Despite the prevailing narrative that the Me109 had a terrible landing gear that lead to many more crashes during taxi than any other plane during the war, the design for the landing gear of the 109 was actually contemporaneous to many other planes of the time The narrow landing gear was a move made in effort to keep the design of the wingsThe Messerschmitt Bf 109, sometimes incorrectly called the Me 109 (most often by Allied pilots and aircrew), was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid1930s It was one of the first truly modern fighters of the era, including such features as allmetal monocoque construction, a closed Questions about the Me109 I wrote about the Avia S199's role in Israel's war of independence I'm presently putting together a followon article about this troubled fighter, which, as you know, was derived from the Me109 Hence my question (s) Do you have any information or numbers about the Luftwaffe record of take off/landing
Bf 109 Landing Gear Historical Data Il 2 Sturmovik Forum
