Why did the Me 109 roll and turn so bad at speed?

[Thumpalumpacus]

We're getting wrapped around the axle with all this punnery.

 

[WARSPITER]

Just trying to get a bead on it.

 

[pbehn]

Just trying to get a bead on it.

Don't rake about too much, you may leave a trail.

 

[GrauGeist]

Ain't "tyred" more appropriate?

Depends on which side of the road you drive on.

 

[special ed]

mine is bigger than yours.

 

[pbehn]

mine is bigger than yours.

My "wheel" is made from a series of ellipses and my wife is impressed with my span-wise lift distribution.

 

[Greyman]

I think this might be an internet "first". Bf 109 v. Spitfire tailwheel. I hear keyboard warriors worldwide, typing furiously.

We'll just end up arguing in circles.

 

[pbehn]

I think this might be an internet "first". Bf 109 v. Spitfire tailwheel. I hear keyboard warriors worldwide, typing furiously.

Obviously, the Spitfire wheel dragged more elegantly than the others, and with panache, from the start of the war to the end, over land and sea. In an epoch making era for tailwheels the Spitfire tail wheel stands rim and spindle above or below all others.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

All this joking is wearing me out ... I'm dragging ass.

 

[GregP]

All this joking is wearing me out ... I'm dragging ass.

Stay away from pine cones ...

 

[GrauGeist]

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Stay away from pine cones ...

Or cactus gardens...

 

[WARSPITER]

All this joking is wearing me out ... I'm dragging ass.

Perhaps we should just make it an annular event.

 

[GrauGeist]

Perhaps we should just make it an annular event.

That sounds like...conventional...wisdom.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Perhaps we should just make it an annular event.

I'm unsure what bearing this has on the matter.

 

[GregP]

The dog above gives new meaning to the word taildragger ... perhaps he is a conventional-gear dog instead?