"The Butcher Bird" soon to be seen over Langley

[MikeH]

The Spitfire! there is some thing evocative about the shape of the Spit, the ME 109 , it is just mean.

Although few people would call the ME-109 a beautiful airplane, it does have an unmistakable sinister character, a quality that always makes for an interesting and effective model. The angular, purposeful lines leave no doubt that this is a weapon.

Not to be out done by the Norwegian invasion, this is my latest weapon of choice.

Fitted with a Laser 150 which will probably be swopped out for YD-A 28 Petrol Engine, beautifully weathered.

The Prop will be replaced for a XOAR Warbird Prop


YT International  ME 109

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[Russ]

Fine looking plane Mike - I'm very envious . I can remember Ian Redshaw throwing one of these around a couple years back at our YT day - it was a fine sight over Upton!

Seems a shame to ditch the Laser 150 which looks like a tidy installation in the photos.

Hopefully this one will make in appearance at the patch very soon.

[phild]

Nice looking warbird, did you build it or get it secondhand?

Phil

[Mike S]

Being a WW2 aircraft nut I can not but stop and look at such a nice looker as the Bf109 Emil such as this or any other fighter. Some nice work there.

Maybe just maybe one day I may get a p51 or a p47 as prefer the wide track undercarrige. But i have along way to go yet.

[Russ]

Yep, by all accounts the ground handling of these YT 109s is the trickiest part of flying them.

[tonyscott]

Nice one Mike.

As Russ says, I would not swop out the Laser - it fits in the cowl so neatly - much nicer than having nasty exhausty bits hanging outside. And there is plenty of power.

As regards the ground handling, this is indeed the challenging part. However, it can be mastered if you adopt a firm attitude with the plane. For take off, ease the throttle forward to about half with a fair bit of elevator and be ready with a boot full of right rudder. As speed builds, ease off the elevator to get the tail level and give full throttle. You will need to hold significant rudder on right through take off or you will be looking at the plane coming back towards you like a power saw on steroids! She will then ROG nice and smooth giving you plenty of time to hit the retract switch and watch the gear tuck in nice and slow (don't forget the restrictors for that scale performance).

For landing, the plane slows down nicely with half flap application, wheels down and half throttle. Full flap on finals, reduce throttle to quarter and and keep the nose gently down. Throttle to idle over the threshold and she will fly in nicely with minimal elevator (use 30-40% exponential) input. The trick as with all tail draggers is the timing of the flare - main wheel landing or 3 -pointer, your choice. Even with full flap she will tend to float and you definitely need to put her down level on those Stork-like legs. No tip stall tendencies whatsoever - she just mushes in to a stand-still.

one tip: application of flap may require mixing in a tiny amount of UP elevator. Once you have this correct, after a bit of practice, the plane is a peach to take off and land and you will get to enjoy this part best of all.

Tony