Did you know that the Spitfire was Inspired by....

[Vermillion]

After reading the thread about how supposedly the F8F Bearcat was inspired by a capture Fw190A5, I almost laughed my hind end off when I read this thread over on AGW today  

Enjoy!

*Throws another load of fuel on the flamewar fire*  

 

Where did the Spitfire Wing come from??

Why its design was inspired by the German built He 70 of course!

October 200 issue of AEROPLANE:

"The elliptical wing on the Heinkel He 70, an aircraft which demonstrated its capabilities to the world throughout 1933 and 1934, was acknowledged by Beverley Shenstone, the aerodynamicist on the F.37/34 (Spitfire Wing), as crucial to leading design trends on the Spitfire."

So the next time your flying your overmodeled, E-enriched Spitfire into the middle of a fight....just thank good ole fashion German engineering.

*Starts up the grill and throws the beer into the cooler to chill*


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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure

[Swoop]

see.....what the rest of the world comes up with, the British improve upon.  ;-)

Swoop
(a Brit)

[Biggles]

I thought the Spit came out of an early 30's racing plane (with floats!) concept?

[GRUNHERZ]

lol

[AKSeaWulfe]

Spit's wing is based on the "Supermarine(surprise.. same company!!) S.6B(S1695) winner of the final 1931 Scheider Trophy race at an average speed of 340.48MPH. This and subsequent new speed record of 408.8MPH were achieved thanks to a very careful streamlining combined with high wing loading and the light water cooled Rolls-Royce R engine developing 2300HP at only 1630lb weight" P272-273 of The Great Book of World War II Airplanes

Find anything else as asanine as that while you were over there Verm? ;-)
-SW

[LJK Raubvogel]

Westy hasn't jumped on this? I better go pop some corn and grab beer.

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[NHFoxtro]

I use to hate flaming. Then I started to sit back and read them, Now I'm starting to enjoy them!! WHATS NEXT START THEM   I blame this on Human Nature!!! hehehe

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NightHawks "WE BAD"

[Mighty1]

I thought Al Gore was the inspiration for the Spit?

[Westy]

 

 I have been shot down by this plane!!! I can't remeber right off hand if it was Camel or Moss but it was over A5 and it was armed with two .50's and two 20mm while sporting roundels on the wings and fuselage.
 
  -Westy

[tshred]

He wasn't the inspiration Mighty1, he invented it!

ts

[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by Mighty1:
I thought Al Gore was the inspiration for the Spit?  

ROTFLOL!

[Dago]

Al Gore invented the first airplane, not the spitfire.  

[Biggles]

So what was the big deal about the elliptical wing? Was it something to do with stall characteristics? Drag? What about washout? And how about aileron authority at high angles of attack? What airfoil was used? Was the airoil maintained through all versions? Questions, questions, questions. Who has the answers?

[Ripsnort]

Well, the Japanese made it possible for the P38 to be born before the War...Lockheed was almost bankrupt, Japan bought a few Lockheed commercial A/C which ended up keeping the company afloat by dumping that money into the P38 program...Thanks Japan!  

[Skuzzy]

Got any beefs about the FM and planes in AH?  Blame Al Gore,.he invented it.


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