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messerschmitt 109 as example for a Stirling or Whitly?

Hi,

With interest I read about the efforts people make to try to find enough information to build a replica of the Stirling and Whitly. They use crash parts to make drawings, but what about using these crashparts? In the Netherlands there is a Messerschmitt 109 that is build by using almost only genuine Messerschmitt parts that were excavated. A few parts are new old stock.
Attached a few photos of the 109. Could this technique be used to build a Stirling or Whitly? Weight might be a problem but would there be many other problems?

Regards,

Mathieu.

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By: 12jaguar - 1st June 2010 at 16:52

Nice idea, but there’s not that much original structure around I’m afraid:(

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By: DazDaMan - 1st June 2010 at 12:58

I would have thought the structural integrity of an aeroplane weighing X amount of tons – considerably more, and bigger, and higher-up, than a Bf109 etc – would be the main issue here.

Isn’t that ‘109 based on a partially new-built airframe anyway? Or is that another I’m thinking of?

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