Supermarine Type 391

[NARSES2]

It is a nice looking model 

[Dizzyfugu]

Now that's cool. Elegant aircraft. 

[perttime]

The same guy has also designed and built Hawker P.1030 and Supermarine Spiteful models that fly. He has CAD plans stashed somewhere but I don't know (yet?) what he wants to do with them.

I see that Unicraft has produced a P.1030 plastic kit. No idea if Type 391 has been done in plastic.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/60769956@N02/8990102090/sizes/c/

[Flyer]

Nice. 

[Captain Canada]

Very cool. Looks like a mini Spearfish ?

[TsrJoe]

re the Supermarine Type 391, I thought initially it was an easy build using an Spiteful/Attacker wing and scaled drawings accordingly, I found however the aircraft seems to be a bit bigger in overall size, my model I thought to scale actually measuring out at 1/80

oops, cheers, Joe 

[perttime]

re the Supermarine Type 391, I thought initially it was an easy build using an Spiteful/Attacker wing and scaled drawings accordingly, I found however the aircraft seems to be a bit bigger in overall size, my model I thought to scale actually measuring out at 1/80

oops, cheers, Joe 

Wikipedia says:
"The 391 used the Spiteful/Seafang wing and undercarriage mated to a wide centre-section incorporating leading edge air intakes"

Type 391 was supposed to be bigger. So you'd need to add a new centre section to get the wing right. I haven't compared drawings to see where the additional length is.

Seafang:
Length: 34 ft 1 in (10.39 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Height: 12 ft 6½ in (3.82 m)
Wing area: 210 ft² (19.5 m²)

Spiteful
Length: 32 ft 11 in (10.03 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Height: 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Wing area: 210 ft² (19.5 m²)

Type 391
length of 39 ft 9 in (12.1 m)
wingspan of 43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Wing area of 335 ft² (31.2 m²)

[KiwiZac]

I like it. What a neat-looking beast!

[The Wooksta!]

Those figures for the length of the Seafang/Spiteful are out.  They're the same fuselage with the only difference being a sting hook for the 'fang.

[kitnut617]

And it didn't use the same undercarriage either, the legs were longer and the wheels retracted into the fuselage vertically, like the Bristol 188 does.  Just look at the 3-View to see what I mean.

[andrewj]

Those figures for the length of the Seafang/Spiteful are out.  They're the same fuselage with the only difference being a sting hook for the 'fang.

You're forgetting the contra-prop on the Seafang , this and the tail hook would give much of the extra length .

Andrew

[Captain Canada]

It's happened again, come back to read the replies and see pics that weren't visible the last time ? Great shot of HR-W !