Bf-109 books

Daggerr said:

Book has not been published yet as the author is still finalising his writing.

Lynn Ritger has been answering questions about his upcoming book at the britmodeller forum in the past weeks.

On 23 October he wrote there about the possible release date: "Early 2026 would be the most likely timeframe given all that's going on".

For more details see: new book on MESSERSCHMITT BF 109 - ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION By Lynn Ritger

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Engineman said:

Yes, Do get it and read it, you can get it new in US for $40 delivered.
However, TSHR is a book that majors on the technical developments, materials, people and politics that led to increasing horsepower output of Western aero-engines leading into
and through WW2. TSHR is not really a technical description or a complete analysis of any particular engine, although there is an astounding depth of technology and development strengths and weaknesses explained in unrivalled clarity and accuracy. But, it is not a comparison volume of engine manuals.
I think, for many people, there is still a big space for books to be written about WW2 aero-engines that go far deeper into the details of design, development, function and performance of engine families, and here I am thinking of Merlin, Griffon, DB 601/605, BMW 801 etc. This style of book might be made interesting enough to be commercially successful, but so far publishers have been shy of seeing good sales on such pure technical volumes.
Anyway, if you are interested in WW2 Western aero-engine tech, get Calums book!

Eng

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MikeMeech said:

Hi
Other engine books that are 'technical', sadly only 'Allied' (USA/UK) engines include the following:
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However, these are not cheap!

Mike

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Engineman said:

I would be interested in these. Yes, unfortunately, they are expensive. The reviews don't seem to show how technical they are.
Calum did extremely well to get his book The Secret Horsepower Race on bookshelves at £35 or less and that is a real feat that puts TSHR on many peoples Christmas lists!
Unfortunately, Calum could not get his Superb co-authored Turbo/Supercharger Compressors and Turbines for Aircraft Propulsion in WWII (TSCT) published main-stream and so it
is limited availability from AMSE press only, not cheap, but a unmissable book if you need to really know about Compressors!

Eng

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MikeMeech said:

Hi
Some sample pages of the publications;
'Building Engines for War':
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And from 'Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II':
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I hope that is of help.

Mike

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Engineman said:

You might be interested in Calums' book TSCT. ...................................... Available from ASME Press, NY.

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Daggerr said:

Also available on amazon .com or .co.uk or .de or .nl

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Engineman said:

You might be interested in Calums' book TSCT. It is primarily based on Prof Dr-Ing. Karl Kollmann's papers, all translated and expanded with explanation.
It is very important really, as Supercharging was a primary feature of all high output aero-engines.
Although the book is mostly based on German work, it does apply to all superchargers and contains many comparisons with Allied supercharging.
Despite the depth of theory and some Mathematics, the book is readable and understandable to a non-specialist, which I think is a great achievement. So, if
you are interested in the subject, you do not need to apply the maths to understand the concepts that are presented.

I attach a pic of the book cover and a page of the index, the book runs to 368 pages. Available from ASME Press, NY.

Cheers

Eng


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andy120 said:

Are there any new technical books (over the past 10 ish year) for the Bf109 variants? i have prein, wolowski,, green, goralczyk, so that kind of depth.

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Delft said:

Maybe try this ....

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