title: Focke-Wulf Ta 254
text: # Focke-Wulf Ta 254
  
  The Focke-Wulf Ta 254 was a proposed German development of the Ta 154 fighter, to have been produced by Focke-Wulf.
  
  ## Development
  
  The Ta 254 would have been a high-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle landing gear. It was to have been powered by either two Daimler-Benz DB603E, Daimler-Benz DB 603L or Jumo 213Es piston engines. The main difference from the Ta 154 was to have been long-span wings, and it was intended to produce both day and night fighter variants.
  
  ## Specifications (Proposed with Jumo 213E)
  
  Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: two
  * Wing area: 42 $m^2$ (450 sq ft)
  * Gross weight: 11,490 kg (25,331 lb)
  * Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 213E inverted V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 1,300 kW (1,750 hp) each with a three-speed two-stage intercooled supercharger, 2,050 hp (1,530 kW) with MW 50 boost
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 736 km/h (457 mph, 397 kn) at 10,520 m (34,510 ft) with MW50 Methanol-Water boost
  
  Armament
  
  * Standard Night Fighter
  
         2 × fuselage-mounted 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon, Schräge Musik
         2 × forward-facing 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151 cannon
         2 × forward-facing 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon
  * Alternative Night Fighter
  
         6 × forward-facing 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon
         2 × fuselage-mounted 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon, Schräge Musik
  * Day Fighter
  
         2 × forward-facing 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151 cannon
         2 × forward-facing 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 103 cannon
  