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Offline Latrobe

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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2010, 04:53:47 PM »
I'd love to see more Spitfires, but I think the Spit 16 and anything afterwards should be perked.
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2010, 04:55:58 PM »
Quote from: Latrobe on February 23, 2010, 04:53:47 PM
I'd love to see more Spitfires, but I think the Spit 16 and anything afterwards should be perked.
In that case I think they should add the Spitfire LF.Mk IXe.

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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2010, 05:52:46 PM »
Quote from: Latrobe on February 23, 2010, 04:53:47 PM
I'd love to see more Spitfires, but I think the Spit 16 and anything afterwards should be perked.
Why would there need to be more Spitfires? Sounds like you guys would be at home playing a game like Spitfires High so you could Spitfire yourselves silly.
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2010, 06:50:50 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on February 23, 2010, 05:52:46 PM
Why would there need to be more Spitfires? Sounds like you guys would be at home playing a game like Spitfires High so you could Spitfire yourselves silly.
The same reason there should be more 109s/190/mossies/A6Ms/ect...ect...ect.
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2010, 07:30:56 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on February 23, 2010, 04:55:58 PM
In that case I think they should add the Spitfire LF.Mk IXe.

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Yep, perk the 16 and give us the LFIXe.  A perfect solution :)

Oh, and throw in the first Griffon Spit, the XII
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2010, 10:35:05 PM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on February 23, 2010, 11:51:18 AM
so its essentially a wish for a 4 cannon spit then?
Basically
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2010, 01:05:10 AM »
Quote from: Guppy35 on February 23, 2010, 07:30:56 PM
Yep, perk the 16 and give us the LFIXe.  A perfect solution :)

Oh, and throw in the first Griffon Spit, the XII

what he said.

and clipped options!
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2010, 01:22:16 AM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on February 23, 2010, 05:52:46 PM
Why would there need to be more Spitfires? Sounds like you guys would be at home playing a game like Spitfires High so you could Spitfire yourselves silly.

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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2010, 01:44:10 AM »
Quote from: Karnak on February 23, 2010, 11:42:57 AM
No, but the Spitfire F.21 did, it sank a German mini-sub.

Still irrelevant.

Also, OP, the Spitfire Mk XIV we have in AH is powered by that same Griffon engine.

I think i would like to be a mini sub dweeb  :banana:
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2010, 02:34:58 AM »
393mph at sea level the spit XII would be ideal in the LA MA's. They were used in S.England to run down low level hit and run FW. It's performance tapered off much above 12k. Wasnt the LFIXe just a Merlin 66 spit9 with uncliped wings? Sort of like taking our spit16's 266 motor and putting it in our spit9 along with an upgraded wing.
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #25 on: February 24, 2010, 03:25:47 AM »
Quote from: bustr on February 24, 2010, 02:34:58 AM
393mph at sea level the spit XII would be ideal in the LA MA's. They were used in S.England to run down low level hit and run FW. It's performance tapered off much above 12k. Wasnt the LFIXe just a Merlin 66 spit9 with uncliped wings? Sort of like taking our spit16's 266 motor and putting it in our spit9 along with an upgraded wing.
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2010, 04:56:37 AM »
Quote from: bustr on February 24, 2010, 02:34:58 AM
393mph at sea level the spit XII would be ideal in the LA MA's. They were used in S.England to run down low level hit and run FW. It's performance tapered off much above 12k. Wasnt the LFIXe just a Merlin 66 spit9 with uncliped wings? Sort of like taking our spit16's 266 motor and putting it in our spit9 along with an upgraded wing.
Close but i think you'll find both are mid war birds.  I believe the LFIXs were also clipped.
While we are at it.  I'd like a Vc, clipped and a Mk III seafire.

Now that's spit dweeb heaven. :aok
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #27 on: February 24, 2010, 05:14:04 AM »
Seriously think we need to limit ourselves to aircraft produced between 1930 and 1950 until the Korea server goes up. Otherwise people will just be confused about what planes they should allow themselves to fly. At some point you just have to use periods.

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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #28 on: February 24, 2010, 11:50:37 AM »
Quote from: Bruv119 on February 24, 2010, 01:05:10 AM
what he said.

and clipped options!


We already have clipped options:



Clipped wing option





Clipped stabilizer option.



You Spit guys are just greedy.
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Re: Supermarine Griffon Spitfire
« Reply #29 on: February 24, 2010, 12:08:08 PM »
Quote from: bustr on February 24, 2010, 02:34:58 AM
393mph at sea level the spit XII would be ideal in the LA MA's. They were used in S.England to run down low level hit and run FW. It's performance tapered off much above 12k. Wasnt the LFIXe just a Merlin 66 spit9 with uncliped wings? Sort of like taking our spit16's 266 motor and putting it in our spit9 along with an upgraded wing.

You missed the joke Bustr.  The Spit LFIXe and the Spit LFXVIe are identical.  Only the manufacturer of the engine is different as the IX had the Rolls Merlin 66 while the XVI had the Packard Merlin 266.  Same performance.  Switch the engines in an IX and XVIe and one becomes the other.  Same airframe, same performance.  You could clip or have standard wings on both. The E wing was the same on both as they came off the same production lines.  It was about a 15 minute effort to switch wing tips.

As for the XII, you don't want to get me started :)
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