Naval Whirlwind

[Old Wombat]

Just bought an Airfix Whirlwind to try this on..................................................... soon!? (So many ideas, so little time!)

I'll have to see if I've got any decent shots (or can find any) of the Fury or Firefly wing-fold systems.

Fury has the better fold for this concept; the fold-back system of the Firefly required attachments to the fuselage to hold the wings up if folded for more than a couple of hours (or a couple of minutes in rough seas) &, so, the wing-tips needed to be near the fuselage, which is not possible on the Whirlwind.

[rickshaw]

This comment intrigued me in the World Book of Knowledge article on the Whirlwind:

US Navy, one aircraft was sent to the USA for trials in June 1942 and survived there until at least late 1944.

Anybody willing to make one?   

[Army of One]

Old W....I'd love to see it done.....

[pyro-manic]

IIRC, that's the mysterious Whirlwind that's been posited as the possible sole survivor of the type. It's final fate is unknown, and it could be languishing in a shed/hangar/warehouse somewhere on the East coast.

A naval Whirlwind could be very cool, as effective as a Beaufighter for anti-shipping and ground attack, and able to take on pretty much any attacking aircraft you could think of, at least at low level.