Westland Whirlwind

[Martin H]

you mean this one?

[NARSES2]

That's the one Martin 

Always thought that was a nice bit of work

[PR19_Kit]

Methinks OGL has a 'thing' about Whirlwinds........  

And quite right too, it's a fascinating aircraft of course.

Let's see a piccie of the PRII please.

[Martin H]

Methinks OGL has a 'thing' about Whirlwinds........ 

And quite right too, it's a fascinating aircraft of course.

Let's see a piccie of the PRII please.

Guilty as Charged! 

heres the PR II for you Kit 


and for good measure heres the others.

Whirlwind II


NF I


SeaWhirlwind NFIV


And finaly an export mk I

[Weaver]

Okay, how about a twin fuselage Whirlwind, in P-82 style?

Exploiting the constant chord wing section, fit a fuselage at each engine position with the engine raised to mate with it, then fit a gun/fuel pod in the centre made from a fuselage nose and an engine pod. Not sure what you do about the undercarriage - maybe fit a nosewheel in the pod and main wheels behind the cockpits in the fuselages?

Quick'n'dirty:

[Martin H]

I like your thinking. Would need merlin's at least thou

[Pablo1965]

They are great, Whirlwindis a very special plane, I have doubt about the naval version, because it need a great distance to landing and take off.
In any way they are great

[ElectrikBlue]

Okay, how about a twin fuselage Whirlwind, in P-82 style?

Exploiting the constant chord wing section, fit a fuselage at each engine position with the engine raised to mate with it, then fit a gun/fuel pod in the centre made from a fuselage nose and an engine pod. Not sure what you do about the undercarriage - maybe fit a nosewheel in the pod and main wheels behind the cockpits in the fuselages?

Quick'n'dirty:

Works for me! 
Gun/fuel pod and nosewheel should balance the extra weight of the second boom... 

[PR19_Kit]

OGL,

Magnificent work, specially the PRII of course.

I wish my Dad was still alive, I'd ask him if he saw any of them at St. Eval. 

[Pablo1965]

You are thiking in a twin version without central booms.

[Tophe]

Thanks Weaver, good creation! (The model by Martin H was wonderful also, but I knew it)

[James]

The Whirlwind is just one of those designs which you can do anything with. I wish it had had a more illustrious career. I love it. 

[Stargazer]

a twin boomer?

you mean like this?





Built about 5-6 years ago.  And yes Tophe loved it

Wow. I absolutely LOVE that twin-boom Whirlwind!! 

Looks like it could have worked for real, too! Gosh I really love this forum. 

[Weaver]

Okay, how about a twin fuselage Whirlwind, in P-82 style?

Exploiting the constant chord wing section, fit a fuselage at each engine position with the engine raised to mate with it, then fit a gun/fuel pod in the centre made from a fuselage nose and an engine pod. Not sure what you do about the undercarriage - maybe fit a nosewheel in the pod and main wheels behind the cockpits in the fuselages?

Excellent concept Weaver.  That'd end up with more airframe commonality than with what I had in mind. (And, to that end, I'd leave her a taildragger.)

The problem with that is that the original main wheels retraced into the engine pods which were below the wings. There's nothing there now on mine, so you've have to do something different anyhow. You could probably use the original gear in a new rear-fuselage position (the leg-top to prop-axis distance would remain about the same) combined with a new nose leg.

[Pablo1965]

Very Nice conversion