Bf 109 Structure

[von Pilsner]

Great photos, thanks.

[Dano]

Awesome stuff, thanks for the link

[Les]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Just stumbled on this forum.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/sho...104523&page=10

Some great details of warbirds that I have not seen before.

Fascinating pics, thanks for the link.

[Sternjaeger II]

Yeah, the Flypast forum has some proper gems coming out every now and then

the pics are of a Buchon though, there are some structural differences, other than fwd of the firewall obviously, mainly in the dual spar structure, which makes for a slightly heavier but more robust wing.

I spent some fun times paint stripping the wings of a T-6, man what a PIA! The surface coat normally comes out easily, but the primers used are SO hard to remove sometimes!

As for the 109 size, it's an advantage also in terms of strategic production, since you need less material to produce one aircraft.

I still regard the 109 as the most overall efficient and cost effective fighter aircraft of WW2.

[Pitti]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

As for the 109 size, it's an advantage also in terms of strategic production, since you need less material to produce one aircraft.

I still regard the 109 as the most overall efficient and cost effective fighter aircraft of WW2.

+1

And another reason for the size of the 109 (from the book "Spitfire vs Bf 109 - Battle of Britain" by Tony Holmes):

Finally, the design had to be small enough to enable it to be transported by rail.

[drewpee]

That Bouchon is a real oddity. I'd like to know why they chose to mate the RR with the 109. Was cost the mane reason (maybe surplus engines/airframes)or was there some performance gain? I remember seeing a doco on the making of the film Battle Of Britten and they used AC from the Spanish AF in allot of their footage. I thought at the time the noses of the 109's were a bit odd.

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by drewpee

That Bouchon is a real oddity. I'd like to know why they chose to mate the RR with the 109. Was cost the mane reason (maybe surplus engines/airframes)or was there some performance gain? I remember seeing a doco on the making of the film Battle Of Britten and they used AC from the Spanish AF in allot of their footage. I thought at the time the noses of the 109's were a bit odd.

How many D-B engines made since April 1945?

[swiss]

Originally Posted by drewpee

That Bouchon is a real oddity. I'd like to know why they chose to mate the RR with the 109. Was cost the mane reason (maybe surplus engines/airframes)or was there some performance gain? I remember seeing a doco on the making of the film Battle Of Britten and they used AC from the Spanish AF in allot of their footage. I thought at the time the noses of the 109's were a bit odd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano...C3%B3n_HA-1112

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by drewpee

That Bouchon is a real oddity. I'd like to know why they chose to mate the RR with the 109. Was cost the mane reason (maybe surplus engines/airframes)or was there some performance gain? I remember seeing a doco on the making of the film Battle Of Britten and they used AC from the Spanish AF in allot of their footage. I thought at the time the noses of the 109's were a bit odd.

it's another classic example of when business gets in the way of aviation. I frankly find the nose section revolting to say the least.. nothing beats the sleek design of the DB engined 109s