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Originally Posted by csThor
All 109s were too heavy when I last checked. Haven't noticed that this has been corrected, yet, either.
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After further investigation, it seems to me your assertion is actually incorrect.
The game lists all the 109E's at a max. weight of 2580 kgs.
According to this document, the 109E1 is close:
But the 109E3 seems to be underweight.
Above puts the 109E3 at 2608 kgs, or 28 kgs/62 lbs over the game weight.
In addition, there is another question.
I don't read German well so am unsure if armour plating is included in the list of weights for the two above documents, it doesn't seem to be and many 109's did not have it when the Battle started. If it isn't included, then the 109's weight deficit is worse than I thought.
And here's a later Luftwaffe document which lists a '109E', (no type specified), with the weight at 2665 kgs.
That would be 85 kgs/187 lbs over the game listed weight, not an inconsiderable amount.
Thanks to Mike Williams WWII Aircraft site for these documents:
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/