FW190 wing question

[Woody V]

What is this hole in the wing supposed to be?

My guess is that it's some sort of flap position indicator, but not sure how it works. 

Was there a thing that pops up through the hole or....?

[VintageEagle]

2 hours ago, Archer Fine Transfers said:

What is this hole in the wing supposed to be?

My guess is that it's some sort of flap position indicator, but not sure how it works. 

Was there a thing that pops up through the hole or....?

 

Yes, that’s a flap indicator. In the Squadron Walkaround booklet there is an illustration of how it works if I remember correctly.

[TAG]

Hi, Woody

 

As you correctly pointed out, it is a mechanical flap indicator. Here's the page from the Squadron Fw 190 walk-around book VintageEagle mentioned, there's a short explanation about its inner workings in the caption:

 

Cheers,

-Thomaz

[Woody V]

2 hours ago, TAG said:

Hi, Woody

 

As you correctly pointed out, it is a mechanical flap indicator. Here's the page from the Squadron Fw 190 walk-around book VintageEagle mentioned, there's a short explanation about its inner workings in the caption:

Cheers,

-Thomaz

Thank you! That’s exactly the info I was looking for. 
Woody

[Paul2660]

If you purchase the Eagle editions cockpit set for either the A-8, or D-9, they include the indicator.   Nice set. 
 

Paul

[Greif8]

Hi Woody, I have built a few of the Hasegawa 190s and I punch a small circle of evergreen plastic sheet that I then recess slightly in the hole; afterwhich I put on a small decal number - usually zero - to represent the flap angle.  I am pretty sure I took a close up photo of the end result on one of the Fw190 builds I posted in the RFI thread if you are interested in looking at the final result.

 

Ernest