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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 00:39:57 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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   @troubledturtle @Paultron Because it’s very interesting to think about. Messerschmitt really screwed up in a few ways doing the BF109. If he’d had more vision, been smarter, been more invested in his design past meeting the minimum spec, he could have turned out an even MORE impressive aircraft that would have provided much-needed edge to his boys in their dire war years.

   It’s almost weird that he didn’t do more to make the 109 more aerodynamic, the germans were cleaning up on speed records, already smart enough to make sleek, high-performance birds, but he just….turned in something with high wing loading and a pretty drag-laden airframe. Would it have made a huge difference? Not in the grand scheme. But it’s strange to see regardless. People think of the sleek spitfire and P51 as being a totally diff generation from the BF109….but they were designed more or less concurrently. When the germans saw the first P51 they were blown away by it’s sleek form, cd on it was something like 1/4 what the 109’s was

   Something to be learned from willie messerschmitt’s career, when you’re building wartime aircraft it’s probably good to go the extra mile, even when the specification doesn’t demand it.