Fairey Battle Whiffs

[The Wooksta!]

Fulmar was by Vista.  Revell and Smer boxed it before Airfix.

[Thorvic]

Like your thinking Old Wombat.

As per the Fulmar idea, it's a good one. Thorvic PM'd me with it as well as seeing it here. I've got an Airfix boxing of somebodies Fulmar as well.

However any attempt to build one is a while off, still it's gone into the "ideas book"

Iactually suggested the Firefly F1 as a possible Fairet based Sturmovik, relocate the aft cockpit directlt aft of the fwd cockpit, cut down the spine and add suitable rear guns be it pintiple mounted or possibly turret, remove hook and wingfold seams - 

[NARSES2]

Like your thinking Old Wombat.

As per the Fulmar idea, it's a good one. Thorvic PM'd me with it as well as seeing it here. I've got an Airfix boxing of somebodies Fulmar as well.

However any attempt to build one is a while off, still it's gone into the "ideas book"

Iactually suggested the Firefly F1 as a possible Fairet based Sturmovik, relocate the aft cockpit directlt aft of the fwd cockpit, cut down the spine and add suitable rear guns be it pintiple mounted or possibly turret, remove hook and wingfold seams -  

Doh ! Yup Firefly not Fulmar 

[Mossie]

A question on the Battle:    Bombers at the time where usually named after towns, the Battle received the more fighter like naming convention.  Why was the Battle so named?

[JayBee]

I would guess that it was named after the town of Battle, near to Hastings and is the true site of a certain little rumpus in 1066.

[jcf]

Perhaps it was outside the naming convention because it was intended to replace two-seat day bomber aircraft like the Hawker Hart and Hind,
rather than a 'true-bomber' e.g. twin-engine?

The Putnam doesn't make reference to the why of the naming, and I've not yet found a refernce in the Flight Archive.

[zenrat]

I would guess that it was named after the town of Battle, near to Hastings and is the true site of a certain little rumpus in 1066.

To be followed by the Fairey Bognor and possibly more appropriately the Fairy (sic) Brighton...

[Mossie]

Thanks guys.  I'd thought similar to John, there's a handful of similar breaks with the convention.  Jim, I didn't know there was a place called Battle so I guess it fits with convention after all.

[kitnut617]

I would guess that it was named after the town of Battle, near to Hastings and is the true site of a certain little rumpus in 1066.

To be followed by the Fairey Bognor and possibly more appropriately the Fairy (sic) Brighton...

In Butlin's colours I'll bet ---   

[NARSES2]

I would guess that it was named after the town of Battle, near to Hastings and is the true site of a certain little rumpus in 1066.

To be followed by the Fairey Bognor and possibly more appropriately the Fairy (sic) Brighton...

Naughty boy  In a Kenneth Williams voice

Yup Battle is the true site of the battle. Battle Abbey was built to commemorate the event. Was taken there on a few school trips.

As for British naming conventions ? You just start to think you understand it and then something comes up which makes you think I gave up years ago. As an aside when ever I try to think of a name for one of my wifs it sounds silly or childish, or both. When others do the same it sounds perfect. What's that ? Lack of confidence in my own naming attempts or something deeper ?

[zenrat]

What's wrong with silly? 

Naming conventions?  What naming conventions?  I think the fact that Fairey produced 4 related aircraft named after a town (we think), a bird, a fish and an insect shows that that there really wasn't one.

[NARSES2]

Naming conventions?  What naming conventions?  I think the fact that Fairey produced 4 related aircraft named after a town (we think), a bird, a fish and an insect shows that that there really wasn't one.

Must admit I don't think there was an official one but some companies had a convention which they tended to use, most of the time

[PR19_Kit]

Naming conventions?  What naming conventions?  I think the fact that Fairey produced 4 related aircraft named after a town (we think), a bird, a fish and an insect shows that that there really wasn't one.

Must admit I don't think there was an official one but some companies had a convention which they tended to use, most of the time

Wasn't the RAF's convention that bombers were named after towns/villages etc? At least once they'd started with the Heyford they seemed to head that way. Heyford itself is TINY (I went to school there....) so it doesn't count as a town at all!

[DarrenP2]

could you put a couple of 20mm hispano's in the wings and Rocket projectiles under the wing with a more powerful merlin better propellor and with faired nose.

[zenrat]

A Merlin related question.

If I was to build a Battle powered by a two speed two stage Merlin (a Merlin 61 say) would the only modification needed be an intake under the prop?
Could it need more cooling?