Gloster Meteorite Ground Attack Fighter - finished pics page 7

[zenrat]

Wing span of a Gnome is approx 12' more than that of a standard G.40.

Gloster Gnome WIP 05-11-2019 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[PR19_Kit]

Wing span of a Gnome is approx 12' more than that of a standard G.40.

You're thinking my way. 

[KiwiZac]

That new wing looks fantastic! Top job!

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.

I'll make up some bollocks to explain the wing fences but in reality they are there to hide the mismatch in profile between the different wings and avoid massive amounts of PSR.

[PR19_Kit]

I'll make up some bollocks to explain the wing fences but in reality they are there to hide the mismatch in profile between the different wings and avoid massive amounts of PSR.

That's a VERY good idea Fred, and I wish I'd thought of it many years before. It would have saved me loads of filing and PSR work. 

[Old Wombat]

The fence & dog-tooth on the wings of the Cougar are to improve low-speed handling for carrier landings & take-offs; I'd suggest something similar for the Gnome.

[zenrat]

The fence & dog-tooth on the wings of the Cougar are to improve low-speed handling for carrier landings & take-offs; I'd suggest something similar for the Gnome.

Sounds good.  Especially if combined with words like laminar flow, boundary conditions, vortex shedding, low speed stall and angle of attack.  I need to cast my mind back 30 years to Fluid Dynamics lectures...
 

[Rheged]

The fence & dog-tooth on the wings of the Cougar are to improve low-speed handling for carrier landings & take-offs; I'd suggest something similar for the Gnome.

Sounds good.  Especially if combined with words like laminar flow, boundary conditions, vortex shedding, low speed stall and angle of attack.  I need to cast my mind back 30 years to Fluid Dynamics lectures...
 

That's an  ideal way to extract yourself from this situation , baffle folks with high level jargon and long technical words.  As the Romans would have said EXCRETA TAURII OMNIA VINCIT

[kitnut617]

Steal E.1/44 TX148's cruciform tail off of a Meteor F.8?

Always loved the look of the Gloster Ace, in either tail configuration. If there were an easily available model of it the whiffing potential would be great. Project-X did one, but it's not easy to find.

I've got two so I can do both variants ---- IIRC, Whirlybirds has the moulds now ---

[kitnut617]

Steal E.1/44 TX148's cruciform tail off of a Meteor F.8?

That's actually what I've done for one of my E.1/44's.  Interestingly though, the tail was taken from the E.1/44 and put on the Meteor, at least that's what I've read somewhere (Air-Britain more like)

[PR19_Kit]

  Interestingly though, the tail was taken from the E.1/44 and put on the Meteor, at least that's what I've read somewhere (Air-Britain more like)

It's true, that's what they did to solve the stability problems on the F8 with the larger engines.

[zenrat]

Fuselage halves together (with weight - I remembered in time) and wing fences trimmed.
Gloster Gnome WIP 17-11-2019 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Old Wombat]

 

[zenrat]

I took Jon's suggestion.  But not having anything suitable to use as a donor I made my own revised tail.
Gloster Gnome WIP 18-11-2019 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[PR19_Kit]

That's looking almost sleek!