Gloster Gladiator whiffs

GTX · July 04, 2008, 03:19:36 PM

Hi folks,

Some whiff Gloster Gladiators for you.

first a subtle one for BdB:

Regards,

Greg

GTX · July 04, 2008, 03:20:17 PM

Then maybe an inline engined one:

Regards,

Greg

GTX · July 04, 2008, 03:21:06 PM

Then to round off (for now), a different sort of Sea Gladiator:

Regards,

Greg

The Rat · July 04, 2008, 08:08:48 PM

Navalized, folding wings - DARE YA!

GTX · July 04, 2008, 08:10:31 PM

Quote from: The Rat on July 04, 2008, 08:08:48 PM
Navalized, folding wings - DARE YA!

Folding which way?

Regards,

Greg

The Rat · July 04, 2008, 08:52:54 PM

Quote from: GTX on July 04, 2008, 08:10:31 PM
Quote from: The Rat on July 04, 2008, 08:08:48 PM
Navalized, folding wings - DARE YA!

Folding which way?

Regards,

Greg

Backwards, like a Swordfish.

The Rat · July 04, 2008, 08:54:16 PM

Oh by the way, that in-line one gives me the horn!

Hotte · July 04, 2008, 10:31:08 PM

An early merlin engine would look also good, and would have also a historical authorization !

Hotte

Archibald · July 04, 2008, 11:07:17 PM

Quote from: GTX on July 04, 2008, 03:20:17 PM
Then maybe an inline engined one:

Regards,

Greg

It really looks like a Czech Avia B.534

Great drawings as usual!

sotoolslinger · July 05, 2008, 07:22:00 AM

MMMMMMM something else to do with leftover Mustang noses

Brian da Basher · July 05, 2008, 10:29:04 AM

Quote from: GTX on July 04, 2008, 03:19:36 PM
Hi folks,

Some whiff Gloster Gladiators for you.

first a subtle one for BdB:

Regards,

Greg

Ooooh thank you Greg! You can bet I have this beauty saved to my HARD drive! What sleek and sexy spats! Even on the little tail wheel!

If I had a Gladiator in the stash, I'd do this one for the Profiles GB!

Brian da Basher

sequoiaranger · July 05, 2008, 10:46:03 AM

Having read Christopher Shores' "Malta, the Hurricane Years", (see pp 370/371) there were two real-life whiffs operating out of Malta in 1940 which I am going to combine into one for my own Gladiator whif.

One was the "six-gun Gladiator" that had two Lewis guns mounted on top of the wing Great-War style, and the other was the "Bleariator" made from a Blenheim engine and Swordfish wings. The "Bleariator" had greater performance, particularly in climb, than the standard Gladiator.

The project is not high on my list, but *IS* on my list!!

Then there is my "Gloster Gadfly" monoplane "Gladiator"

GTX · July 05, 2008, 02:00:35 PM

My take on the "Bleariator":

Regards,

Greg

GTX · July 05, 2008, 02:01:38 PM

Quote from: Hotte on July 04, 2008, 10:31:08 PM
An early merlin engine would look also good, and would have also a historical authorization !

Hotte

Here you go:

Regards,

Greg

sequoiaranger · July 05, 2008, 02:27:24 PM

re:Bleariator--do you have any profiles of WW I aircraft with the machine guns mounted atop the wings?? If you could cut-and-paste them onto your Blenheim-engined profile and post it, I would be very appreciative AND it would look like "my" future whiff "Bleariator".

re: Merlin Gladiator---the fuselage machine guns were sunk into the fuselage and fired between cylinder banks of the Gladiator's radial engine. I would not think that such an arrangement could be made with the Merlin--so maybe the top-of-the-wing Lewis guns would work here, too!!