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Published: 2010-12-06 21:36:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 417; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 16
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This is a unique one. Why? There are only 4 remaining Seafire Mk XV's left worldwide. This one is super unique? What makes this one more special than the other three?This one is airworthy. I wasn't made privy to the rarity of this bird until this month's issue of Sport Aviation.
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That's pretty cool, what's the major difference between this and the Spitfire?
BTW, Do you have any photos of the Hawker Typhoon?
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Nah, didn't see the Typhoon at Oshkosh, sadly.
The major difference? Heh, look at the wing. This was meant to be operated off of an aircraft carrier. It also had a gigantic engine by comparison to the Spitfire to get it off those short decks.
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Ah, so it has a 4 bladed prop instead of a 3 blade.
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Spits first had a 2 bladed prop (Prototype and early Mark Is), then 3 (Mark I, II and V), then 4 (Mark VI - XI and Mark XVI), 5 (Mark XII, XIV-XX) and a few had a 6 bladed counter-rotating prop (2x 3 bladed props with one in front of the other, rotating in opposite directions)
The Seafires had a similar evolution in terms of props, they just never had a 2 bladed prop
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The counter rotating prop has been around since the 20's.
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I'd at least assume that because the first picture of a plane with counter rotating props was an amphibious float plane used in aerial races, with an all metal body and it was photographed in 1922.
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I can't remember I was reading about it out of a library book that I had checked out from my old high school library way back when I was a freshman.
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The Early Seafires actually had Merlins (The first Seafires were actually just converted Spits). When the Spits got Griffons so did the Seafires
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Ok, thanks. My knowledge extends mostly to Mikoyan Gurevich's stables and I know next to nothing about British aircraft.
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That's all right. I know next to nothing about Russian aircraft, apart from what I've gained from flying them in the game IL-2 Sturmovik
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