Gazzas Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 HI everyone, I'm not good enough to determine by AOA whether this aircraft has a short or long stroke tail wheel. Can you? Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 IMHO - short. HTH Damian Martinnfb and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, D.B. Andrus said: IMHO - short. HTH Damian Agreed. If you look closely, I think you can see the top part of the tail wheel above the boxes in the foreground. Of course that's subject to interpretation but that's what my eyes see (such that they are ). After consulting with my few references, the Squadron/Signal book on the Messerschmitt Bf109 Part 2, indicates that White 9 (which is the aircraft pictured above) is a Bf109G-14 (pg 43 and color profile on pg 30) and would have a short tail wheel. The photo posted above is a close-up of the 109 from a composite photograph (see above reference page 43). Edited September 17, 2022 by Juggernut Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 2 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: IMHO - short. HTH Damian Thank you! 2 hours ago, Juggernut said: Agreed. If you look closely, I think you can see the top part of the tail wheel above the boxes in the foreground. Of course that's subject to interpretation but that's what my eyes see (such that they are ). After consulting with my few references, the Squadron/Signal book on the Messerschmitt Bf109 Part 2, indicates that White 9 (which is the aircraft pictured above) is a Bf109G-14 (pg 43 and color profile on pg 30) and would have a short tail wheel. The photo posted above is a close-up of the 109 from a composite photograph (see above reference page 43). Thank you! I had those books in my former life when I lived in the states. I sold/donated all the books I have as transporting them to Australia would have been prohibitively expensive. Martinnfb and CANicoll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 For comparison, this the typical stand of the tall tail wheel. Uncarina, Gazzas, Out2gtcha and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 33 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: For comparison, this the typical stand of the tall tail wheel. Thank you! You are the king of reference photos! Fanes and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 11 hours ago, Gazzas said: Thank you! You are the king of reference photos! Martin is! He's a LSP treasure! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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