I Want my 4.09 Spit FM's back.........

[Kwiatek]

Originally Posted by K_Freddie

What I read/heard is that the slats never caused a stall, but allied BoB pilots thought it did, as in tight turns the me109 will roll out.

The actual reality was that the slats came out with such a 'bang' (force) and inexperienced pilots thought they were being shot at and hit, so rolled out of the turn. Experienced pilots had no such problems. The slats did cause a momentary loss of aim.

Wings with slats stall too. Look at 109 slats. They not cover all leading edge of wing but mostly airleon area. So it mean that your wing root could be actualy in stall but wingtips still have lift and you aircraft is controlalble. You push stick more and your wing tips would stall also. Slats in 109 cause much more control in stall depart and very good stall symptoms but still if you push it more you will stall your plane. It would help a lot but not elimante stall completly.

In Spits other hand there was wingtips washout which also allow higher angle of attack in wingtips and when your wing roots were in stall your wing tips and airleons were not and your plane was still controlable until you push it more. Spit had also good symptoms of incoming stall.

Of course slats give 109 more gentle stall but other hand casue some more other problems with not symetrical opening slots in both wings ( in slip or slide).