August 25, 20187 yr On 8/23/2018 at 5:51 PM, Cactus521 said: Never was so much owed by so many to so few..... Yeah, what Chock said. One o the most beautiful airplanes ever built. On 8/24/2018 at 6:25 AM, Phantom88 said: Serious Firepower!!! Patrick, I'm going to disagree with you on this one. If I remember correctly--and exact model-- the Mk IV was armed with .303 caliber guns, the same caliber as the British rifles of that era. The airplane needed to be extremely close (think 50 feet or so) in order to deal a real punch. That did change as things went along though. Dan George (woodhick)Check out Greenbrier Aero Club, the VA for and about the GA pilot.
August 25, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, woodhick said: Yeah, what Chock said. One o the most beautiful airplanes ever built. Patrick, I'm going to disagree with you on this one. If I remember correctly--and exact model-- the Mk IV was armed with .303 caliber guns, the same caliber as the British rifles of that era. The airplane needed to be extremely close (think 50 feet or so) in order to deal a real punch. That did change as things went along though. Thank You Dan,I thought they were .50 Cal. 100%75%50%d8a34be0e82d98b5a45ff4336cd0dddc Patrick
August 25, 20187 yr Author Actually, the Mark IV wasn't really armed with any guns since it was an experimental first attempt at putting a Griffon engine into the normal Spitfire airframe in 1941, which proved to be a very capable mix, but it never went into production since it was felt there would be further airframe modifications necessary to really make it work well with the considerably more powerful Griffon engine as opposed to the Merlin. Those modifications to subsequent Griffon-engined variants included an extended tail and fin and a revised throttle arrangement amongst other things. During extended testing however, the one-off experimental Mark IV was fitted with a mock up of a proposed six 20mm Hispano Cannon armament layout, and that mocked up state is what is depicted on this model. Six 20mm cannons on a Spitfire capable of 445 mph at 20,000 feet in 1941 would have been a truly devastating combination of firepower and speed for sure, and would certainly have had contemporary bf 109 and Fw 190 pilots really thinking twice about engaging something like that. Edited August 25, 20187 yr by Chock Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
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