Ladies, gentlemen. The Supermarine Southampton. I think of all my flying boats I’m most chuffed with this hull and how it turned out. I actually made the fuselage and hull last June and have only just got round to completing the build.
The Southampton was designed by the same legend that gave us the spitfire, R. J. Mitchell and was one of the more successful interwar flying boats. Designed for reconnaissance she had a crew of 5 with 3 distinct positions for the mounting of machine guns. The Southampton first flew in 1925 and entered service with the RAF in the same year after being rather unusually ordered straight off the drawing board.
Some notes on this build. Speed is exaggerated somewhat to achieve takeoff from the surface of the water and she is rather nose heavy with the trim unable to offset it. This was an unfavourable trade off reducing the nose ploughing into the water on take off causing a cartwheel and inflight handling. By all means this is a hands on kite!
Well that’s all folks, goggles on chaps! Ta ta!!
Specifications
Spotlights
- RailfanEthan 5.2 years ago
- Sgtk 5.2 years ago
- GhostHTX 5.2 years ago
- RamboJutter 5.2 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 78.3ft (23.9m)
- Length 52.4ft (16.0m)
- Height 17.6ft (5.4m)
- Empty Weight 24,264lbs (11,005kg)
- Loaded Weight 26,152lbs (11,862kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.152
- Wing Loading 14.9lbs/ft2 (72.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,756.1ft2 (163.2m2)
- Drag Points 23604
Parts
- Number of Parts 345
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 1,041
Sure thing! @Sergio666
friend, I am a fan of seaplanes, maybe you can help me with one that I have in process, by the way, magnificent constructions! @Tang0five
No problem! You deserved!@Tang0five
@Tang0five No plobrem!
Well deserved, old chap! @Tang0five
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Thanks for the spotlights gents! @Sgtk @GhostHTX
Cheers! @Treadmill103
Thanks for the spotlight @RailfanEthan and yeah I don’t recall seeing one since I’ve been playing. Something a little different.
@Tang0five I've just bought the mobile app and flew it around on my phone, it's great, I was even doing inverted circuits :) mby it's just playing it on the phone but once it's off the deck it's no problem at all.
i think its the first on SP... well, that i've seen anyways
Thanks again @RamboJutter I’m in no doubt you winced at the flying charactistics - she is a crate and a half to fly!
Thank you all for supporting yet another obscure relatively unheard-of type! @EternalDarkness @grizzlitn and @IGNikolaev
Couldn’t agree more, Supermarine pedigree all the way! @ThePilotDude
Amazing! I've always loved the Southampton
Thanks! @T8flightcrafts