Bf109 information, lighting a fuse and running for cover!

[ElAurens]

I hope you have a proper license for this fishing expedition.

[Sven]

You've done it now...

I couldn't even look at that page for more then 5 seconds, until I spotted that picture and video where I saw 'it'

Then I closed the tab as quickly as I could.

[ElAurens]

Nice Merlin powered 109...

Also lots of bogus numbers on the chart.

Like I said, fishing expedition.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Im not promoting it. I just wondered what people thought, especially the small percentile of Aeroengineers etc we have amongst us... Not the laymen such as I.

[Al Schlageter]

The first production Bf109G didn't begin coming off the production line til June 1942. Even the number produced is wrong. Must have been using that modern day Goebbels web site for info.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

The link is not working for me.. Is it the link that shows the IL-2 Bf-109K-4 has a climb rate that is 30% better than the real life Bf-109K-4?

[Faustnik]

Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

The link is not working for me.. Is it the link that shows the IL-2 Bf-109K-4 has a climb rate that is 30% better than the real life Bf-109K-4?

I done think the 109 in this link has a Mercedies engine.

The pilot said that the 109 was lighter that the p-51 and the center gun was good. That makes sence. Nothing what we have read about before.

One 109 kills 17 Spit in 8 min. Thats funny. .


(sorry about the poor righting. I'm working on it.)

[CaptainDoggles]

A lot of misleading statements on that website, like this gem:

The P-51 could not be yawed and had to be flown at the target for its bullets to hit the target.

Or perhaps this one:

Because of the fantastic handling characteristics of the Me109, the P-51 was not match for the Me109.

Making a blanket statement of two contemporary fighters like this is almost always false. I think at high altitude the two fighters were probably rather well-matched, but it's hard to make an accurate judgment because by 1944 the Luftwaffe was in a sorry state and I can't imagine many engagements occurred on equal terms. More likely the USAAF were gang-banging the Luftwaffe fighters from above with superior numbers.

Certainly as an interceptor the Bf 109 is far superior, and much data exists to support this conclusion. Similarly the P-51's design suits it well as an escort fighter. Plentiful small-calibre ammunition and lots of fuel. Its job is to force the interceptors down, away from the bombers it is protecting. Kills are a bonus.

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Im not promoting it. I just wondered what people thought, especially the small percentile of Aeroengineers etc we have amongst us... Not the laymen such as I.

TBH the opening paragraph is just so unbelievable you realise that you are reading the equivalent of a religious website lol

I love the speculative sweeping statements though, such as "The P-51 used a NACA/NAA 45-100 laminar flow airfoil which had not been well tested ". In fact it's worth the read because it really is such utter nonsense it becomes funny.