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FR Messerschmitt 'Zwilling' Released

mike_cyul

mike_cyul

SOH-CM-2026
Just thought I'd let everyone know that the 'Zwilling' is now available.


It's been an interesting exercise in research and in attempting to realistically estimate what performance and layout would have looked like. With the availability of the Messerschmitt 110 and 210, and later the 410, as 'Destroyers' it's a wonder that Messerschmitt even considered this, but there must have been enough value for the prototype to have gone ahead and actually built. The Allied bombing raids put a stop to anything more than that, however.


Had a very close look at the relationship between the P-51 and the F-82 Twin Mustang to see where engineering necessities and resulting aerodynamics took things. As is well known, there ended up being very little P-51 left in the F-82 by the time all the issues had been worked out. I don't think Messerschmitt would have ever wanted to take things that far, given their other options, and so have tried to make the Zwilling representative of a simpler approach that still fits the original concept.


There more info in the Manual, which can be downloaded for free on the 109Z page, plus many more screenshots. http://www.flight-replicas.com/Bf-109Z_Zwilling_Home.htm


Mike

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Gosh what a beast, please tell me it has proper rudder trim available? Why Messerschmitt left that off most 109s is a mystery to me, because pilots on long escort missions got really tired maintaining manual, leg-powered trim afaik.
 
hairyspin said:
Gosh what a beast, please tell me it has proper rudder trim available? Why Messerschmitt left that off most 109s is a mystery to me, because pilots on long escort missions got really tired maintaining manual, leg-powered trim afaik.
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The 109's only had ground adjustable rudder trim, and this seems to have been sufficient, helped by also having the entire fin/rudder shaped into an airfoil to counter the left pull of the torque. Their missions were also very short, with their small fuel tanks (climbing from take-off to 25000' used up almost a quarter of a tank), and so I'm not sure anyone really had time to get their legs tired. If they had to fly the same missions as the P-51's, for example, it may have been a different story.
 
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