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Spitfire XVI at 41ft... (Read 235 times)

Nov 20^th, 2003 at 4:42pm

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Sorry guys, I couldn't face having to go up as high as the rest of you

Past the tower at Boscombe Down...

Straight towards the tower...

Cruisin'...

...

Cheers

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Reply #1 - Nov 20^th, 2003 at 4:47pm

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LOL They're all at it. Good one Charlie. Wink

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Reply #2 - Nov 20^th, 2003 at 5:59pm

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You wouldn't have made it anyway in a clipped wing. Nice pics though. I have that plane and love it. My only question is, it only has a 4-blade prop. I thought the XVI had a 5-blade.

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Reply #3 - Nov 20^th, 2003 at 6:12pm

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The Mk XVI is basically a Mk IX fitted with a Packard Merlin & a 4-bladed prop. The Griffon engined Spitfires originally had 4 blades. Without checking I believe only the final Mk 20 series (& their Seafire equivalents) had 5 bladed props.

PS. According to this the 5-bladed prop was introduced on the Mk XIV. http://www.spitfiresociety.demon.co.uk/whatmark.htm
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Type 373-Mk XIV
In classic Spitfire tradition, the new engine, a Griffon 61 (and later Griffon 65), was mated to an available airframe- in this case a Mk VIII. To absorb the power generated, a 5-bladed airscrew was introduced. Some of the Mk XIV were produced with a cut-down rear fuselage and "teardrop" canopy for increased visibility. 957 were produced.

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Reply #4 - Nov 20^th, 2003 at 6:46pm

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What a superb plane that is. And at tree top hight, just where a Spitfire should be.

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Reply #5 - Nov 21^st, 2003 at 6:40pm

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Griffon Mk XII had 4 bladed prop (as did the Seafire Mk XV I believe)

Mk XIV, XVIII, XIX and there after had 5 bladed props...

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Reply #6 - Nov 21^st, 2003 at 9:24pm

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According to Jane's Fighter Aircraft of World War II copyright 1946/7
Spitfire XVI Packard-built Merlin 266 engine and four-blade airscrew. The Merlin 266 is the equivalent of the British-built Merlin 66.

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