Bf 109E rate of roll

[Juha]

Hello Kurfürst
I expected that You can deliver some facts. Quill also flew a captured Bf 109E in Oct. 40. According to him (Op cit. p. 183) "to my surprise and relief I found the aileron control of the German fighter every bit as bad, if not worse than, at high speed as the Spitfire I and II with fabric-coverred ailerons. It was good at low and medium speed but at 400 mph and above it was almost immovable."

CJE
Best I came across is the following info on Bf 109F-4. Source: Jukka Rautio's Mäntämoottorihävittäjän suorituskyky Osa 6 in Suomen Ilmailuhistoriallinen Lehti pp. 10 - 13. According to it DVL's test results in spring 44 were (flown at 3000m because it was not possible to do the tests at the planned 6000m due "the enemy's air activity")
The fastest roll was made at 500kmh (TAS), time for full roll (360deg)was 4,5 sec. at 600kmh time was 7 sec and at 700kmh 13,5 sec.

Juha