Posted by RN on January 05, 2011 at 10:36:12 from (184.60.14.1):
In Reply to: Seafire/Spitfire posted by dgasper on January 04, 2011 at 19:59:01:
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.
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