Me109 G4 starting the DB605 motor

Starting the motor of the Me109 G4 "Red 7"
The shelter in the background is the German-Canadian Airforce Museum at the Soellingen Airbase near Karlsruhe

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[grumpypant]

The purpose of the barber-shop pattern on the spinner was to disorient the enemy aicraft whether they were fighters are bombers!

[RogerWilco66]

Do you have a source for that? I thought that pattern was applied to reduce accidents on the field (people walking in the prop). I also have the impression that there were not many 109s with this pattern.

[topper454]

Wikipedia are jack asses they are a much of liers and jerks they dont know shit about bf-109s

[RogerWilco66]

Topper454, excuse me, Sir.

Boozyscientist is right. It is a Ha-1112 which was restored to G-4 specs with original parts.

I like discussions and getting to the core of things, but I also appreciate it when it is being done without getting rude. That remark with Wikipedia is a slap in the face of thousands of well-meaning contributors.

[ktc8308]

When ans where did you take this video? Thanks.

[RogerWilco66]

That was on June 11, 2005, at the former Canadian Airbase in Soellingen / Gemany.

[Kohlnator]

The sound is amazing. She is a legend

[bobatosenior]

Herrlich der Flieger :-)

Das die Leute immer durchs Bild trampeln müssen...

[fidan2fast]

god I love that pew sound/smoke part when an engine turns on

[NearAbbeyRoad]

The engine sounds rough compared to a RR Merlin.

[evenhazert]

magnifique engine song , it is a music

[FiveCentsPlease]

@cobrachoppergirl

The Bosch inertial starters could be turned by hand in the field or electrically with an external power source. Notice the man disconnecting the power cable/batteries from the power port at 0:38 in this video.

[cobrachoppergirl]

Does this have an electric start, I thought you had to turn a handcrank to get a flywheel spinning and then you engaged a gear to turn the engine over once or twice while the hand crank guy crossed his bloody fingers it cranked...  the first time

[keijokuijo]

@RogerWilco66 this is what i found book called "The Fighting Me109"

"the white spiral on the red spinner gave a slow jumping effect to an enemy gunner when approached head on, thus throwing him of his aim"

[gus23a]

@grumpypant

wrong. there are many myths about that. but to correspond on some veterans i spoke with these patterns where used as said by Roger, to show wether the engine was runing or not.

during alarm or mass starts there where mostly so many planes starting that you could easily walk into a prop because you simply missed that the engine was running. allied planes had yellow or otherwise painted propheads because of this reason.

[Xiolablu3]

@topper454 Wikipedia is written by the general public. I am sure many of them know more about the Bf109 than you. Nothing is 'written by wikipedia'.

[existentialvoid]

@RogerWilco66 yah, its for field people so the yknow the prop is turning - thats what I read - but I will have to look it up now. . .lol.

[ekuthenewbie]

@grumpypant It was both for identification and ground safety. Allies usually used bright colored blade tips instead. If you look at most modern air liner jets, they have the spiraled spinner too.