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Bayerische Flugzeugwerke designed the Bf 108 Taifun as a light sport and touring aircraft with stressed-skin metal construction. The later Messerschmitt name and Bf designation reflect the manufacturer's history. Simulator features are documented for the individual product.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗An easy first flight leaves a harder lesson for the next day
Cole and Larry Lorkin agreed to try their unit’s newly acquired aircraft, with Cole going first because Lorkin had already had the first turn in a Storch. Its speed and light controls delighted him. After short familiarisation flights, both men considered themselves ready to use it for ordinary work. The next day exposed what that introduction had missed.
Memoir, printed pages 181–182. Bückeburg and Amsterdam, 16–17 December 1945; exact Bf 108 subtype not stated.
Andrew Leslie Cole / BajanThings archive · Read more ↗The tablet includes aircraft upkeep and ground options
iniBuilds lists an EFB maintenance page, moving map, weather information and rain-cover settings. These give the simulated historic cockpit a modern setup interface.
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020
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YouTube Military Aviation History · 18 min ·
Inside The Cockpit - Bf 108 Taifun
A close tour of the Bf 108 B Taifun cockpit and design.
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Meet Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
Bayerische Flugzeugwerke designed the Bf 108 Taifun as a light sport and touring aircraft with stressed-skin metal construction. The later Messerschmitt name and Bf designation reflect the manufacturer's history. Simulator features are documented for the individual product.
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
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Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
Wikipedia contributors · Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun ↗iniBuilds · MSFS 2020 →Aircraft type designators
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History & design
The touring aircraft continues under a French name
Flugmuseum Messerschmitt traces production from Augsburg to Regensburg and then Les Mureaux. French manufacture continued after the war as the Nord 1001 and 1002 with Renault engines. This history helps distinguish those later aircraft, and subsequent engine conversions, from the Argus-powered Bf 108 B.
Flugmuseum Messerschmitt · Bf (Me) 108 B Taifun, D-EBFW ↗Museum type history; modifications identified individually in the accounts
Development milestones
Designer: Willy Messerschmitt
First flight: Spring 1934
Wikipedia contributors · Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun ↗Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1372141018
Pilot accounts
An easy first flight leaves a harder lesson for the next day
Cole and Larry Lorkin agreed to try their unit’s newly acquired aircraft, with Cole going first because Lorkin had already had the first turn in a Storch. Its speed and light controls delighted him. After short familiarisation flights, both men considered themselves ready to use it for ordinary work.
The next day exposed what that introduction had missed. Flying a passenger to Amsterdam, Cole encountered a strong crosswind and scraped a wingtip on landing. The damage was slight, but the return to Bückeburg also required a second approach. Looking back, he suspected he had exceeded what the aircraft could comfortably manage.
Memoir, printed pages 181–182. Bückeburg and Amsterdam, 16–17 December 1945; exact Bf 108 subtype not stated.
Read the full account · Andrew Leslie Cole / BajanThings archive ↗A former enemy aircraft earns its keep in West Virginia
Armstrong flew the Bf 108 from Baker’s Air Park after the war, taking it to shows and using it for practical journeys. In one particularly memorable assignment, the rear seat came out to make room for a heavy tractor component that an orchard owner urgently needed from Illinois. The unusual aircraft became a working transport on a small American airfield.
That journey was interrupted by power loss and precautionary stops, which Armstrong suspected were connected with deteriorating fuel lines. The history also records an earlier engine failure just after takeoff, ending in a wheat field with damage to the propeller and flaps. These recollections preserve the usefulness and difficulties of operating an ageing aircraft, without presenting the suspected faults as independently verified findings.
Harold and Bill Armstrong’s airfield history. Postwar flights in the Argus-powered Bf 108 brought to America by Leo Patterson; later restoration-date inconsistencies are not adopted.
Read the full account · Wings Over Cumberland ↗Enjoyable handling in a cockpit that keeps its pilot busy
The pilot’s account describes an aircraft that needed some accommodation before it became comfortable. Long legs were a tight fit, the nose restricted the view on the ground, and the mechanical undercarriage added work after takeoff. Help from the person in the other front seat could make that busy period easier.
Airborne, the writer particularly enjoyed the light aileron response and the aircraft’s character. Returning to land brought another sequence of cockpit tasks before the aircraft settled onto the runway. The account appears within a commercial listing and does not name its pilot. Its impressions belong to that specific, re-engined Nord; they provide a related-aircraft perspective without establishing how an original Bf 108 would perform.
Classic Aircraft Sales account of ZK-WFI, Nord 1002 serial 103 with a Lycoming IO-540. This is a modified French-built relative, not a flight test of a standard Argus-powered Bf 108.
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MSFS 2020Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
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Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
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Aircraft specifications
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| Specification | Published value |
|---|---|
| Length | 8.29 m (27 ft 2 in) |
| Wingspan | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Height | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Wing area | 16.4 m² (177 sq ft) |
| Empty weight | 806 kg (1,777 lb) |
| Gross weight | 1,350 kg (2,976 lb) |
| Powerplant | 1 × Argus As 10C V-8 inverted air-cooled piston engine, 174 kW (233 hp) |
| Propellers | 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller |
| Maximum speed | 305 km/h (190 mph, 165 kn) |
| Cruise speed | 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn) * Landing speed: 85 km/h (53 mph; 46 kn) |
| Range | 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi) at 250 km/h (160 mph; 130 kn) |
| Service ceiling | 6,200 m (20,300 ft) (with three passengers and 50 kg (110 lb) baggage) |
Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
The tablet includes aircraft upkeep and ground optionsMesserschmitt Bf 108 Taifun · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020
iniBuilds lists an EFB maintenance page, moving map, weather information and rain-cover settings. These give the simulated historic cockpit a modern setup interface.
Bf108 Typhoon product listing · MSFS2020
iniBuilds · Read the source ↗The leading-edge slats are part of the modelMesserschmitt Bf 108 Taifun · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020
The developer describes functional leading-edge slats and use of Microsoft’s CFD implementation for the wing, controls and propeller. The developer documents these features; their runtime behaviour has not been independently assessed in this entry.
MSFS2020 developer description
iniBuilds · Read the source ↗Pilot account
An easy first flight leaves a harder lesson for the next dayMemoir, printed pages 181–182. Bückeburg and Amsterdam, 16–17 December 1945; exact Bf 108 subtype not stated.
Cole and Larry Lorkin agreed to try their unit’s newly acquired aircraft, with Cole going first because Lorkin had already had the first turn in a Storch. Its speed and light controls delighted him. After short familiarisation flights, both men considered themselves ready to use it for ordinary work. The next day exposed what that introduction had missed. Flying a passenger to Amsterdam, Cole encountered a strong crosswind and scraped a wingtip on landing.
Andrew Leslie Cole
Andrew Leslie Cole / BajanThings archive · Read the source ↗A former enemy aircraft earns its keep in West VirginiaHarold and Bill Armstrong’s airfield history. Postwar flights in the Argus-powered Bf 108 brought to America by Leo Patterson; later restoration-date inconsistencies are not adopted.
Armstrong flew the Bf 108 from Baker’s Air Park after the war, taking it to shows and using it for practical journeys. In one particularly memorable assignment, the rear seat came out to make room for a heavy tractor component that an orchard owner urgently needed from Illinois. The unusual aircraft became a working transport on a small American airfield. That journey was interrupted by power loss and precautionary stops, which Armstrong suspected were connected with deteriorating fuel lines.
Harold Armstrong
Wings Over Cumberland · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Aircraft background
Messerschmitt Bf 108 TaifunWikipedia contributors · Research background · retrieved 2026-09-12 Bf (Me) 108 B Taifun, D-EBFWFlugmuseum Messerschmitt · Museum aircraft historyProduct
Bf 108 Typhoon for MSFS-2020iniBuilds · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12Type designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Built-in force-feedback profiles
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