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Published: 2014-09-12 08:47:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 396; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 4
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The protrusions at the engine looks more like those the Griffon engine has, if that's the case, it can't be a VIII. The last of the Merlin line.
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I'm not sure which protrusions you're talking about? Maybe you're taking the reflection of the sun for protrusions? If you look at my second picture of ZX-M, you can see the nose being flat.
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That's the bulge just above the exhaust pipe which all Spitfire with Griffon engine has, you can see it on this drawing. nslc.deviantart.com/art/Superm…
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I can also back this one up as this Spitfire is an ex UK based bird so I've had the pleasure of her company many times. She is definitely a HF.VIIIc and not powered by a Griffon. Mid war variants of the Spitfire powered by later variants of the Merlin engine also had slight bulges. Merlins too have piston blocks which stuck out a little. It's just that Griffon powered Spits have bigger bulges.
You can also tell Griffon Spits by the enlarged radiators under the wing and much wider rudder to cope with the extra torgue from the more powerful engine. And almost all Griffon powered Spits have five bladed propellers, not four. There are a few exceptions to that such as the Mk.XII and Seafire XV and XVII, however all the others had five blades, some Seafires even had six contra-rotating blades.
A comparison-
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Ok, we are talking the same "bulge". It's just a reflection, not a real bulge; if you look at this one (same Spitfire, couple of seconds before), you can see that there is no bulge (at least for me!): normaldiffusion.deviantart.com…
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The shift in the reflections clearly show that the shape of the fuselage is dramatically changed at the exhaust pipes, but I have looked in my notes which say that MT928 belong to an order to Supermarine in June 1942 for 700 Mk. VIII where this one is one of a subset of 44 HF. MT925-969
Most of the orders were sent directly to either India or Australia.
I totally agree with NamelessFaithlessGod on number of propellers, the reason that there were four on XII was that it was an Urgent need job where they took what they had and slapped it together to get a plan that could fight the FW190.
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