Westland Whirlwind

[Maverick]

Very similar in concept to the Mosquito NF.XV (the high altitude variant to take on the Ju-89P/R overflights).

Regards,

Mav

[GTX]

Needs an AI radar 'arrowhead' methinks.

Me thinks it is a development prototype...why else would such an obvious but me left off ?

Regards,

Greg

[GTX]

Recently posted over on SecretProjects - A Whirlwind with under-nacelle intakes:



Use your imagination and you can almost see Napier Sabres there .

Regards,

Greg

[Martin H]

For those wanting to do the "tank buster" its been possible to do for a while now 
There's the special hobby kit which is very nice but not cheap.

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And there is also a conversion for the Airfix kit as well, from yours truly that is less expensive.




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Yes I do have a thing for Whirlwinds

[GTX]

Ah, if you did it in 1/48 you might have a customer in me

[Martin H]

Ah, if you did it in 1/48 you might have a customer in me

You master it, Ill clone it LOL

[kitnut617]

Recently posted over on SecretProjects - A Whirlwind with under-nacelle intakes:

Use your imagination and you can almost see Napier Sabres there .

Regards,

Greg

I've read an article in one of the Air-Britain mags I get, that a lot of comparison testing was done between the wing leading edge radiator installation on aircraft and the chin radiator set up (sometimes called a 'beard' ).  When they did the comparison on the Mosquito using a Lancaster power egg nacelle, they were amazed to find no performance difference at all and the Air Ministry wanted De Havilland to build the Mosquito this way to keep commonality and ease of production. De Havilland would not have anything to do with it though and the leading edge radiator installation continued,

[The Wooksta!]

Recently posted over on SecretProjects - A Whirlwind with under-nacelle intakes:



Use your imagination and you can almost see Napier Sabres there .

Regards,

Greg

Not with that lightweight airframe, no.

[jcf]

Recently posted over on SecretProjects - A Whirlwind with under-nacelle intakes:

Use your imagination and you can almost see Napier Sabres there .

Regards,

Greg

Not with that lightweight airframe, no.

... ah, but that was why they secretly re-engined a Whirlwind with the ultra-secret 16-cylinder Napier Épée. 
A little known fact is that the Épée design was the basis of the BRM H-16 Formula 1 engine of the mid-1960s.
Unfortunately the BRM folks so altered the design, that the end product was something of a drut.

[sequoiaranger]

What *WAS* that? Notice that the props turn opposite the Peregrine, so there is *SOMETHING* strange "under the bonnet".

[Green Dragon]

The exhausts look like they're off a Hurricane.

Paul Harrison

[rickshaw]

I wonder, could they be Merlins under there?  Might explain the need for increased or changed radiators.

[PR19_Kit]

A little known fact is that the Épée design was the basis of the BRM H-16 Formula 1 engine of the mid-1960s.
Unfortunately the BRM folks so altered the design, that the end product was something of a drut.

But it sounded WONDERFUL, and in the back of the Lotus 43 driven by Jim Clark it won the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in 1965! Classic Lotus have found an H16 and they're putting back into the only 43 left, I can hardly wait. 

[rickshaw]

A little known fact is that the Épée design was the basis of the BRM H-16 Formula 1 engine of the mid-1960s.
Unfortunately the BRM folks so altered the design, that the end product was something of a drut.

But it sounded WONDERFUL, and in the back of the Lotus 43 driven by Jim Clark it won the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in 1965! Classic Lotus have found an H16 and they're putting back into the only 43 left, I can hardly wait. 

Was that the race Jack Brabham came third in?

[NARSES2]

The exhausts look like they're off a Hurricane.

Paul Harrison

And the cowlings look not dissimilar to scaled down Typhoon ones to me