75% sized Me-109 ?

[First time Juke]

I once saw some 20 years ago a pic of a 75% sized Me 109 project ( aviation mag ) and it was already running with a car engine...any news of that anywhere ?

[Jan]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

maybe not exactly what you saw, but check this out:

http://www.meck-ul.de/

[First time Juke]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Jan that is probably very flyable.

Thanks for the link.

I try to find the Warbird issue where the pic was and scann it. It will be easier to trace the history of that rare replica.

[First time Juke]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

No luck..I must have lost the mag or it was elsewhere...Sports Aviation some 20-25 yeras ago ?

I cannot remember was it 7/8 scale 70 % or 75 % either, but it was V-8 powered and either in California or elsewhere in the states..the builder had german sounding name Goldstein or Goldberg etc.

Anyone ring a bell ?

[Apteryx]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Marcel Jurca made plans for the Me/Bf-109 in 75% AND 1-1, MJ9/90...on a quick search I found this one:

http://www.aircraftworlddirectory.com/civil/j/jurcamj9me109.htm

There is an small (Cassutt sized) version in Germany....

Paul

[Inverted]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Reminds me of the half scale p-38 that used to be hangared at my airport. That thing was super cool.

[Airpirate]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

This maybe a stupid question, how come you see replica warbirds offered at 75% scale or 50% scale etc? If you're going to produce a replica, why not the orginal size?

I think the Thunder Mustangs are very cool, but full scale would be even better.

[Stevo]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Just a guess... engine availability. There's more out there that would power a 75% scale aircraft but not must to power a full scale replica.

[Inverted]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

I think building a full scale P-51 would cost astronomical.... Its much easier to scale it down, use more simple components etc...

[Stevo]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

I think building a full scale P-51 would cost astronomical....

Speaking of... anyone heard anything lately on THIS venture?

[Apteryx]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Just a guess... engine availability. There's more out there that would power a 75% scale aircraft but not must to power a full scale replica.

There's also the practical application of were it's going to be built. Most garages, or shared part of a 't' hanger, aren't going to fit a full sized project with jigs, molds,etc...
The material cost, especially anything carbon, would be substantially more expensive in full scale.

Paul

[First time Juke]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Thanks for the input !

What interested me most in "the Mr. Goldsteins 7/8" size Me-109 was the fact that he had made it look real. This is amazing since I know that there is 55 cm shoulder room in a 1:1 scale Me-109..nearly impossible to go smaller...but Nemesis was small too how little room did it have for shoulders ?

[Apteryx]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

I like to take into consideration the aesthetics. A well crafted model at 50% scale, may look great on its own, but damn silly when flying with this GIANT head in the cockpit.

[Lockheed Bob]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Awhile back wasn't there an outfit out of Santa Paula,CA airport that was going to build full scale fiberglass P51s? Maybe that was one of my dreams when I lived in Camarillo,CA

[Apteryx]

Re: 75% sized Me-109 ?

Cameron Aircraft is the only one I know of doing them in glass/carbon, and he's in Coeur D'Alene Idaho.
Not sure where they were based before he split with the original group.................any one?.........any one?......Bueller?