Friday 2010-12-17 Dev. update and Discussion

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Originally Posted by NLS61

I was In former east German where i witnesed a 109 G take of from reinsdorf airfield
when it did i was aprox 50 meters from liftoff point.
I've got to report that no exhaust flame was visible.
I also witnessed it from about 100 m in midair from my glider, wich because of the design of the hood has real good visibility, again i din't observe an smoke or exhaust flame.
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I agree that 109's exhaust flames should probably be a bit less visible during daylight, but video Richie posted shows that it is clearly evident that throttle changes accompanied with smoke can be visible (and this was low resolution video).

The most interesting part about the video for me was the comparison how inverted V12 is much quieter than the normal positioned V12 engines...