Leading Edge Slats on the Me-109

[Crumpp]

Bf-109V2

Excellent story....

Might want to do some background research on the design.

[Crumpp]

Same wing, same slats

Nope....

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Nope....

I am not saying 'identical', I am aware of the small differences of earlier and even later models but the slats are slats - they do have same function and effect, have they not? Were the early 109s V-2 including not 'spin-resistant' even when they had the (same) slats?

Comparsion of the V-2 and E-3 wings:

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Robo.

I am not saying 'identical', I am aware of the small differences of earlier and even later models but the slats are slats - they do have same function and effect, have they not? Were the early 109s V-2 including not 'spin-resistant' even when they had the (same) slats?

Comparsion of the V-2 and E-3 wings:

Its funny isn't it, when they're arguing about the wings the V2 is different beyond all measure to the E3, but when they were talking about the top speeds, they were identical.

[Glider]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Excellent story....

Might want to do some background research on the design.

Crumpp
What do you tell your students about leading edge slots? Do you tell them:-

a) That they are devices that delay the stall or
b) That they are anti spin devices

Just wondering