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Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:11 am
by Mynameisnemo
Found this over in the Aeroplane Heaven freeware section. They say its what you would get if you put cross a Spit and a ME109 together, all i think is its a wonderful aircraft to fly so heres some shots of it

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:13 am
by Theis
You know, that you have edited these shots?
so do it belong in Edited screenshoots forum

But otherwise, very nice pics!

Cheers Theis

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:27 am
by Hai Perso Coyone?
Has he edited them? I don't know...but nice pics 8) 8)

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:33 am
by Mynameisnemo
The only one's i changed was the 3rd one and the last one it was too dark when they where took, sorry guys i'll move them to the edited forum.

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:20 pm
by cspyro21
A Schmittfire, eh?

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:21 pm
by cspyro21
damn, didn't finish post:-
   A schmittfire, eh? Sounds cool, I need one of those!  ;D ;D ;D

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:24 pm
by Theis
you know that you can edit your post?

just click on the Image Modify botton

Cheers Theis

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:34 pm
by ozzy72
A 109 engine in a Spitfire..... sick. I'll never forgive the German engineers who did this to my beloved :(

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:03 pm
by cspyro21
you know that you can edit your post? just click on the Modify botton


Thanks Theis, I should really do that.....

A 109 engine in a Spitfire..... sick. I'll never forgive the German engineers who did this to my beloved


Lol yea, Go Griffon engines!!!!
But Ozzy, didn't the later/earlier 109's have a Rolls-Royce in them?

And by the way Ozzy, do you have a Spitfire? If so, you are so bl**dy lucky, I really desire one!!

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:22 pm
by ozzy72
The Buchon (Spanish built 109 was Merlin engined).
I don't have a Spit yet, but she is under construction ;)

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:25 pm
by Mynameisnemo
This is take from the Aeroplane Heaven site about this Scmittfire:
[quote]The Aeroplaneheaven rendition of the captured hybrid aircraft EN 830 NX-X.

The unusual hybrid aircraft that used a DB 605A-1 engine ( as found in the Messerchmitt BF 109 ) and the main airframe of a MK Vb Supermarine Spitfire. In late 1942 the MKV b aircraft crash landed in Jersey (Channel Islands ) and the aircraft was taken to a testing area within Germany. A suggestion was made that it should be fitted with a Daimler-Benz engine to more adequately gauge the performance against the BF-109. It is at this point that the Aircraft was transported to the Daimler Benz factory. It was found after trying a number of different front ends , that the BF 110 cowlong was a very good fit to the spitifre's corsssection and a new support was made up and the Damiler-Benz engine of the BF109 was fitted.

The addtion of the more powerful engine also added to the operating height of the aircraft as well as the manoueverability of the aircraft. With the strengths of the Spitfire married to the strengths of the BF109 this hybrid aircraft would have made a formidable foe. As it turns out the aircraft was destoryed along with a number of other aircraft during an American bombing raid during August 1944.

What might have been.


Some notes on the aircraft.

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:54 pm
by ozzy72
I'm not sure how badly the engine would upset the Spits balance, but it could be fun ;D

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:55 pm
by cspyro21
I don't have a Spit yet, but she is under construction


Cool! So your avatar 'Binky needs parts' has ameaning lol, nice name for a Spit..... Binky  ;D

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:57 pm
by ozzy72
http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid/spitfire.php
Click on the photos for larger ones, but hey it is the real thing ;)

Re: Schmittfire

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:58 pm
by Mynameisnemo
I'm not sure how badly the engine would upset the Spits balance, but it could be fun ;D


shhhh..... They've also got a CFS3 version.