the merlin one has been dealt with on and off for quiet awhile,and whilst there is a paper trail from westlands saying it was possible,no one seems to believe it was(according to many people petter wanted the merlin to begin with)

the Packard built motors seems very odd,makes me wonder if there is confusion between the MK11 peregrine powered one or the proposed Allison powered one? as pt boats used a Packard built development of the liberty V12.

she lived in my parents garage back in the late 60’s,glad to see her being bought back to life.

are you going to be at legends?…id love to by a pen made from a broken prop.

sander’s seafury seems to do ok with an r2800
http://www.sandersaircraft.com/aircraft_argonaut.asp

glad to see that she is finally moving forward again,will be great to hear of her first flight.

We’ve been knocking some idea’s about Whirlwind models since the begining of the project, one of the favorites using the CAD Whirlwind would be to make say in 1/32 or even 1/25 scale a complete Whirlwind from the ground up, so with Kit 1 you’d start with the main internal structure, then Kit 2 would be according to the builders choice the ancillery units (Engine’s, undercarridge, cockpit etc… ) Kit 3 would be the exterior panels…

Then there’s desk-top models, using 3d printing a 1/72 scale Whirlwind would have all the detail that a full size replica would have, right down to a smallest screw, these could be either in wood or metal…

Then at last there’s a comic Whirlwind, not a kit, comes complete with working undercarridge, propeller’s and wheels, one for the kids, which will probably be the first to be released…

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i’ll have of of the cartoon ones and a desktop model!!!!

Matt.if the mod had have listened she would have been a world beater!!!!!!

it only flew twice…there were some minor issues with it…prop balance was one…the next couple of flights were going to be done with a 4 bladed one till the problems with the 6 bladed one were worked out..but as much as 45 minutes flying can tell she showed real promise…was never flown post war.