Turbo Mosquito

Started by Devilfish, November 06, 2019, 01:43:00 AM

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Devilfish

After the Korean war, the RAF analysed the tactics of the air/ground support and realised they needed an aircraft dedicated to this role, with range, speed and a good weapons carrying ability.
De Havilland proposed that they updated some Mosquitos for a fraction of the price of developing a new aircraft. 
They looked at replacing the Merlins with Griffons, but eventually decided it would be more viable to fit turboprops. 
The airframe was strengthened and optimised for low level flight

TheChronicOne

Sounds pretty good to me!
-Sprues McDuck-

Rheged

A twin Dart Mosquito is logical.  I'm going to enjoy the build/finished product/backstory!
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

kitnut617

A bit of RW, De Havilland did actually do a Griffon powered design for the Mosquito, the DH.102. But De Havilland's way of doing it was to scale the whole aircraft up so the engine would fit inside their developed nacelle shape.
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