Great read about the 109 G

[SvAF/F16_Goblin]

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guest-bloggers/newly-restored-messerschmitt.html

 

The below mentioned is the only thing I cannot come to terms with in IL-2 as every plane seems to have abysmal ground handling.

"Taxiing the airplane is easy. Blasts of power with frequent stabs of brake are needed to initiate turns, with no risk of the heavy tail coming up. "

 

But on the other hand..

"Poor ground handling traits are only partly caused by the narrow wheel track. The extreme tipped outward angle of the wheels as they meet the ground is what instigates most excursions off of the runway. If any more weight is placed on one main wheel than the other, that wheel gets enough traction to turn the plane to the other side. Every bump, crosswind, and the rotational torque from any power change makes this craft carve a turn like a toy wheel rolled while leaning to one side. "

Edited March 8, 2020 by Goblin

[Yogiflight]

1 hour ago, Goblin said:

The below mentioned is the only thing I cannot come to terms with in IL-2 as every plane seems to have abysmal ground handling.

"Taxiing the airplane is easy. Blasts of power with frequent stabs of brake are needed to initiate turns, with no risk of the heavy tail coming up. "

The difficulties in taking off with the 109 is not modelled either. Takeoff is as easy as driving a car straight on, in game. Especially the sudden yawing to the left, once the stabilizing tailwheel leaves the ground, is missing completely. It is, what costed quite some beginners their lives.