BF-109 Compression

[jonnyg]

The compression of the G10 in a shallow or even a steep dive is unreal. Please check your sources for this HTC. It did not compress at 400mph.

Thanks,
Jon

[funked]

I don't know about that.  Eric Brown said it felt like the stick was frozen in a 350mph dive.

[jonnyg]

Eric Brown flew a captured G-10?

The G-10 does nearly 350mph on the level, are we saying that it is compressed it normal level flight? I don't think so.

There must be some data somewhere rather than just circumspect anecdotal evidence..

Jon

[janneh]

w r u ik ?

 

[jonnyg]

Ik has "issues"!

My squad-buddie managed to find a girl silly enough to go out with him, also he fly's one of them silly mac things.

Jon

[janneh]

 

[Kats]

Funked, Brown said 400 not 350. He also said the limit to where he considered it flyable was 440 mph, IE you shouldn't lose complete control at 400mph - he simply said that it  "felt like it seized at 400mmph"  well, relative to what?

"the highest speed I dived to below 10,000 feet was 440 mph and the solidity of control was such that this was the limit in my book" - E. Brown

Jonnyg, do you know what a G10 is? It's nothing, it's a fake variant.

The g10 was a project to take older fighter's and find a cheap way to bring them up to 109k-4 standards. In other words, a g6 with with a db605 D engine  - that's it. Non of these factors will alter the stick forces.



[This message has been edited by Kats (edited 10-02-1999).]

[-ik-]

well I can't claim any knowledge as to the highest controlable speed for a 109G-10, but in AH I certainly do not notice a smooth progression of loss of controle. It's sort of like you have control, and then you don't. Brand W has a smoother progression of loss of control for the 109, which makes sense.