Me-109 turn to right widely said to be poor; any clues?

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The 109 did not have a In-line engine. This is out of the Book " The Great Book of World War II Airplanes" Pg 441. This is the Bf 109G-10: which has a Daimler Benz DB 605DCM twelve-cylinder inverted-vee liquid-cooled engine, not a inline engine. All you have to do is look at both sides of the engine to see exhaust ports.

YES, but i believe that the V engines were refered to "inline" engines in general. this is because they had 2 rows of cylinders inline with each other, as opposed to radial engines.

[Saurdaukar]

YES, but i believe that the V engines were refered to "inline" engines in general. this is because they had 2 rows of cylinders inline with each other, as opposed to radial engines.

This is true.

Although the engine configuration of the DB605 is an inverted V, it is often simply referred to as an inline engine because it is "not" a radial.  The pots, although in two rows, ARE "in line" with each other which is in stark contrast to a radial design like the BMW801.

Ive heard the same thing stated with respect to the Merlins wedged into Spits and 51's.

Technically correct?  No.  Big deal for amateurs trying to differentiate between "sleek-nosed" fighters and "flat-nosed" fighters, not really.