A pilot compares cockpits between the Spitfire and the 109

[Aquila chrysaetos]

Wow, nice image! Which reminds me never to go head on against Fw190

Thanks for sharing this,

PSN: PlaviKit

[bobbysocks]

nice pic cryptic! give a lot of insight as to what kind of damage should be inflicted by each ac.

[FOZ_1983]

Hmmmm I don't see the nasty round that the hurricane Mk IV used..... The 40mm cannon from the vickers S gun

[winny]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Hmmmm I don't see the nasty round that the hurricane Mk IV used..... The 40mm cannon from the vickers S gun

Just for you Foz

The Vickers 40mm is the 2nd from the right.
It's so big they stuck it in a photo with naval and artillery rounds.. Ouch.

[FOZ_1983]

Sweet mercy!! What a shell!! It's massive!! If I was in a vehicle and saw any aircraft ready to strafe with that thing then I don't care what my orders are, I'm running away...... Screaming like a little girl.

[bobbysocks]

the 37mm in the p39 and some of the yaks is just about as intimidating. they must have shook the plane like hell.

besides the cockpit the biggest drawback of the 109s were they had no trim tabs! that surprised the heck out of me when i read that. that means you had to provide rudder pressure to some degree or another. after flying you would have one sore leg....after months you would have one leg that looked like Popeye's arm! and to fly several sorties a day???!!!

[Robotic Pope]

I remember someone posted these videos on the IL-2 1946 forum a few months back. lol it started up a big Spitfire pilots V 109 piliots Forum WAR!

[flynlion]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

the 37mm in the p39 and some of the yaks is just about as intimidating. they must have shook the plane like hell.

besides the cockpit the biggest drawback of the 109s were they had no trim tabs! that surprised the heck out of me when i read that. that means you had to provide rudder pressure to some degree or another. after flying you would have one sore leg....after months you would have one leg that looked like Popeye's arm! and to fly several sorties a day???!!!

The 109 had elevator trim, that was one of the few things that the guy in Foz's videos liked about it. Rudder and aileron trim would be nice as well but not vital, especially in a plane with well harmonized controls and short endurance like the 109. The tiny cockpit would be my biggest gripe but I'm 6'5" and 200 lbs LoL