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Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Furball on August 08, 2002, 06:04:00 AM

U G L Y! :)

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Wmaker on August 08, 2002, 08:39:06 AM

Tempest V, serial number NV 768

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: whgates3 on August 08, 2002, 08:58:35 AM

ugly? - its not even in the top 25 ugliest A/C:

http://cloud.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon/aircraft/ugly/index.html

look just fine to me - spinner is a bit weird.
obviously a ripoff of the 190

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Furball on August 08, 2002, 04:16:46 PM

congratulations, tempest is correct, further info can be found here : http://user.tninet.se/~ytm843e/tempest.htm

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: udet on August 08, 2002, 06:41:44 PM

dude, is that a turboprop?

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: CaptainA on August 08, 2002, 07:12:18 PM

tempest is not a turboprop, it had a piston engine a 2180 hp naipier sabre :)

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Pei on August 08, 2002, 08:43:32 PM

2580hp IIRC, certainly in the 2500hp range.

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Furball on August 09, 2002, 07:22:32 AM

(http://user.tninet.se/~ytm843e/sabre3.gif)
Napier Sabre

The tempest in the picture named what the.bmp is a tempest fitted with an annular radiator and a ducted spinner

(http://user.tninet.se/~ytm843e/exp3.gif)

(http://user.tninet.se/~ytm843e/exp5.gif)

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Roscoroo on August 09, 2002, 08:43:18 AM

No this is a Turbo-prop Engine