Has anybody seen this........

Q3ark · 10-19-08, 12:31 PM

omg the Aussies are making spitfires in kit form

http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/About.htm

now all I need is a few hundred thousand £££'s, a pilots licence and a lot of free time

SUBMAN1 · 10-19-08, 12:39 PM

Not as fast as the original. Seems slow. 150 kt to 165 kt cruise speeds in the kit. Original was about 220 kt.

-S

SUBMAN1 · 10-19-08, 12:51 PM

Found the specs - top speed on this kit is about the cruise speed of the original:

http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/Specs.htm

-S

Schöneboom · 10-19-08, 12:53 PM

No wonder they're slower, the kits are using auto engines, not Rolls-Royce Merlins. Still, looks like loads of fun!

Q3ark · 10-19-08, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

And they're scaled down

Yeh it looks like they do two versions, one is at 80% scale and the other is at 90% scale

Task Force · 10-19-08, 01:10 PM

Il take one, even if it is slower than a real one.

SUBMAN1 · 10-19-08, 01:13 PM

I want a P-51D or better. That is my plane!

-S

10-19-08, 12:31 PM	#1
Q3ark Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: York, England Posts: 346 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Has anybody seen this........ omg the Aussies are making spitfires in kit form http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/About.htm now all I need is a few hundred thousand £££'s, a pilots licence and a lot of free time __________________ Johnny was a chemist's son, But Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20 was H2SO4.

10-19-08, 12:39 PM	#2
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Not as fast as the original. Seems slow. 150 kt to 165 kt cruise speeds in the kit. Original was about 220 kt. -S __________________

10-19-08, 12:51 PM	#3
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Found the specs - top speed on this kit is about the cruise speed of the original: http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/Specs.htm -S __________________

10-19-08, 12:53 PM	#4
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	No wonder they're slower, the kits are using auto engines, not Rolls-Royce Merlins. Still, looks like loads of fun! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

10-19-08, 01:10 PM	#6
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Il take one, even if it is slower than a real one. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-19-08, 01:13 PM	#7
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I want a P-51D or better. That is my plane! -S __________________