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I expect that changing the AOA of the wing was actually changing the angle of incidence. Since speed was mentioned as the sought result, I would guess that a slight reduction in incidence might have been experimented with for optimal fuselage drag at max speed. As with all things aircraft, one change might improve one spec and reduce another.
Cleaning up the details, always a profitable avenue, especially as the 109 got a bit lumpy in it's old age.
The build quality got worse.
On G-14/AS onlyThere was more aerodynamic fairings for the mg bulges on the G-10 and K-4. Also on some G-14s
That's what I was thinking:
Im Zusammenhang mit der Zellenfrage wird von den Herren berichtet, dass die Leistung der Zelle ausser-ordentlich schlecht und zum Teil unerhört niedrig liege. Auch hier weist DB wieder daraufhin, dass es keinen Zweck hat, den Motor dauernd in der Leistung aufzustocken, während die Zellen durch Fabrikations-ungenauigkeit etc. immer schlechter werden und damit den durch die Steigerung der Motorleistung möglichen Geschwindigkeitsgewinn wieder zunichte machen. Es wird seitens der Herren des Chef.Ing. davon berichtet, dass die gegenüberstellende Vorführung einer Mustang und einer Me 109 für Herrn Sauer geplant war, dass jedoch Herr Sauer selbst leider nicht erschienen sei. Die Gegenüberstellung der beiden Maschinen sei, was die Ausführung der Me 109 angelange geradezu niederschmetternd.
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/me109/Niederschrift_Nr_6730.pdf
On G-14/AS only
Also
Yes, it is well known that german military equipment s building quality fall during the last year of the war. But what this fact had to do with the current thread? Kurfust was so true about you
Is there an English translation?That's what I was thinking:
Im Zusammenhang mit der Zellenfrage wird von den Herren berichtet, dass die Leistung der Zelle ausser-ordentlich schlecht und zum Teil unerhört niedrig liege. Auch hier weist DB wieder daraufhin, dass es keinen Zweck hat, den Motor dauernd in der Leistung aufzustocken, während die Zellen durch Fabrikations-ungenauigkeit etc. immer schlechter werden und damit den durch die Steigerung der Motorleistung möglichen Geschwindigkeitsgewinn wieder zunichte machen. Es wird seitens der Herren des Chef.Ing. davon berichtet, dass die gegenüberstellende Vorführung einer Mustang und einer Me 109 für Herrn Sauer geplant war, dass jedoch Herr Sauer selbst leider nicht erschienen sei. Die Gegenüberstellung der beiden Maschinen sei, was die Ausführung der Me 109 angelange geradezu niederschmetternd.
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/me109/Niederschrift_Nr_6730.pdf
WIth help of Google translate:Is there an English translation?
Is there an English translation?
A bit more than just "some", I count ~1.8K AS versions vs ~2.9K non-ASThat is why I said some G-14s.
You can streamline the 109 but unless a few other things are fixed (and some are not easily fixable) you don't gain a whole lot.
Aleron response was already getting poor in the upper speed ranges, adding 30-50kph just makes things worse, you have a straight line fighter.
I don't know about rudder response/control, they were fitting rudder tabs near the end?
The 109 was too lightly armed to be a good bomber interceptor (3 gun versions) going faster really doesn't change that.
While a more streamlined plane may increase the range a bit it doesn't do much for endurance. You fly further in the same amount of time.
I am assuming the aerodynamic improvements only. I also believe that the later 1800-2000hp DB605 engines only ran at those power levels for a few minutes at a time and that max continuous power (non combat climb) was the same as the 1425-1475hp engines, endurance wouldn't change that much. I could be wrong.The only thing I see speed giving the Me109 towards the end of the war is a slightly longer lifespan due to a slightly better ability to leave a fight.
More power means more speed as well as greater fuel consumption. The more it's used the shorter the sortie length, so unless more fuel gets stuffed in somewhere the use really is for escape only.
Cheers,
Biff