LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: No.1 on May 31, 2009, 07:06:05 PM
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So I have start with new subject- naval fighter Supermarine Seafire...
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And how it look like in the very start :))
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The Seafire F. Mk. III was the first true carrier adaptation of the Spitfire design. It was developed from the Seafire Mk. IIC, but incorporated manually folding wings allowing more of these aircraft to be spotted on deck or in the hangers below. Supermarine devised a system of two straight chordwise folds; a break was introduced immediately outboard of the wheel-wells from which the wing hinged upwards and slightly angled towards the fuselage. A second hinge at each wingtip join allowed the tips to fold down (when the wings were folded the wingtips were folded outwards). This version used the more powerful Merlin 55 (F. Mk. III and F.R. Mk III) or Merlin 55M (L. Mk. III), driving the same four-bladed propeller unit used by the IIC series; the Merlin 55M was another version of the Merlin modified to give maximum performance at low altitude. Other modifications that were made on the Spitfire made their way to the Seafire as well including a slim Aero-Vee air filter and six-stack ejector type exhausts. In addition the shorter barreled, lightweight Hispano Mk V cannon were introduced during production as were overload fuel tank fittings in the wings.
This Mark was built in larger numbers than any other Seafire variant; of the 1,220 manufactured Westland built 870 and Cunliffe Owen 350. In 1947 12 Mk IIIs were stripped of their naval equipment by Supermarine and delivered to the Irish Air Corps.
After the Mk III series the next Seafire variant to appear was the Seafire F. Mk XV, which was powered by a Griffon VI (single-stage supercharger, rated at 1,850 hp (1,379 kW) at 2,000 ft (610 ft) driving a 10 ft 5 in Rotol propeller. Designed in response to Specification N.4/43 this appeared to be a navalised Spitfire F. Mk XII; in reality the Mk XV was an amalgamation of a strengthened Seafire III airframe and wings with the wing fuel tanks, retractable tailwheel, larger elevators and broad-chord "pointed" rudder of the Spitfire VIII. In addition, the engine cowling was different to that of the Spitfire XII series, being secured with a larger number of fasteners and lacking the acorn shaped blister behind the spinner.
The final 30 Mk XVs were built with the blown "teardrop" cockpit canopy and cut down rear fuselage introduced on the Spitfire Mk XVI. On the first 50 aircraft manufactured by Cunliffe-Owen a heavier, strengthened A-frame arrestor hook was fitted to cope with the greater weight, On subsequent Mk XVs a new form of "sting" type arrestor hook was used; this version was attached to the reinforced rudder post at the rear of the fuselage and was housed in a fairing below the base of the shortened rudder. A vee-shaped guard forward of the tailwheel prevented arrestor wires getting tangled up with the tailwheel.
390 Seafire XVs were built by Cunliffe-Owen and Westland from late 1944. Six prototypes had been built by Supermarine.
Text - wikipedia.org
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Thank you mate :-ok :-clap
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Here's a shots I took at Duxford a couple of years ago.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/DSC_8767.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/DSC_9106.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/DSC_9117.jpg)
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This one is for sure very interesting! Do you have larger sample?
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This one is for sure very interesting! Do you have larger sample?
I have about 12 images all over 40000 pxs (Approx 4Mb) each
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srecko.warplane@gmail.com can swallow this :)
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Ok my friend, I will send you the best one :-wave
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Amazing photos Mick
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More or less this side is made, just few of details.
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Beautiful pictures. :D
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Yes they are and if this drwings is good I can only grant thanks to invaluable help from my forum friends. Here in attach another progress sample and this one have complete layout definition. Now it is time for variatns as well hours of eye loosing while watching on details on archive images to get every possible detail in place.
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Wonderful :-ok :-clap :-clap :-clap
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No.1,
Here's a link to a site with a lot of close-ups of SX336
http://spitfiresite.com/photos/galleries/seafire-xvii-sx336/index.htm :-wave
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I desperately need F. 47 close ups and if any available about the F.46...
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Side views are done but maybe some corrections will be made.
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Sorry not very clear but Seafies F46 & 47, the last one is a F46 in flight
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Again not very clear - an F46
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Clear or not- this images are really helpfull!! On the images above I have note differnet position of the navigation light on rudder and at this bottom image is clarly seen something very dark under the wing, small size, as well drop tank. Any additional info? You cant believe how hard is to get F. 46 images. Only 24 was in service.
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The F47 could be fitted with either two under-wing 22 gallon fuels tanks or a 90 gallon centre-line tank. For my interest, they could also be fitted with a F.24 vertical and oblique recce cameras, somrthing I did not know :-think
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Wow- this models 47 also have something under the wing!
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Yes but look at please at something small and square near the fuel tank. You will see also this one previous images you post. I cant get what is this :(
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I hope his is what you are after. I cannot get the detail any better. I will keep looking for other images ;)
Could they be for the two 500lb bombs it could carry :-think
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I have just tired of few hours of fight with drawings... here you are something...
mfg- thank you for material, I will make something from this. Any source of bluprints for those bombs and fuel tanks?
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Here you are- principal definition of the top and bottom view.
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Found this on the web
"The last version of the Seafire, the Mk 47, saw action in Korea with No 800 Sqn flying their last missions in 1950. These aircraft were able to carry three 500 lb bombs or eight rockets and were 100 mph faster and 5000 lbs heavier than the first versions of the Seafire."
Also could they be mounting points for the under-wing drop tank? :-think
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In this moment everything is possible.
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Access panel work...
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Panels up and panels down :-razz But I have find out the designation for the outer 'things' under the wings- they are for rockets!
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Just to make final check out and add some text and this is ready for print.... enter today :-dal
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This is very final :-razz Thank you all for kind help and attention :-clap :-ok
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Great work my friend :-ok :-ok
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Great, man, great! :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-ok
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Thank you friends!!! I have also received email from my UK boss and he is also amazed with image. Spitfire is British icon and it is my great pleasure that I get chance to make its drawings!
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