Why was the BF109K faster than the P51D? MW 50! 

It’s fun to fly in WW2 combat sims. My fav 109 is the K4R4. Might not roll or maneuver well at high speed but it can sure dictate the terms of the combat.

IRL they had big reliability problems due to lack of materials and... unwilling (as you may imagine) slave labor. As someone mentioned in this comment section, during the Battle of Britain a lot of the Bf109s would suffer catastrophic failures mid fight.

@@reinbeers5322 yeah those failure are called running out of fuel. Lol

@@reinbeers5322 there was no slave labour in 1940, the German economy ran on peacetime schedule.

@Icosikaitetragon Oops! Your engines blew up on the runway and you are now gravely injured. Roll a D-20 for Saving Throw.

K-4 & D-9 just makes me want to visit in some alternate universe where the numbers of the planes were equal to their allies counterparts just to see how would the matchup looked then. my personal guess would be that with the lack of formidable late war turn fighter the german planes would still have lost, but damn they could have still got it pretty even when they could really have utilized the team tactics with this combo.

The BF 109 had one of the lowest man hours required to build, and was the easiest to transport of all the German planes. (landing gear was part of the fuselage structure) This was part its popularity.

Wasn't Spain still using them till around 1961?

@@ghoulunathics The 109 was a great turn fighter, better than any P-51, P-47, P-38 etc., in the ETO only the Spitfire was better.

@@coollasice4175 No? Just stating the facts. P-51's claim to fame was how fast & far it could fly, no small achievement, but it wasn't a particularly great dogfighter, here defensive fighters such as the Bf-109 & Spitfire were better.

Greg, if (the biggest word in the English language) the RLM and Junkers had gotten the Jumo 222 to work reliably the Allies would have had a handful with the FW-190 so equipped. Not that it would of made any difference in the long run. A likely counter would have been the P-72 Ultrabolt version of the P47 powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-4360. Thankfully the Germans had too many projects sucking up too many resources to go along with too much infighting amongst the project managers and developers.

www.jagdgeschwader4.de/index.php/flugwerft-hauptraum/jaeger/messerschmitt-bf-109 i think in these pictures you can see the injection system on top of the cylinder heads of the g6

@@mpetersen6 From my knowledge, the biggest (longest) word in the English language describes a lung disease contracted form silicon particles from the ash of volcanoes. Don't see how that's relevant here.

@@maxdwyer8761 If as in "If only I...….", "If we would have...………..

Thanks I can't wait to watch those also how about the F4Us and Oscar and the F6F and A6Ns. The Corsair is my favorite warbird. I even met a couple of pilots of it when reading a book on it in the early 80's one was C.E. Harris!

Thank you very much. My videos appeal to a relatively small audience. That's OK with me. There are channels that do nothing more than put up easy to find file photos of WW2 planes while they read facts from Wikipedia and they get far more views and subscribers that way. However I feel there is a need to get the deeper information out there, so that's what I am doing.

@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles Hi Greg! I revisited this classic oldie and believe I have probable answer to your Q why not earlier with MW 50. It was about head gaskets and catastrophic oil leaks. I think they succeeded improving the technology after HJM's tragic death and go for more boost.

120K subs!

@@Dsdafg Greg is better than the Discovery and History channel, squared! 😀

Me too. How much?

@@michaelmcneil4168 you have no idea

Yup, we do. Cuz we do.

Well said my friend.

Or as we Swedes say it; 'Sakligt'!

@@vladdrakul7851 i see what you did there hahahaha :D

In Danish we have "Fagligt", it means "to the subject"

The English equivalent would probably be “incisive”.

Luka Slović Agree! I would love to see a video about the Dora or ta 152 !

Please please please please do that

You guys got your wish and I got to learn about a 190 variant that may as well have been a u-2. Thanks for catching Greg's ear!

The Dora is here, rejoice!

@@asiftalpur3758 old British money old British money

Oh, thank you :)

Sadly, piston aviation technology peaked in about 1946. Most of the modern piston engines in aircraft are no more advanced. The manufacturers blame the inability to innovate on liability, I'm not so sure, but that's a topic for another time.

The United States introduced water injection on the P47. The system was very powerful but initially they didn’t put in enough ethanol (for colder European Weather) at one point they accidentally put in isopropyl alcohol. Initially Thunderbolt pilots were reluctant to activate their water injection for fear of blowing up their engine over enemy territory.

William Jones-Halibut that’s a damn good reason to be reluctant

Yeah, he's very detailed.

Just curious...If I tried to inject mw at the intake would there be enough manifold pressure if the engine wasn't turbocharged? jforbey@yahoo.com

@@hellonwheels6887 Might wanna change your profile picture. The Feds won't play with that shit bro

Thanks Bo!

It was all for you Gypsy.

I want to read that book - maybe the university library has a copy.

@Alfons Falkhayn The copy I have was published: JaPo: M.Horakove 273, Hradec Kralove, 500 06 Czech Republic (Ing. T. Poruba & Ing. A. Janda) You might be able to find a copy on the “Secondary Market”. It is printed in “Czech” (with English translation). It is IMHO a most interesting read and has many excellent illustrations, line drawings and photos!

@@patnolen8072 Hi Pat, It’s as authoritative a read as you will find on the “Kurfürst” variant. I purchased my copy thru one of the “scale model” magazine publishers when it came out but I can’t recall which. It did sell out quickly. “JaPo” is still in biz perhaps they can guide you to a copy. Good luck! www.japo.eu/products.php?cat=6_200

Thanks for the German words. I am going to start saying Methanolwasser, I like the way it sounds. Oh, and my name is Greg. George is some other guy.

My fault. Corrected and makes sence now. :)

Methanol-Wasser please, not as a compound word. As a compound it means the same as if I said in english "methanolied water"; Makes no sense. So, 2 separate words.

Hi Ben, thanks! I will do all of those things, I think you will be happy with the some of the tech coming in my P47 videos. My knowledge in aerodynamics is below my knowledge of engines, but we have some interesting stuff coming up that involves a lot of NACA aerodynamic stuff.

KC PMII yes sir, P-40 Is my favorite Allied warbird. Nothing wears the shark mouth like a Flying Tiger !

You're welcome. Some people asked for that, and I do listen to my viewers.

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Fábio Thanks for his comment in Metric AND in Imperial /US, as in aviation we use A LOT of English /US measurements.!!! (For instance, for speed, we use knots, or mph, for altitude, we use feet, for distance, we use miles, but for weight, we use kilos).!!!

I rather units in metric A Rodrigues, so I leave Greg my appreciation for his effort on doing so. But if you will, you can leave your acknowledgments for the units of your preference too, doing it with respect.

Yes, me! And you meant through the spinner, right? (I saw a scowl form on the face of an old pilot once when someone said 'through the propeller') But yes, it is one of those mousetraps that is so simple, it is genius. The P39 had it is well, although even larger cannon (37mm) I wonder if it was the failure of the P39 that led others to stay away from it. I say failure in the sense of not chosen for mass production. The Russians apparently did quite well with it and seemed to have been more successful with it than with any other lend lease aircraft...including the Spit. Straight as an arrow, no worry about the pre or post harmonization (or whatever the term is) for the convergence or over-convergence of the guns. I guess that the P38 takes first place in that measure, but as good as it was for fire power, I always thought there was room for more 50 cals or even one or 2 more 20mm in its nose. Could you imagine a lightning with the firepower of a p47...plus a 20mm?! Just sayin... .....enough nerding out on planes, cheers!

The Russians build more fighters that firing through the propellers than did the Germans. It was just a feature that helped smaller fighters carry a single cannon.

Ron Lawson Araconda shoots thru the spinner also. Engine was not supercharged and behind the cockpit. The wings were too short.

Gotta love that inverted V configuration!

@@hoodoo2001 the engine weight counterbalanced the recoil from the cannon. Love it!

The funny and scary thing is that it would have come earlier if Hitler didnt want to make the Me262 a Fighter bomber

Bar is simple, yes.