Bf109 information, lighting a fuse and running for cover!

[Crumpp]

"The P-51 used a NACA/NAA 45-100 laminar flow airfoil which had not been well tested "

That is actually a fair statement. The P-51 series only achieved laminar flow under the ideal conditions of a wind tunnel when especially prepared.

In actual service condition, the aircraft did not achieve its design goal of laminar flow.

Thorough testing would have revealed this but wartime expediency did not. One of the consequences of designing an aircraft under such short notice.

[Uhu_BlueMax]

~S~ Alle

Interesting reading. I have only one gripe. Hispano Buchan. A Spit engine in a 109. It makes me cry.

I love the 109.

In my younger days, watching the film 'Battle of Britain', I kept looking at the 109 and thinking, somethings wrong, badly wrong. My Dad pointed out to me that they had Spitfire engines in them. Ouch! I thought!

I believe they did the same with the He 111 which was also used in the film.

Ta.
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