Twin-engined Spitfire!

Ah,

Stealth old chap, we hadnt been debating this for some 2 years, so to bring it back up is confusing to say the least.

Etiquette suggests that it is bad form to re-open old threads that have remained dormant for so long, unless there is genuine new information that can be offered. I dont think that has been the case with your post, no matter how well intentioned.

As I dont think there is anything else to add, I am now closing the thread.

Bruce (Moderator)

as long as you’re sure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-82_Twin_Mustang

since i think the P-28 or PA28 is a piper cherokee

Dyslexia rules K.O. 😀

as long as you’re sure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-82_Twin_Mustang

since i think the P-28 or PA28 is a piper cherokee

north american f-28 twin mustang

it was originally the p-28 but was changed to the f-28 (i think it was changed after the test flights to f-28) im pretty sure it had another varient which served in alaska using winterized colours im not 100% sure though but in short it is the f-28 hope that awnsered your question fully
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wasnt it the P or F-82 “Twin Mustang”?

twin engined mustang

This picture your all debateing over may be a fake, but there was a simmilar varient of the p-51 mustang called the f-28 (originally p-28) twin mustang it housed 2 pilots and a navigater and believe it or not was a very effective fighter.In the korean war the first 3 north korean aircraft destoyed the US were shot down by all-weather f-28g intercepters.
The idea behind the design was that on long-range bomber escorts the pilots could in a way take shifts/turns to fly the aircraft therefore reducing fatigue during these missions.
The f-28 was a longrange highly effective bomber escort/fighter and has quite an impressive history its a pitty that so few people know about it.

someone mentioned in before post they want ed to see the layout of the cockpit so enjoy:)

single late mark fuselage with a rounded nose like hornet, twin griffon engine’s 2 stage supercharger, five bladed rotol prop, twin 20mm cannon or single 30mm cannon with provison for external stores/fueltank, or radar for night fighter role. am i getting warm? just a thought thats all.

Do you think they would have gone all out with that fancy newer stuff considering they wanted it in production in ’41? Even the Hornet avoided going Griffon.

single late mark fuselage with a rounded nose like hornet, twin griffon engine’s 2 stage supercharger, five bladed rotol prop, twin 20mm cannon or single 30mm cannon with provison for external stores/fueltank, or radar for night fighter role. am i getting warm? just a thought thats all.

What if Type 327 had been made?

Based on the information we have on the real twin Spit (the proposed Supermarine Type 327) does anyone want to hazard a guess as to what details we might have expected to see in it?

Specifically, what Spit variant/s might it have most resembled based on the knowledge that it was expected to go into production toward the end of 1941 in place of the Tempest/Typhoon?

what about a twin engined spiteful then? that would be seriously cool

Twin engined spitfire indeed..! Pah! What next? Twin Mustang? Twin Pioneer?….;)

It’s all just preparation for the Big One

The Twotter

Moggy 😀

‘Kin’ hell! I’ve never seen that before!

Thanks for posting it.

if that mockup had made it to production, forgive the unintended pun, but it would have absolutely flown 😉 dimension wise it doesn’t look that much wider than a standard spit, except with twice the power :diablo:

Twin engined spitfire indeed..! Pah! What next? Twin Mustang? Twin Pioneer?….;)

A twin Spitfire eh? all it needs now is mixmaster props:D

Well done Matty, seemed to have nailed the subject, twin engined, single fuselage, project cancelled. QED.:)

If I may quote from the above: ‘On the floor above, it used to be the lofting room where wooden mock ups were made of prototypes and experimental types and high up in the rafters was what looked like a Spitfire fuselage with a rounded nose where the engine would normally be and an engine bulkhead each side of it on the wings, it was terribly dusty. When I asked about it I was told that it was originally for a twin engined Spitfire but the idea was abandoned.’

Putting 2 and 2 together; is it possible/probable Peter Weston saw the Type 327 mock-up. Would that be likely? Location and timing etc.?

Wow, I’d never heard of this. I fairly quickly found this picture of the mockup.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/Secudus/SuperMarine05.jpg

I’m sorely tempted to throw together a CG version just to see what it would have really looked like. I’m wondering if anyone else already tried?

No need for such tomfoolery, there were thousands of “twin engined Spitfires” constructed during the war.

Said aircraft was called the Mosquito. 😀

How’s that Gladiator?

Anyway all you experts, try looking up the Supermarine Type 327 fighter for the twin Spit mentioned above by XN923.

Catch you later.
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