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Me/Bf 109 construction materials

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Me/Bf 109 construction materials
Posted by KyleBragger on Saturday, October 13, 2018 9:53 PM

Trying to double check this for an upcoming build: Was the Me/Bf 109 an all aluminum aircraft? Any steel (or other materials, wood, etc.) involved?

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    March 2010
  • From: MN
Posted by Nathan T on Saturday, October 13, 2018 11:28 PM

Fabric ailerons, elevators, and rudder. Wood used in the late K models for the vertical tail and taller rudder, and also wooden outer wingtips. I’m sure smaller steel components were used, like landing gear parts, canopy frames, maybe even the horizontal struts on the E model. 

 

 

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    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Sunday, October 14, 2018 11:24 AM

Nathan? I was afraid you had disappeared. I'm happy you did not.

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    March 2010
  • From: MN
Posted by Nathan T on Sunday, October 14, 2018 4:25 PM

Hey Greg, no worries, still here

 

 

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    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Sunday, October 14, 2018 4:50 PM

Hello!

I'm pretty sure the engine mount and many engine parts were steel, too.

What do you plan to do?

Good luck with it and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:19 AM

Nathan T

Hey Greg, no worries, still here

 

I concur with Greg. Glad to see you still lurking around! I hope all is well.  

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

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