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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Laurie on February 06, 2007, 03:44:29 PM
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http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2918.htm
NIce looking plane, not as nice as its predeccesor the spitfir but pretty 'spiteful' looking.
Think it might be a decent addition to RAF planset.
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No combat, post war, not very good, not needed.
Sorry.
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Mk.21
gimmy sum pwn
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Spit 21 at least served operationally with 91 Squadron and saw limited combat.
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Looks like what would happen if a Spitfire mated with a Mustang.
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More like 'Spitesmurfy'.
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More like Spitfugginfast.
Cancelled development because of the Jet engine and it wasnt needed. Could do 494 mph if i remember rightly.
A development of it was made for the Royal Navy, called the Sea Fang, but that lost out to the Sea Fury.
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i bet 494 is a pretty high Mach number at the altitude they got that speed at.
i looked a bit on the net, but couldn't find a reference to the altitude that goes along with that speed, though...:mad: :mad: :mad: :noid
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As mentioned before, never saw combat.
Cancelled when it was realised that with the advent of the jet age, the laminar flow wing didn't give enough of a increase to be worthwhile developing further.
Spit F.21 did though, and would be a worthwhile perked Spit as opposed to the XIV.
446mph @ 22,600ft and 4x20mm of luv.
(http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/images/spit_f21.jpg)
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spit21.html
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mmmm 4 20mm on a spit.
Kev wasnt there a spitmkIX C with 4 20 mm? maybe a perk ammo loadout option.
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Never seen a IX with a 4x20mm loadout, Mk V's did get them though.
The 4x20mm on the IX was an option, but problems with heating the outer guns seemed to stop the option actually being used.
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Theoretically any spit with the universal wing could have carried quad 20mm.
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Yup, but only the Vc ever seemed to.
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Mk.21 also
and all the postwar seafires...
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Originally posted by Debonair
Mk.21 also
and all the postwar seafires...
Yeah but the F.21 and later had redesigned wings. (see pic earlier)
The only ones with universal wings that ever seemed to carry the quad 20mm option were the Vc's.
Oh, and a couple of Aussie Mk VIII's.
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The Mk 21 had contra-rotating props and lots of fuel as well as the quad 20mm. With a good top speed, absence of torque, crazy climb, heavy firepower and long endurance it would be a nightmare for most of AH's planeset :D
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We need more spitfires! :lol
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Yeah, both the clipped XII and the 21 :D
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was just at the bookstore & saw a book i want RED STAR AIRACOBRA (http://www.amazon.com/RED-STAR-AIRACOBRA-Memoirs-Memories/dp/1874622787) - cause books by soviet pilots are rare (i'vve only got two of them) - but not for $50:mad:
while there i was looking through some of the pictre books & saw a photo of an HF Mk.VIII with the four 20mm guns...then i found this on teh 'net
(http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spitfirehfviii-ads.jpg) :O :O :aok :aok :aok :cool:
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Originally posted by Angus
The Mk 21 had contra-rotating props and lots of fuel as well as the quad 20mm. With a good top speed, absence of torque, crazy climb, heavy firepower and long endurance it would be a nightmare for most of AH's planeset :D
Very few of the F.21's had contra-rotating props.
Most were Griffon 61 or 62, the contra's used Griffon 85.
They were more likely to be found on the Naval versions (Seafire 45/46) to counter the massive torque.
Main use of contra-rotating props was on the Seafire 47 which were fitted with 2,375HP Griffon 87 or 88.
Seafire FR.46
(http://www.vflintham.demon.co.uk/aircraft/spit/seaf8.jpg)