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Our museum has an entire left-main landing gear leg for Bf-109, and the upper half of the right gear leg. We also have one original wheel and tire. We want to display these parts as they looked when they were in use, as they looked if you were standing in front of the airplane and looking straight at it. In order to build a fixture to hold the legs in the proper position, we need to know 2 things:
1. How far apart were the gear legs at the top, where they entered the fuselage, and
2. What is the angle of the gear leg away from vertical?
Can anyone please help us with that information? Thanks.
The Hispano Ha.1112 Buchon is a Bf 109G-2 with a Merlin instead of a DB engine. From the firewall back, it is a Bf 109G-2 with two holes in the wing leading edges for the cannons since the Merlin did not have a through-the-spinner cannon or cowl MGs. So, the landing gear SHOULD be the same as a German Bf 109G-2. We have a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10, but I have not measured the landing gear to see if it is identical in spacing and angle.Hi Larry,
Well done in being committed to making a good display of these parts! The difficulty is partly that the Bf 109 U/C parts did change over the years, and there are also later Swiss Pilatus versions and Hispano.
I enclose parts list illustrations and numbers for your info. These are a 109F illustration of the fuselage mounted "D" frame, and the early 109G leg and top housing.
You probably know that the basic "leg" fits closely into the big steel top housing, and the assy then is hinge-mounted by a steel bolt into the frame.
You might get detailed help from specialists in Germany, like the Messerschmitt Foundation at Airbus Manching, or Herr Hartmier and others. However, this is detailed structural knowledge and the detail is complex.
Hope these help, the basic 109G is not too tricky, but knowing what you have is the difficult bit.
Eng
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Hi,The Hispano Ha.1112 Buchon is a Bf 109G-2 with a Merlin instead of a DB engine. From the firewall back, it is a Bf 109G-2 with two holes in the wing leading edges for the cannons since the Merlin did not have a through-the-spinner cannon or cowl MGs. So, the landing gear SHOULD be the same as a German Bf 109G-2. We have a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10, but I have not measured the landing gear to see if it is identical in spacing and angle.