REAL in-cockpit sound recording from a MESSERSCHMITT Bf-109G2.

[winny]

Help... I think I'm a geek. I just spent 14 mins of my life listening to an engine on youtube, and I enjoyed it.

P.S Could someone tell me what the large intake on the side of that 109 is?

[HundertneunGustav]

It is the main air intake for the Daimler.
the air flows in there, and gets compressed, before it is injected into the engine, and then mixed with fuel..

so... that air intake is the engine's Nose if you will.

[engadin]

Originally Posted by HundertneunGustav

It is the main air intake for the Daimler.
the air flows in there, and gets compressed, before it is injected into the engine, and then mixed with fuel..

so... that air intake is the engine's Nose if you will.

You are absolutely right. But I would like to add that's an Afrikanized Bf109 with desert air filters added to the 'intake's intake' ;o) in order to avoid the sand getting into the engine. That's why it looks so big as a whole.
S! Engadin.

[winny]

Thanks guys.
I thought it must have been some sort of desert/tropical filter mod.

For some reason I've never seen/noticed one before.

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by winny

Thanks guys.
I thought it must have been some sort of desert/tropical filter mod.

For some reason I've never seen/noticed one before.

Usually the intake is on the left side. Note the image ist mirrored. Note the false swastika, too.

[DB605]

Originally Posted by winny

Help... I think I'm a geek. I just spent 14 mins of my life listening to an engine on youtube, and I enjoyed it.

P.S Could someone tell me what the large intake on the side of that 109 is?

This video is linked few times already in this site but it's always nice to listen DB 605 Intake is supercharger air intake with tropical filter, pic in vid is mirrored so it's on left side of plane actually.

[TomcatViP]

What the hell I can't ear other planes around. This soundtrack is a fake !!!

[Les]

Nice video, thanks for sharing it, hadn't seen it before.

The most interesting things for me, apart from the sound of the engine in general, were the difference in sound when the cockpit window was closed, the variable sounds of the wind resistance when doing aerobatics, and the confirmation that I couldn't hear the other planes when he was flying in formation.

Edit - Nice flyby video too Gelbevierzehn's, posted while I was writing, thanks.

[Bucic]

One of the best and most informative videos I've ever seen! And it's not a motion picture! Thanks!

[Codex]

Sounds friggen awesome with my 5.1 headphones!