Leading Edge Slats on the Me-109

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Originally Posted by robtek

You can even get a C152 to spin, but you have to work for it, same with the 109, it seems, you can get it to spin, if you work at it, but it is very difficult to get the spin without forcing the plane to spin.
That is how i read it.

Not quite, what it really means is the 109's behaviour in the stall is relatively forgiving and gives ample opportunity to recover before things get too far out of shape, the fact remains that slats simply delay onset of a stall and not prevent it completely, if you keep pulling back on the stick after the slats have become ineffective then you increase your chances of entering a spin, the severity of which is subjet to debate but likely to be quite easy to deal with, the key point is once you have been forced into recovery technique during a combat turn you have effectively left the engagement and you are vulnerable.