Avon Flyers Forum Home

Avon Flyers Forum Home
https://www.avonflyers.ns.ca/cgi-bin/Forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl Avon Radio Control Flyers Discussion Area >> Working on a Project? >> For All You Scale Guys - twin prop Spit https://www.avonflyers.ns.ca/cgi-bin/Forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1477351433 Message started by Fingers on Oct 24^th, 2016 at 7:23pm

Title: For All You Scale Guys - twin prop Spit
Post by Fingers on Oct 24^th, 2016 at 7:23pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czwkYeoMYFk

Mike will correct me but this must be a Mark 127 at least ::)

Title: Re: For All You Scale Guys - twin prop Spit
Post by Steve Mosher on Oct 24^th, 2016 at 8:31pm

Check out the angle on the flaps on landing ... Wow.

Title: Re: For All You Scale Guys - twin prop Spit
Post by MkIX on Oct 24^th, 2016 at 8:56pm

Well; the serial number (PS890) indicates that it is part of a block of PR Mk XIX Griffon engined Spitfires. Now....the contra rotating prop is confusing. To the extent that my record books are accurate, all Mk XIXs were built with five bladed props. So I'm left to assume that the prop on PS890 is a restoration mod and may not be historically accurate.

Doesn't change the fact that it rose off the ground right some smartly!

Title: Re: For All You Scale Guys - twin prop Spit
Post by dano on Oct 25^th, 2016 at 6:29am

Sandy/Mike, seems obvious the counter rotating props help to track the roll out. I noticed it was straight as a die...
The flying characteristics must have been quite different as well.

Title: Re: For All You Scale Guys - twin prop Spit
Post by JackDD on Oct 25^th, 2016 at 3:21pm

Guys the fleet air arm used them mostly, possible to get off the carriers faster...
Check out the fairley Gannet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gannet

Title: Re: For All You Scale Guys - twin prop Spit
Post by Fingers on Oct 25^th, 2016 at 3:44pm

Jack, I was going to suggest the Westland Wyvern. Very much the same prop set up looks like...Steve,
I believe all Spits and Hurri's had 1 flap setting - 80 deg that's it. Obviously they didn't use flap on take off ::)

I think the philosophy was they were landing on farmers fields essentially, so they wanted brakes..... ;)