Bf 109G-4: spoked or stamped main wheels?
Quote from 'Bf 109 In Action', Part 2, by John Beaman (p. 23):
"The oversized tires brought a degress of improved landing and ground handling (...). The new stamped wheels that were introduced on the G-3 , were considerably cheaper to produce than the spoked wheels(...)" However, many photos show G-4s with the spoked main wheels. So did the 'regular' G-4s have the old spoked wheels, or the new stamped (full) wheels? Dénes |
Re: Bf 109G-4: spoked or stamped main wheels?
Hey Dénes!
For the Bf 109G-4, I believe that stamped metal wheels were standard, requiring small upper wing bulges. Don't have the book at hand, but Prien/Rodeike, Messerschmitt Bf 109F, G, and K will have the best information. My question is, Are you sure the airplane(s) you are looking at are really G-4s? The similarity to G-2s is very great. Best, RA |
Re: Bf 109G-4: spoked or stamped main wheels?
What John Beaman said about the G-3 is not incompatible with your finding spoked wheels on the G-4, since, as I recall, the G-4 was produced earlier than the G-3.
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Re: Bf 109G-4: spoked or stamped main wheels?
Hello, Dénes,
quoted from PRIEN, J., RODEIKE, P. (1993): Messerschmitt Bf 109 F,G & K Series. Shiffer Publishing. Atglen. p. 84: "Due to the steadily indreasing weight of the Bf 109, in late summer 1942 it was decided (...) to install 660 x 160 mainwheels on the G-4 instead of the previously used 650 X 150 size. It is obvious that the first G-4s received the smaller mainwheels of the G-2, while conversely the last G-2s were delivered from the factory with the larger tires of the G-4. The larger tires continued to be mounted on spoked rims on the G-4 and even rare examples of the later G-6 were to be seen with these." HTH Stefan |
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