Seafire/Spitfire

dgasper · Jan 4, 2011

Some WW II History
WW II fighter restoration

NCWayne · Jan 5, 2011

That is really cool. I don't know what it is about old equipment of any kind, but you can always tell there was alot of thought and engineering put into each piece and they wound up with machines that were both utilitarian as well as works of art.

bill mart · Jan 5, 2011

WOW! that made my morning.I favorited that website. Bill M.

Aaron Ford · Jan 5, 2011

I just learned what a Seafire was a few days ago. I thought it was just a letter series of a Spitfire. I received copies of Complete Book of World War II Aircraft and GOTS Aviation in the Second World War for Xmas. This adds to my collection of other similar books including Aircraft of the Third Reich.

Granddad had it rough..

Aaron

Roy in UK · Jan 5, 2011

As a Brit I know what he means about B.A. screw slots! As a matter of fact one gift I received this Christmas was a Book/ DVD set about the history and development of the Spitfire and Seafire aircraft. It is a truly wonderful story.

ericlb · Jan 5, 2011

really liked the video, wonder why the british made screws like that, it would seem to be real easy to twist a screwdriver head off if the screw is stuck, also he mentioned lining up the screw heads, how do you do that and not have the wing panel having some tight screws and some not so tight screws? just wondering, i had read a lot about the spitfire fighter, but had not run across the seafire version of it, does anybody know, he showed the tail hook, and how it worked, did they also have to go in and modify the structure of the fusealage in order to take the shock loads of a carrier landing?

James Howell · Jan 5, 2011

Really enjoyed the video.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

RN · Jan 5, 2011

Seafire adaption of Spitfire was similar to older Sea Gladiator adaption of Gladiator. The folding wings were a elavator size on british carrier consideration. The other carrier fiighter was the "Martlet", a slightly modified American F4 Wildcat. When American Navy got F6 and F8s the British continued to buy the F4- production was at a GM plant on east coast area (New Jersey?) with a Wright 9 cylinder Cyclone engine instead of 14 cylinder double row Pratt and Whitney that most of the American F4s had. Elavator size was again a consideration- the later American designs wouldn"t fit on most of the British carriers originally built for Gladiators and Swordfish biplanes. Brewsters were also used, short fuselage and 9 cylinder engine would fit elevator.

Pycoed · Jan 5, 2011

(quoted from post at 20:36:12 01/05/11) Seafire adaption of Spitfire was similar to older Sea Gladiator adaption of Gladiator. The folding wings were a elavator size on british carrier consideration. The other carrier fiighter was the "Martlet", a slightly modified American F4 Wildcat. When American Navy got F6 and F8s the British continued to buy the F4- production was at a GM plant on east coast area (New Jersey?) with a Wright 9 cylinder Cyclone engine instead of 14 cylinder double row Pratt and Whitney that most of the American F4s had. Elavator size was again a consideration- the later American designs wouldn"t fit on most of the British carriers originally built for Gladiators and Swordfish biplanes. Brewsters were also used, short fuselage and 9 cylinder engine would fit elevator.

I'm pretty sure the RN also used the Corsair, one hell of a plane. I remember an old friend of my late uncle telling me that the first time he flew one in the Far East he just couldn't believe the power in a climbing turn, especially since he had been flying obsolete Hurricanes until then!
AFAIK the SeaFire was not considered a good carrier plane because the undercarriage was too fragile for repeated carrier landings - I don't suppose the armoured decks of a British carrier helped either!

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