Fairey Sabrefish Mk-II

[TomZ]

When in early 1940 the first Fairey Albacores showed no great increase of performance over the Swordfish, the Royal Navy began to look for ways to extend the life of the Swordfish.
A production Swordfish Mk I was taken from the assembly line and fitted with a Napier Sabre IIA engine. This provided almost three times the power of the Pegasus engine fitted to the Swordfish I. Maximum speed was raised from 230km/h to over 400km/h with a payload increased from one to two torpedo's.



The Sabre engined version was officially designated Swordfish Mk V, but the crews quickly named them Sabrefish. This was taken up by the Royal Navy and the Swordfish Mk V became the Sabrefish Mk I.



In 1942 the Sabrefish Mk II arrived with bigger fuel tanks and the ability to fit underwing rockets.



http://www.airwar1946.nl/whif/L46-Sabrefish.htm

TomZ
http://www.airwar1946.nl/index.htm

[andrewj]

You know , that looks very good , looks just right somehow, great idea very nicely done.

Andrew

[PR19_Kit]

Superb, wonderful bit of cross-kitting there. 

I hope they fitted stainless steel rigging wires as all that extra horsepower would likely wrench the wings clean off! 

[chrisonord]

That look really good, and suits the colour scheme 
Chris

[Old Wombat]

Rev up the engine on a still day & the thing'd take off vertically!

Love the look of it, not so sure the wings'd stay on at 400km/h.

[63cpe]

Love your souped-up swordfish!

Very inspirational stuff as you worked out how to transform a plane jane Swordfish into a hotrod: up a bigger engine in it! why not take it all the way? Clip the wings (not V-it), Shave it (all protrusions off), maybe lower its fuselage (sectioning), put chrome exhaust stacks on, lower it's undercarriage and chromed it, moondiscs on the much wider wheels, a really long throttle lever with skull on it and of course put a flamejob or scallops on it!
Still haven't figured out where to put the chrome beer keg....


David!

[PR19_Kit]

Needs a 6-71 blower on top of that Sabre for a REAL hot-rod look. 

[ericr]

so simple, and so effective !

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice. An alternative name could also be "Overkill"...?

I am amazed how well the massive engine blends into the fuselage, well done. 

[zenrat]

That's fabulous Tom.  Wish i'd thought of it.


You need to build a floatplane version for the next GB.

[Dizzyfugu]

I wonder if this thing would - in real life - not simply topple forward on the ground... 

[zenrat]

I wonder if this thing would - in real life - not simply topple forward on the ground... 

Prolly would if you revved it up without removing the chocks.

[ericr]

You need to build a floatplane version for the next GB.

quite naturally indeed

long live seaplanes

[NARSES2]

I do like the look of that

Now got me thinking of putting a 4 bladed prop on a CR 32, looks slightly similar forward of the wings ?

[DogfighterZen]

Looks very good indeed, nice work!