Leading Edge Slats on the Me-109

[lonewulf]

Well, on the basis of the info supplied by Schlageter and Random Nonsense it appears that I was wrong about the slats. I withdraw and apologize.

[Redroach]

Can one, for once, have a clear answer on the original subject, please? It seems to be a tough task...

[Random_Nonsense]

Well they visually move.

No idea how to test if they have an effect on the flight model though. Anyone a good enough shot to only shoot the slats off a 109?

[macro]

Atag modelled control surface to fall off on limited plane types maybe they could do this with the slats?

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by lonewulf

Well, on the basis of the info supplied by Schlageter and Random Nonsense it appears that I was wrong about the slats. I withdraw and apologize.

You might want to ponder why in some photos the slats are out, in other photos the slats are in and in other photos one side is in and the other side is out.

Yepper, on the ground they will either stay out or stay retracted. I've played around with the real thing, too, and they are springless Handley Page slats all the way. (The very first versions of HP slats did use small springs.)