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Post subject: Re: Full scale Spitfire replica for sale Posted: 17 Feb 2021, 22:46 |
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Username Protected wrote: Pttttf! With that Alison engine, how is he going to get up to 25,000 feet and tangle with the 109s? I'll bet he left the guns off, too.
Seriously, I'm buying a lottery ticket this weekend. Up through Mk V Spits they had a single stage Supercharger similar to most Allison versions. The 2Stage Supercharger versions of the Merlin gave the high altitude capability starting with Mk VIII and IX.
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Post subject: Re: Full scale Spitfire replica for sale Posted: 17 Feb 2021, 23:06 |
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Joined: 08/26/15 Posts: 9542 Post Likes: +8779 Company: airlines (*CRJ,A320) Location: Florida panhandle
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Username Protected wrote: Pttttf! With that Alison engine, how is he going to get up to 25,000 feet and tangle with the 109s? I'll bet he left the guns off, too.
Seriously, I'm buying a lottery ticket this weekend. Up through Mk V Spits they had a single stage Supercharger similar to most Allison versions. The 2Stage Supercharger versions of the Merlin gave the high altitude capability starting with Mk VIII and IX. The early Mk V were built with fabric-covered ailerons while the later ones had all metal ailerons. Just like the ruddervator production.
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Post subject: Re: Full scale Spitfire replica for sale Posted: 18 Feb 2021, 01:08 |
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Joined: 04/06/11 Posts: 7945 Post Likes: +3981
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Username Protected wrote: Up through Mk V Spits they had a single stage Supercharger similar to most Allison versions. The 2Stage Supercharger versions of the Merlin gave the high altitude capability starting with Mk VIII and IX. The early Mk V were built with fabric-covered ailerons while the later ones had all metal ailerons. Just like the ruddervator production. And when I run a MkXVIII I can make the sky to Spitfire! Don’t get on my bad side!
Attachment: 70346E67-CE2C-4308-B69A-AAC175E31916.jpeg Greg Morehead photo from a photo shoot for a Warbird Digest article, well, 2 articles. My boss/owner wrote one on flying it. I wrote one on maintaining it.
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