Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:03 amBuzzing in and around Stewart Island, and Invercargill
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:03 amPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:36 amNice...nice colour scheme too
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:56 amSomehow the Spitty just not look right dressed up like that , its just just just not right 
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:26 pmI hear ya man.
I really like these skins especially the first, each to their own I suppose.
I really like these skins especially the first, each to their own I suppose.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:45 pmThe lighting in the first screenshot is great, really shows of the lines of the aircraft well. Have to agree though, something about that paint scheme that just does not look right, perhaps because we are so used to seeing only military paint schemes. Nothing wrong with the screenshots though!!
smooth landings.
smooth landings.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:57 pmto me it looks like a crop duster in pics two and three
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:13 amOkay - a question for the Spitfire experts. Why am I seeing so few exhaust stacks on the Spit compared to six a side on the P51 - different manifolds? I was under the impression they both used the same 12 cylinder Merlin.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:30 amThey do have the same engine (the P-51's was built under licence in the US). I think it's just one manifold for two cylinders. 
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:44 pmOlderndirt wrote:QUOTE (Olderndirt @ Jul 28 2011,3:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Okay - a question for the Spitfire experts. Why am I seeing so few exhaust stacks on the Spit compared to six a side on the P51 - different manifolds? I was under the impression they both used the same 12 cylinder Merlin.
Almost totally different engine in respect to power by almost double , Stanley Hooker who design many aspects to increase power found independent stacks increase trust by a couple MPH course this chap also designed the blower and two stage supercharger increasing the engine length , this Mk1 and the Mark2 powered by Merlin 1/2/3 were the Mustang was a Merlin 61/68 series, as Connor mentioned licence built by Packard - Packard Merlin 68/69 .
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:59 pmIan Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 27 2011,5:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Almost totally different engine in respect to power by almost double , Stanley Hooker who design many aspects to increase power found independent stacks increase trust by a couple MPH course this chap also designed the blower and two stage supercharger increasing the engine length , this Mk1 and the Mark2 powered by Merlin 1/2/3 were the Mustang was a Merlin 61/68 series, as Connor mentioned licence built by Packard - Packard Merlin 68/69 .Remember reading something about Packard remarking about the unusually close tolerances on the Merlin but they should have been used to that - their auto engines were liquid cooled and some of the finest.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:09 pmOlderndirt wrote:QUOTE (Olderndirt @ Jul 28 2011,1:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Remember reading something about Packard remarking about the unusually close tolerances on the Merlin
That is true and reason for example the Brits had 3/8 BSW (British Standard Witworth ) and the US counterpart was UNC (Unified Nation Course) only difference was the thread pitch by 5 Deg.s , they re-engineered many parts for manufacturing speed and production .
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:11 pmThe early Hurricanes had the same exhausts three each side, they called them fishtail exhausts.