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Supermarine Spitfire P.R Mk XIX

7,742 darkhawk138  6.0 years ago

Hi guys back again with me, even though I was carrying out the exam. on the sidelines of the time I took away to make this. Hipe you guys like it!!

Im not sure its 100% accurate. so feel free to give me some critics and advice.

Instructions:
Flaps:VTOL

Wiki :
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The Mk XIX was the last and most successful photographic reconnaissance variant of the Spitfire. It combined features of the Mk XI with the Griffon engine of the Mk XIV. After the first 25 (type 389s) were produced, later aircraft were also fitted with the pressurised cabin of the Mk X and the fuel capacity was increased to 256 gallons, three-and-a-half times that of the original Spitfire This version was the type 390.

The first Mk XIXs entered service in May 1944, and by the end of the war the type had virtually replaced the earlier Mk XI. A total of 225 were built with production ceasing in early 1946, but they were used in front line RAF service until April 1954.

In 1951, Hainan Island (People's Republic of China) was targeted at the behest of US Naval Intelligence for RAF overflights, using Spitfire PR Mk 19s based at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. The last operational sortie by a Mk 19 was in 1963 when one was used in battle trials against an English Electric Lightning to determine how best a Lightning should engage piston-engined aircraft. This information was needed in case RAF Lightnings might have to engage P-51 Mustangs in the Indonesian conflict of the time.

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 84.2ft (25.7m)
  • Length 70.2ft (21.4m)
  • Height 23.7ft (7.2m)
  • Empty Weight 24,930lbs (11,308kg)
  • Loaded Weight 34,369lbs (15,589kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.261
  • Wing Loading 22.9lbs/ft2 (111.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,500.2ft2 (139.4m2)
  • Drag Points 18513

Parts

  • Number of Parts 173
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 631