Jonathan Richards wrote > On Friday 23 Apr 2004 5:24 pm, Vivian Meazza wrote: > > Jonathan Richards > <snip> > >> I'm prepared to write to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight > >> [1] and ask them for information. > <snip> > > I think that would be a very good idea. I think I have evolved a > > pretty good idea of what it did from various documents on > the web and > > elsewhere (good enough for our simulation anyway), but I would be > > absolutely fascinated to learn how it actually worked. Quite a bit > > seems to get left out. I assume that it was common knowledge at the > > time, and they didn't expect guys like us to be worrying at it over > > half a century later. > > I'm baffled, now. I have just been poking around the website > I referenced > earlier, and there are two pictures of the MkIIa, clearly > taken some time > apart, because the squadron markings and paint scheme are > different. That's > OK, but in this one: > [127 kB] http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/gallery/p7350side1024.jpg > the propeller has three blades, while P7350 is in the middle > of this one: [174 kB] > http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/gallery/bbmf3ship1024.jpg > and there are four blades. Were the propellers > interchangeable on the same > model? > I'll get on to RAF Coningsby on Monday, and see what we can > get. Jonathan >
I think that's a hybrid. 4 bladed propellers were introduced on the Mk VI, but weren't produced in any numbers until the MkIX. You can also see that the wrong exhausts are fitted - they should be the 6 into 3 ejector exhausts, but these are 6 per side stub exhausts. My guess would be a Mk II airframe fitted with a Merlin 60, since these are probably the most common engines. Well spotted! Regards Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
