Leading Edge Slats on the Me-109

[II/JG53 Rolf]

AOA - Sir, with all respect, could you explain how could uneven deployment of slats cause the above effect? I mean it, sir. No irony. Say, we have a Bf-109 E4 in a tight right horizontal turn trying to gain enough lead to kill a spit. It's on the edge of stall. Does it mean that the slat on the right thing wouldn't deploy entirely but, say, lower part more than the upper part. There was construction a diagram shown here, where it shouldn't be possible so it must have been malfunction - and sir, all planes were not the same (e.g. max speeds show average number, actual outputs of the plane could be +/- 5-10%, up to 20% in case of Russian planes). Or does it work differently (I could be missing something.)

And your point about me ignoring something in your post wasn't valid I am afraid, as I tried to explain that the cause could have been the actual experience of the pilot. There was mentioned before that there could be mechanical problems with slats because of dust, so they didn't deploy evenly or at all. However, I would say that this is simple malfunction, not a construction thing.