Inside The Cockpit - Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

Let's explore the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3's history, design and cockpit!

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- Museum

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- Sources
Harald Vogt, Bf 109 Das Nachschlagwerk

Marco Fernandez-Sommerau, Messerschmit Bf 109 Recognition Manual

Messerschmitt A.G., Betriebs- und Rüstanleitung Me 109 (E), 1938

L.Dv. 228/3, Bf 109 E1 und E3, Beschreibung, Einbau- und Prüfvorschrift für die starre Schußwaffe, 1939,

Willy Radinger et al., Messerschmitt Me 109

 -Audio
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

-Time codes
0:00 - Intro
1:43 - History of Bf 109
2:43 - Development of Bf 109
6:14 - Bf 109 Hard Stats
7:07 - Design of Bf 109
10:03 - Bf 109
11:47 - Cockpit
17:44 - Outro

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[MilitaryAviationHistory]

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[legoeasycompany]

The Emil is probably one of the best looking of the Bf-109 variants, such nice lines for a warplane

[romantoppel]

Always impressive to see and hear how much Bismarck knows about all these machines. And great that the museums grant him access to so many of them.

[TheGreatWar]

I can't put my finger on it, but this place looks like I have been there before.

[MilitaryHistoryNotVisualized]

The last time I was this early, it was still the E-1.

[MF-ogct]

I love that they let you video the cockpit!

[pistonar]

The 109 came from before the war, and fought until the end. Though there were innumerable changes, the basic air-frame was a good one and was effective throughout the entire conflict, which is rare in a war where big changes in things happened quickly. From bi-planes to jets in 6 years. the 109 was always there.

[animehaven]

That pistol like grip, the "Knuppelgriff 12A" usually has 2 buttons: that top one, the big one, is only for the prop hub, wing monted cannons & external gun pods(the later variants of the BF 109) on the BF 109, it will be wired/connected as well. the second one is just infront of that grip, just like traditional pistol grips, it has a smaller button only for the machine guns on the engine cowling. The early models of the BF 109 had only one button, and that's only in the front of the grip, mainly because the early models had only machine guns(2 or 4). Also the later variants of the BF 109 will have an external fuel tank, I just don't know if that external fuel tank can be ejected or not.

[generalsherman]

Beautiful plane, probably my all time favorite. I never thought I would see the cockpit in such detail. Excellent video as always.

[xriz]

Messerschmitt made a little three wheeled car after the war, funny enough like the 109, you got into it with a right-handed hinged bubble canopy

[hull]

Very informative. One of the best I've come across. I thought you would mention more about the upside down engine ( inverted) that I always thought was interesting.

[nateweter]

Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful. You are an excellent commentator. I made a comment on Military History Visualized, politely suggesting he work on his commentary/ accent thickness and got grilled for it. This is what I was talking about, I could listen to this all day. Great job.

[drastix]

I think the Stuka might be more well-known than even the Bf 109. I love how the 109 looks though.

[aceshigh]

Another great video!! New appreciation for the amount of detail the IL2 sim developers put into their game.

[Vibakari]

Was following along in the cockpit in war thunder while climbing. Learning about the cockpit somehow increased my affinity to the plane so thanks for that!

[davidnelson]

Excellent video! Thank you so much. Always loved the BF 109.

[steveparis]

Love the contrast between the planes of the various nations. Our planes (U.S.) were large and very powerful (P47 for example), but the 109 was very small, sleek, and efficient. Not to mention beautiful. An amazing aircraft, and my favorite of the war.

[taurovenator]

Thank you soo much for this video!! Have been waiting for it for a while but hell it was worth it!

[sandgroper]

Favourite of mine. Thank you for posting

[sildurmank]

Actually, that airframe is kind of a Frankenstein. AFAIK, It's an E-1 fuselage, but when they went to gift it back to Germany they probably thought it would be nicer having cannons, so wings are from other aircraft featuring E-3 traits, plus of course all the maintenance and changes from about 20 years of service. Pretty interesting early cockpit without back armour plate, but featuring KG12 control stick instead of older spade ones seen in Swiss remaining examples. That tells it was actually a German Luftwaffe aircraft (so Condor Legion was Luftwaffe, not "volunteers"…) instead of an export variant like Swiss ones. Thanks for the walkaround