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    MB_Avro_UK's Avatar Senior Member
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    hi all,

    Excellent thread running at the moment about how to improve the Me 109

    How would you improve the Spitfire?

    1. Improve combat radius?

    2. Move the fuselage fuel tank from in front of the pilot and therefore reduce burn deaths/injuries?

    3. Would it be possible to improve the Spitfire as a gun platform?

    4. Nose mounted guns?

    Fire away all..

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    MB_Avro.
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    Wider track U/C
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    I would start from the pit
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    Clip the wings to improve roll rate, redesign wings and control for better high speed maneuver,increase fuel capacity to increase range, improve visibilty. Like this:

    Modernized Spitfire
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    hmm... i would put a 20mm burst through the wing root, cutting of that elliptical wing

    btw: LOL!, berg that was nice
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    Now you've done it, Avro.

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    Originally posted by berg417448:

    Hey Berg,

    What is that aircraft???

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    Thats a Spitfire with a DB601 or a 603 (I can't remember) in it.

    Mmmm how to improve the Spitfire. Some of the improvements were made postwar in the Mark 21/22. Given that it was say...1943. I'd take the Mark VIII, redesign the wings with a more clipped style but with similar attributes overall, wider track undercarriage and bubble canopy. Other than that...the Spitfire had most of the formula right except for maybe some of its drag profiles which are sort of hard to help without it being a new plane from the start. Impossible to mount nose guns with the Merlin which takes up all the space so not many options for guns except to keep them where they are...maybe Hispano Mark V...if they were around. I know some Seafire's had them.
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