Me-109 Flap Changes

[Roland_HUNter]

 

[MasserME262]

Really the ONLY thing I hate from the 109 is the flaps "action" speed.

Everytime I need to land it, its a "Man, I need the plane to be landed today please!" moment.

[40plus]

7 minutes ago, ME-BFMasserME262 said:

Really the ONLY thing I hate from the 109 is the flaps "action" speed.

Everytime I need to land it, its a "Man, I need the plane to be landed today please!" moment.

 

Glares at you while lowering his I-16 gear.

[Matt]

I knew it would be a waste of time, but was curious to check it anyway.

 

The difference in flaps angle between 50% and 100% is a near exact 20°, so everything is correct. It's just pretty hard to put the markings on the skin exactly perfect. Even with high resolution.

 

[MiloMorai]

5 hours ago, ME-BFMasserME262 said:

Really the ONLY thing I hate from the 109 is the flaps "action" speed.

Everytime I need to land it, its a "Man, I need the plane to be landed today please!" moment.

Well a real pilot could only turn the wheel about a 1/3 of a rotation at a time. Takes a while to go from full up to full down. Plan ahead.

[MasserME262]

2 hours ago, MiloMorai said:

Well a real pilot could only turn the wheel about a 1/3 of a rotation at a time. Takes a while to go from full up to full down. Plan ahead.

yes I often think about that. While I just press and hold a button, the real guy had actually to move his arm like 500 times. We are quite lucky lol

[unreasonable]

8 hours ago, ME-BFMasserME262 said:

Really the ONLY thing I hate from the 109 is the flaps "action" speed.

Everytime I need to land it, its a "Man, I need the plane to be landed today please!" moment.

 

I have found through trial and error that the 109s are much easier to land with only about 50% flap, unless you have to stop in a very small landing area.  Feels much smoother and in control and there is no real problem slowing down.