museum may surprise us. Actually it may not be too difficult to engineer one: ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/stuka-siren-jpg.80203/
i wonder how they will power it.
+jameswilsonf The correct engine is with one of the leading German engine experts for rebuild. The same shop built the BMW for the Fw-190 and many of the DB engines that are flying in Bf-109s now.
Junkers jump perhaps ?
+jameswilsonf Yes, Jumo engine being restored by one of the best engine shops in the business.
Fly again???
+Walter E That is the plan, optimistically in two years or a little longer.
@@FiveCentsPlease awesome, wonderful machine....
Есть ещё один практически целый Junkers Ju-87 затонувший у берегов Хорватии
+иван коршунов Это собственность Хорватии, и там мало интереса, чтобы поднять его с моря Они обсуждали это, но этого не произошло.
@@FiveCentsPlease очень жаль, такой уникальный самолёт пропадает...
Are there any of these air worthy? Or is this going to be the only one.
As far as I know, this is the only Stuka in restoration that will become air worthy. It will be flown during special events at the museum it is being worked at once it is finished. There are two others in existence, but are gutted for display.
+mreid08 This is the first of the type to be restored to airworthy, and very difficult without correct blueprints. There are only two intact examples in the world, plus a handful of partial wrecks. This rebuild was known about (more rumored) but also with a museum known for tight secrecy. This public debut is a nice change to let everyone see what is happening. The museum says it will be another two years or so until finished, although I think it will take a little longer. I believe there is another Stuka rebuild for static display in progress. The museum only does short flights on scheduled days, so the planes will be cared for and have low-time. This museum also has a few more surprises coming in the future.
@@Neiot The Ju-87 in Chicago is also a Ju-87R, with landing gear and wheels from a T-6 after it was dropped during a move. I hope that duplicate landing gear and wheel spats can be copied to correct the example in Chicago.
+mreid08 One more bit of info. During the filming for the "Battle' of Britain" movie in 1968, it was considered getting the Ju-87G on display in the UK to running and airworthy condition to fly in the movie but even by 1968 it was decided to be too worn and fragile to fly without significant work. (New electrics, etc.) It may have been started but I have never seen any pictures or video of it running from that time.