I've done a little homework on the spit 16s online, I normaly go to my books but as my Mrs. and I our movin' around our room my books are scarce. But from what I've learned, most spit Mk16s were built in 45', though starting in 44'. It had a 1,700 hp engine (I say this because I've heard 1,400 from others), most had the clipped wings, though I don't know why, I think I'd rather have the full wings. And most were built with the teardrop canopy.
So my question's are, how true is this informations and does anyone know of where I can get any offical information on it? I mean actul RAF documentation on the aircraft. There has been alot of fighting over the abilities of the plane and theres been alot of information about it running around, mostly from Kev whom I'm sure will be among the first to post here! lol
But most of all, I'd like to know the amount of what models had which feacher, how many had teardrop, how many had clipped wings, how many where built total, that sort of thing. I've only found comments in the middle of people *****in' about it back and forth like "3/4th's of the spits had clipped wings", that's interesting but not offical.
Edward