controls:
AG1: Drop Tanks
AG2: navigation lights
LandingGear
trim
VTOL 50%: Take Off Flap
VTOL 100% Landing Flap
The Spitfire F Mk XVI is armed with:
2 x 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannons, wing-mounted (135 rpg = 270 total)
2 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns, wing-mounted (260 rpg = 520 total)
The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-engine, all-metal, low-wing monoplane fighter. Various modifications served as fighters, interceptors, high-altitude fighters, fighter-bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
The Mk XVI variant was very similar to the Mk IX; however, it was powered by a US-manufactured Packard Merlin 266 engine. A total of 1,054 Spitfires of this variant were produced. All production variants had the distinguishing feature of low-altitude clipped wings and a cut down rear fuselage and bubble canopy for increased visibility. The clipped wings increased the roll rate and top speed due to a reduction in drag, but sacrificed some of the fighter's rate of climb. This, coupled with an engine optimised for efficiency in denser air made the Mk XVI ideally suited to combat at lower altitudes.
Photos by: Bife
Specifications
Spotlights
- TMach5 3.1 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 30.8ft (9.4m)
- Length 30.1ft (9.2m)
- Height 10.7ft (3.3m)
- Empty Weight 10,453lbs (4,741kg)
- Loaded Weight 11,073lbs (5,022kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.154
- Wing Loading 32.6lbs/ft2 (159.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 339.7ft2 (31.6m2)
- Drag Points 1400
Parts
- Number of Parts 591
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,842
Actually, nice work here. @Dervito critiques your work, as follows:
1. Steering wheel is inverted...? No, it’s not, unless he’s seeing something I’m not, there’s no functional cockpit and all controls are normal, not reversed.
2. I see takeoff speed around 105 KIAS, around 120 mph...yes, a little fast...takeoff speed IRL is around 85 mph, so it’s faster than IRL, but not grossly out of whack.
3. Maneuverability is fine...it bobs and weaves just fine around 200 KIAS. I haven’t had it on the Dev Console, but I’m sure it’s pulling at least 5 Gs, which is in the ballpark.
4. Simple wing profile? I disagree, complex enough, 500 parts isn’t that much. If this build was 1,000+ parts with the same wing, I may agree, but 591 parts with full markings isn’t that much.
5. Would like to know where your work “isn’t that neat”. Have to disagree. From stand-off range, perfectly acceptable. What’s the specific complaint?
every clipped wing spitfire should get a chance to go into a rolling battle with a fw190
Nice
@Meyerbb @ChiChiWerx thanks brothers
Awesome replica!
@LeviTheCleaningFairy thanks
Congrats Ricardo for 50k points
A little criticism (nothing personal):
1) the steering wheel is inverted
2) takeoff speed - 209 km/h (this is a lot)
3) very low maneuverability
4) a simple wing profile (you can justify the economy of parts, but you already have 590 parts)
5) in general, not very neat work
I concur with @Alex9000
Finally someone doing sumting serious on april 1st
What a beauty!