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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 08:13:03 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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   @hogankhan @troubledturtle @Paultron Well, the 109 DID have some of that thoroughbred spirit in it. Liquid cooled is not the best system for a fighter, and the DB601 was a fine little sewing machine that didn’t take a prop strike well. Radials tolerated a lot more damage and still kept chugging.

   The great parts of the 109 were the simplicity of construction, ease of upkeep. Inverted engine allowed the techs to swap out parts and work on it sans equipment, with everything at eye level while parked. The wing assembly was simple, light. Everything was contained in the fuselage. 109 had a cool approach to dogfighting, too, with a bit longer zero and doctrine that gave them more range to gun down opponents.

   But it STILL had the germanic vibe from a Pilot POV. From what I hear (not having flown one myself) the panel layout was not too great, easily clouded in sun/shadow, lacked an attitude indicator, and maybe had iffy transitions on takeoff between throttle/flaps/gear, IIRC. Been a while for me, but that’s the gist.

   Funny that some actually liked the cramped cockpit, they felt like it locked them in more for maneuvering, like a bolstered sports car seat. Downside is that they pilots only got half the leverage they’d have in something like a spitfire, (i THINK that’s from winkle’s book)

   If willy had just been willing to listen to people, make it a bit bigger, sleeker, roomier it could have had more space to grow. Also goering’s fat ass should have prioritized big ass drop tanks, wouldn’t have lost so many guys in the BoB when they kept ditching in the channel, too.