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60% SPITFIRE

Postby Canuck. » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:39 am

here are some pics i found laying around my house
i took them last summer when i was up in Ancaster, Ontario
this is owned by Ed Johancsik fron Ancaster
i think he said its top speed was about 115 mph!(99.9kts)
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:18 am

Yup that is Eds little toy. I think he had a wee crash in it late last year and took a wing off...
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby beaky » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:25 am

That's a nice one... hope he got it fixed up.
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby Sir_Crashalot » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:22 am

That is a real aircraft? Cool.

Crash ;)
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby Jakemaster » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:46 am

Aw how cute!  
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby pepper_airborne » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:27 am

Aw how cute!  



Hehe, exactly what i thaughy ;D
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby ATI_7500 » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:17 pm

Ahahahaha, that's one of the most ridiculous looking aircraft I've ever seen.  :D
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby F3Hadlow » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:35 pm

Can't deny it looks pretty ugly, but it's still a nice idea. :)
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby Jared » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:12 pm

aww, it's a lil baby one  :D
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby beaky » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:34 pm

I think it's pretty enough, except the nose: needs to be cleaner.  The fake exhaust thing gets a thumbs-down.
I think a pointier nose, housing, say, a supercharged mini diesel turbine... then it would be perfect.

Or a 60% scale Merlin or Griffon...  ;D
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby Hagar » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:42 pm

Yup that is Eds little toy. I think he had a wee crash in it late last year and took a wing off...

Not surprised if he was flying from the field in shot #1.

It's a nice job but I could never see the point of these scale replicas. The basic design is apparently a modified Taylor Titch. http://www.taylortitch.co.uk/
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby C » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:07 am

Cute, but I'm more of a fan of the Isaac's Spitfire (which was 7/10). :) That (being an original homebuild rather than a conversion like this) kept the Spitfires looks whilst fitting a Lycoming quite nicely at the front. :)
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Re: 60% SPITFIRE

Postby Omag 2.0 » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:24 am

My god, they tried to clone a spitfire, and it went horribely wrong...

I'm sorry, doesn't look much like a spitfire... but 10/10 for effort...  :)
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