Messerschmitt Bf-109 G6, DB605 - Pilots first flight! | Hangar10 

Is it still for sale?

@@bryantbridgewaters7177 never

@@django6934 this one is www.controller.com/listings/aircraft/for-sale/163156557/1944-messerschmitt-bf-109g-14

@@bryantbridgewaters7177 Thats the G14, the aircraft in the video is a G6. Hope they keep both of them.

@@PaddyPatrone Yeah that would be cool if they kept them. The G6 was listed on controller a few months ago but its not on there anymore which is why I asked. I wonder what is the motivation for selling? Their spitfire is for sale too.

Pretty hard to beat the sound of a giant centrifugal Supercharger.. Just pitty it didn't also have a Turbo Charger for more boost/dose noises.

The DB-601/605 were good engines. But not necessarily technological marvels. They had many shortcomings, the needle type main and rod bearings being the biggest drawback. Their greatest success, and also achilles heel, was the direct fuel injection (similar to a diesel, or Bosch GDi found on VW and Fords). Direct injection provided substantial knock-resistance for their poor quality fuel, and also sustained negative G power. But the limited capacity of an engine driven pump meant they could never add more fuel than the pump could supply. This severely limited the potential of the engine later in the war, when American engines had climbed to 2,400-2,800hp in some cases. Where the Daimler was locked in at its original power range, American and British engines were not. Not limited by fuel, or bearings, as American developed silver/copper/steel replaces Babbitt/tin/coper shells. The DB-601 had serious issues with their needle bearings.

Hats off not hate?

@@mikemusikable Whatever that means.

@@mikeriv60 haha perfect . Censorship from RU-vid

@@mikemusikable lol

If they rebuilt them correctly, they wouldn't cover up parts of the plane!

…and then look at the ME-262 jet fighter

@@hertzair1186 They we’re so well advanced with that jet . Imagine if it had been introduced earlier in the war . There may have been a different outcome.

@@Wheelabarraback the 262 first flew in mid 1942…so it could have been operational earlier…but armament production in Germany focused on more easily produced aircraft.

@@hertzair1186 I heard stories that this plane had combat and others say it didn’t . What do you think ?

Was... It was a impressive... But now it is gone. Sad, but true.

Great machine!

@eastern worshipper sehr gutte flugzeug.

@@fixxa6455 gutes*

@@alexanderschiegl2901 Ein gutes Flugzeug

I agree

Thats what I do 🙃

Most beautiful fighter plane in my opinion.

@@peakart8850 Spitfire the best

@Mske Yeah I mean it’s just opinion to I respect their opinions

@Mske like my 3 fav are Lancaster, Spitfire and then the Me 262

@@gavsterwest4550 thank you for respecting other opinions. I don't wanna be racist but i think most British people nowadays (idk if you are British) always think they are the best, act like the Spitfire was a 1000 times better than the Bf109 and Fw190 and only their opinion is true. Thank you for not being like that.

Not a good comparison , they were fighting Polish Bi planes and old French junk , or Russian junk until they got some decent aircraft. When they did their pilots were inexperienced.

@@max420thc You sound like we only got to see K4 and G10 as decent planes and the rest fought biplanes and shot down Lagg-3s. In other words you don't seem to know what you are talking about. 109 had more than decent rivals throughout it's lifespan. Even the earlier Emil models fought Spitfires and G6 constantly went up against P-51 Mustangs despite having to carry 20mm gondolas to shoot down B-17 bombers. Despite the gondola disadvantage against a plane like P-51 which could literally keep on accelerating forever at high altitude, 109 managed to score a lot of kills during dogfights. Same goes for earlier engagements between the BF109 F and Spitfire Vb. 109 F proved to be superior to the Spitfire Vb and they were quite even during earlier engagements (Emil and 303 Spitfires). Those russian junks werent dummies either. La-7 and 9 were decent threats. Best pilots and aces flew 109s. Not because they could unfairly go up against biplanes but because it was a fantastic aircraft in the hands of someone who knew how to treat it. So his comparison was spot on. Yours however? Not one bit.

that's because germany was fighting a war on several fronts, not necessarily because of the plane being any good (it was good but still). More opponents = more chances to rack up more kills

@@ege5804 someone said it🤝

Those that claim the Mustangs and spitfires were better just simply don't know the history of these aircraft's. If you compare the latest Bf109, Mustangs and Spitfires, the Bf109 k4 was superior in almost every aspect from speed, climbing, turning and firepower. In it's history, the Bf109 as you already stated, has shot down more than any other aircraft in military history. Think about this one for moment, the FW 190 shot down more planes than the Mustang, Spitfire, Hellcat and P38 combined and the Bf109 shot down twice as many as the FW 190! The top 100 aces of all times did their deeds flying the Bf109, 5000 pilots earned the title of ace in a Bf109. It wasn't the idea of superior fighters from the allies that beat the Luftwaffe, it was the lack of supplies and resources that starved the Luftwaffe.

Merlin sounds lovely, DB sounds more aggressive

Packard or Rolce-Royce?)

I think that means high valve lift causing unstable idling. Good for peak power.

Enterprise206 you betcha

It’s rich with exhaust , but purpose I’m sure

yes that looks so epic. like in a movie

Courtesy of narrow track undercarriage and high torque motor. The feldwebel killer.

Demanding takeoffs

itself

Dan Slotea thx. Phone must have done that.

@@MetrakitProRaceII In Netherlands we think differently about this. Thanks to the Russians we have won the war indeed, but thanks to allies and americans we are not speaking russian. ;-) The control of allies in western germany was not so bad for us

@@MetrakitProRaceII last time i checked it was A. Hitler who declared war to USA... Not the other way around

@@a.l2025 Long before that, the United States had been waging war against Germany without a declaration of war.

I'll be moving to Yuma, AZ.. Can't wait to get out to the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino!! I'm gonna be like a kid in a candy store.. Haha.. Hope to see some more footage from ya soon by friend!! 👍👍

Thanks, I will!

Yes, but it came on later versions with the taller wooden fin/rudder as you know.

And fuel injection whilst the allies had carbs- big headache when inverted

Find ich auch - Gänsehaut bei diesem Kompressorpfeiffen!

Could be because of the defective swastikas. I am annoyed too, but it is still great to see 109s with correct sound! And no I didn't hate the video!

They say this bird was so difficult to handle during takeoff and landings that accidents caused more casualties than combat or AA.

@@palomino73 It handles better on a grass strip than it does on a hard surface. It can cartwheel easier on a hard surface. He did an outstanding job.

@@Bluenose352 No doubt about that; I'm sure the guys operating these rare warbirds will pick their pilots very cautiously from only the most experienced personnel.

@@palomino73 Oh yes. You have to know the warbird you plan on flying front to rear, and top to bottom. Because of the narrow gear, breaks are key. Usually, some slight pressure is applied to keep it straight. Very touchy.

@@Bluenose352 I read about this "peculiarity" of the BF 109 in Toliver & Constable's Biography of Erich Hartmann, "The blond knight of Germany" (German title: Holt Hartmann vom Himmel). I still wonder though, as to why the 109's best contender of the first days of war, the Spitfire, seemingly didn't have the same issues - even though her gears were set up evenly narrow.

Brewster saved it first.

@@topivaltanen4432 very true: In service from 1941 to 1945, Buffalos of Lentolaivue 24 claimed 477 Russian airplanes destroyed, with the combat loss of just 19 Buffalos, an outstanding victory ratio of 26:1

@@paoloviti6156 At Jatkosolta the brewsters were obsolete compared to the new Soviet fighters like yak1 and la5, only the BF109 and FW190 could face them on the eastern front, sorry my poor english

Glory to Finland! Glory to Messerschmidt!

@Stimpy&Ren Cat in truth the Fiat G.50 Freccia was a very good airplane with excellent flying characteristics but was really underpowered with the Fiat A.74 R.C. 38 14-cylinder supercharged air-cooled radial engine rated at 870 hp for take-off and 960 hp at 3,800 m. The other drawback was that was only armed a pair of, 12.7-mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns in the nose and an additional pair of 7.7-mm Breda-SAFAT in the wings. Generally speaking it was a robust airplane and by Italian standards it was very modern. The Finnish liked it and achieved quite a lot of victories...

First flight of the 109 was in 1935, thats 85 years. Crazy isn`t it?

Ask the pilots of usaf. I think they wont agree with you...

But "their time" was before WW2. By 1943 the Me 109 was pretty outdated, TBH.