109 Immelmann, looping

[lion737]

Originally Posted by drewpee

The 109 tends to stall quickly and easily. The wing doesn't have the lift of a Spit.

That is far from reality. A friend of mine who flew more than 800 sorties in a 109 told me:

"i was NEVER being outturned by a Spit !"

"it didn´t stall easily. I never stalled it in a fight."

And he never heard anything about this "BnZ" characteristics of his 109

[Crumpp]

The 109 tends to stall quickly and easily. The wing doesn't have the lift of a Spit.

The Spitfire has a plain airfoil. The Bf-109 has LE slats.

It is complete fiction that the plain airfoil will be harder to stall and gentler than the one equipped with LE slats.

[Bpdslayer]

Originally Posted by lion737

That is far from reality. A friend of mine who flew more than 800 sorties in a 109 told me:

"i was NEVER being outturned by a Spit !"

"it didn´t stall easily. I never stalled it in a fight."

And he never heard anything about this "BnZ" characteristics of his 109

I totally agree with you, i have a feeling this BNZ religion/myth about the german planes is something created by IL2 simulation pilots. I've read so many accounts of german pilots about their experiences in combat and i never heard them talk about the 109 as being such a difficult plane to fly. The descriptions mostly refer to the plane as nimble...