The Blohm und Voss BV-141 is a grate novelty of the operational asymmetrical aircraft design .
Bob Russell, e-mail, 01.02.2014 01:20
I'd like to build an RC model of this airplane and am looking for drawings. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks........... R
Martijn, e-mail, 18.07.2012 17:01
No the BMW 801 engine gave this bird unpleasant vibrations, original it used BMW 132 engine (with 132 engine it flew well) but the RLM (German Air Ministry) wanted more power so Blohm & Voss gave it the BMW 801 engine wich didn't go well. Since the had the Fw 189 they stoped production of the Bv 141.
Ben Beekman, e-mail, 27.01.2011 04:20
It could be that its weird shape was meant to baffle and confuse its enemies, giving it time to snoop before vanishing over the horizon! Seriously, though, its performance specs are quite superior those of its competition, the FW189. It was more than 40 mph faster, could fly 10,000 feet higher, and had a range about twice that of its rival. Like de Jong, I've also read that it was the need for the BMW801A-0 engine, used by higher priority combat aircraft, that held it back.
Bill Stone, e-mail, 05.10.2009 03:43
I recall the wartime entry in Wren's 'Oddentification' regarding this aircraft.
"Of all the awkward shapes we've met, This is the Blohm-und-Voss one yet!
jun admana, e-mail, 03.10.2009 11:55
It shouldn't be criticized for its looks. It was intended to be asymmetrical as an observation plane. If it flies well, then the Germans have achieved another engineering marvel in the field of aviation during the war years.
M.V. de Jong, e-mail, 03.03.2008 16:41
It was a great airplane, in spite of its weird looks it flew great, the torque of the propellor offsetting the asymmetric configuration (some feat of engineering). It had an even larger field of view than its rival, the Focke-Wulf FW189.
The main reason it lost the competition with the FW is that the twin-engined twin-boom FW189 could use 2 relatively weak (French-built) engines, while the single-engined BV141 required a much more powerful engine, and those were reserved for the single-engine fighters like the Me109 and the FW190.
BRI'AN, e-mail, 23.02.2008 11:02
JA!Blohm und Voss BV-141... NAZI DEUTSCHLAND,LUFFTWAFFE ACES,BESTMANN DER VISION.
PAUL, e-mail, 29.01.2008 04:48
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE GERMAN PILOTS LOVED IT FOR ITS OUTSTANDING ALL-ROUND VISION.
T.J. "Tabor", e-mail, 04.02.2007 05:56
Ah yes... The Blohm und Voss BV-141... The World's Most Asymetrical Airplane. It performed exceptionally well, but nobody liked it.
