GateGuards down at Newquay recently built a Mk.VB for a customer in Kent. He is still over the moon about having it in his garden, but has queried something that they didn’t include on the airframe and has asked me to try and clarify what two small ‘covers’ are on either side of the cockpit almost under the front canopy. I presume that they are something to do with the cockpit air ventilation, but not having seen them before, wonder if they were just installed on his Spitfire or were a factory modification. He and myself would just like to know what they are.
Best wishes,
Martin
spita4066 by Martin Pengelly, on Flickr
spita1063 by Martin Pengelly, on Flickr
By: Sabrejet - 15th November 2023 at 17:23
Spitfire Mk.V, for those who don’t do smug.
By: NewQldSpitty - 15th November 2023 at 10:32
Sorry for resurecting the dead.Port side air scoop on the inside is a small Pukkha Valve.Tropical MkV,s had a small fairing on the outside.
By: Robert Whitton - 17th September 2018 at 12:36
Vent Box inside view
By: Trolly Aux - 15th September 2018 at 11:44
surely demisters?
By: Robert Whitton - 14th September 2018 at 19:07
Item on Port side is a scoop. I have seen it on a few aircraft. On the Starboard side there is a square section that hinges aout 1/4 from the back upwards. On the inside there is a vent box which opens and closes the vent with a flat headed round disc.
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September 14, 2018 at 12:28 pm