https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/aerolite-spitfire-type-433-first-flight-b2978378.html
if it doesn't have a merlin engine, what's the fucking point?
>>65164216That's kind of cool. Put it on anti-Shasneed duty.
>>65164249Same thought. Imagine the kino...
>>65164216Really wish they built something like the Defiant instead rather than another Spitifre.Then put it on >>65164249 for the lulz
>>65164249RETVRN
>>65164216it's really upsettingly wrongly shapedwhy is it so fucking long
>>65164249>>65164339>>65164339>>65164354KINO
sexxoooooooooooo
>>65164358latewar spits were stupidly long
>>65164345The Defiant would probably be better suited for patrolling airbases and knocking down snashheads, and eventually the aircrew would get bored of the non-stop Star Trek references. If we're definitely making 1940's vintage aircraft for the 21st century though it should be something like this, just for the optics. Play the track below on a continuous loop onboard whenever it's deployed too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFEXitPn1ko
>>65164421it very clearly is not trying to be a griffon spitgriffons are weird for different reasons anyway, they have the sexiest belly of any fighter ever but the empennage is off balance and the upper nose is begging for even a single degree more slope to look truly mean
>>65164358>>65164421>Spitfire Mk. Borzoi
>>65164249>Spitfire Operational history: 1940-2026IMAGINE>>65164444>not Mk. Greyhoundwasted quad quads, KYS
>>65164454Greyhound is already used for the C-2.
>>65164504>Greyhound is already used for the C-2which is not a British aircraft, not in use by the RAF, and in any case names are not used in place of Mk numbers, ever
>>65164249I really don't see why some company hasn't just bought the rights to manufacturer the P47 or Hurricane, updated it just enough to include more modern avionics and said "anti-drone plane">>65164358>why is it so fucking longApparently it's a two seater - because that's totally something you want.
>>65164553>updated it just enough to include more modern avionicsand bang goes twenty mil>and said "anti-drone plane"because Kyiv's drone defence problem is reasonably sorted and they're worried about Russian SRBMs now
>>65164550Man, you wanted those 4x4s that badly?>Then again I understand your point about Mk. # and Greyhound not being used in the RAF, not just the anger about it.
>>65164574>you wanted those 4x4s that badly?I would have liked to see them go to a more deserving post>Then again I understand your point about Mk. # and Greyhound not being used in the RAFyou were overthinking a joke post pretty badlyI was just pointing out that greyhounds are way more English than borzois
>>65164585Ok. True dat. I'll blame my early morning and airport drinking on that. Gonna cherish those first quads quads anyways.
>>65164596>Gonna cherish those first quads quads anyways
>>65164564I'm not talking about their problems. I'm talking about giving the USAF an excuse to fly The Jug. That's cheap at any price.
Could it be time for this beauty?
>>65164358Yeah it looks like a Spitfire that got worked over by the designers at Fairey. There's something of the Battle, Fulmar, or Firefly about the length of the fuselage It's got none of the cooling vents under the wings either, and the intake under the engine is modelled on the Aerovee carburettor intake from late two-stage supercharged Merlins, when the rest of the plane tries to look like an early Spitfire
>>65165023>There's something of the Battle, Fulmar, or Firefly about the length of the fuselagealmost as if they all added 1 extra crewmember or something, I dunno
>>65165023>>65164358read the article, they have used abandonned plan from 1940 for a two seatter spitfire model, that's why it look different, also dat fucking price>755k £ instead of 3M £ for an original spitfiredear god
Does this count towards hitting the 5% NATO target?
>>65164216Damn, bro cooked.
>>65165299>that postYou can practically taste the blue hair, multiple tattoos, and social security check for a "disability"
>>65164216OI YOU GOT A LOICENSE FOR DAT? SORRY GUV, GONNA HAVE TO CONFISCATE THIS WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
>>65164354HOLY FUCKING BASEDDoes this save Red Bull Air Races?
>>65164430At this rate just need to get a necromancer to resurrect the WW2 RAF complete with their planes and watch them end the so called era of drone warfare.
>>65164249Or you could just use prop/jet trainers that everyone has a fleet of. Most of the models have hardpoints, mount MG pods to these and you have free weapons training for your cadets.
>>65164216What engine did they stick inside?
>>65166871Anon that’s BORING.
>>65166871I dunno, this might actually be more efficient per flight hour than the Super Tucano and definitely more efficient than a trainer jet.
>>65166959I've not been able to find it out but my assumption is an Chevrolet LS with reduction drive as they're in quite widespread use and available off the shelf. It'd be absolute fucking madness for them to brew their own powerplant as well as build the plane, and a Merlin or similar would be way too costly.
>>65165318That post is obviously chud coded. A blue hair would think Britain is doing great because it's so diverse and gun free
>>65164553>a two seater - because that's totally something you wantyes, because now you the pilot-owner can sell rides to subsidize your hobby, deal with cost of avgas and such. Same reason even "boring" trainers like the PT-17 or NA T-6 have held so much value.
>>65168088>Having to have some gurning "influencer" sit in the backThanks for confirming my point
