Small Messerschmitt

[Stevenbrown]

A nice look at how slim the early bf109 was.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It is a tiny space.

 

[nuuumannn]

Noses

 

[BiffF15]

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The cowl mounted "nostril " guns look menacing, however this is the first view from this angle of the dust filter and it looks very draggy.

Cheers,
Biff

 

[nuuumannn]

The later G-models really did stretch the aerodynamics of the breed while simultaneously doing nothing for its looks. The 'beule' bumps on the upper cowls howsing big gun breeches, bulges in the wing upper surfaces to accommodate a thicker tyre, cannon in canoe fairings under the wings and a drop tank all introduced drag, which the designers compensated with water meth and nitrous injection, but the petite wee fighter had reached its zenith already and its performance was steadily eclipsed by the likes of P-51s and Griffon engined Spitfires. The 'K brought back a measure of superiority to the design, but it was too little too late.

 

[GregP]

Later Bf 109s were about the same width. We have an Ha.1112 Buchon in restoration, and the cockpit width is about like that. Our Buchon is basically a Bf 109-G2 from the firewall back.

 

[pbehn]

If you limit all WW2 types to 600-750 BHP like the early Bf109s there would only be one winner.

 

[nuuumannn]

If you limit all WW2 types to 600-780 BHP like the early Bf109s there would only be one winner.

I'll just tweak that a little to make it a little fairer, and... There's our winner! (The prototype of course, not the A6M2 production variant, which had a 980hp engine)

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[Shortround6]

If you limit all WW2 types to 600-750 BHP like the early Bf109s there would only be one winner.

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Or

 

[pbehn]

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Removing the fuselage is cheating.

 

[spicmart]

There were aircraft as slim or slimmer. I'd say almost all of the the inline-powered planes were unless they had an annular/drum radiator at the nose, Dora/Ta 152.

 

[Sturzkampfflugzeug]

A nice look at how slim the early bf109 was.

I'm not sure how the Flieger fit inside there. But, I mean, there are probably smaller cockpits and all that. I would probably be freaking out from claustrophobia, to be honest. Early Bf.109s were slim as hell though.

 

[skyskooter]

I'm not sure how the Flieger fit inside there. But, I mean, there are probably smaller cockpits and all that. I would probably be freaking out from claustrophobia, to be honest. Early Bf.109s were slim as hell though.

Have you seen a Supermarine S6B cockpit?

 

[Sturzkampfflugzeug]

Might've, not sure

 

[Sturzkampfflugzeug]

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Or
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The first plane was a Polikarpov I-16,second I think is a Grumman Hellcat

 

[fubar57]

The first plane was a Polikarpov I-16,second I think is a Grumman Hellcat

Second one is a Ki-27 (Nate)