Fairey-Vintech Swordfish Turbine Conversion (http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/609/Fairey-Vintech-Swordfish-Turbine-Conversion.aspx) :thumbsup:
;D
I can't help feeling the date may have some effect on this item................ ;D ;)
I need another Trumpeter Wyvern and a Airfix Swordfish so I can build the Python powered Fairy-Westland Fishwyve...
Evad Yellamo (another hint to the nature of the story) has done it brilliantly & the "live" images are superb! :thumbsup: ;D ;D
This was excellent! ;D :thumbsup:
Quote from: zenrat on April 01, 2018, 10:10:19 PM
I need another Trumpeter Wyvern and a Airfix Swordfish so I can build the Python powered Fairy-Westland Fishwyve...
You'll need to build two Fairy-Westland
Fishwyves, I'm sure a singular would be a
Fishwyfe. ;D
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 02, 2018, 06:18:34 AM
Quote from: zenrat on April 01, 2018, 10:10:19 PM
I need another Trumpeter Wyvern and a Airfix Swordfish so I can build the Python powered Fairy-Westland Fishwyve...
You'll need to build two Fairy-Westland Fishwyves, I'm sure a singular would be a Fishwyfe. ;D
I was using ye olde norsglishe spelling. A long forgotten tongue known only by a few of us with viking blood...
Coming next: A Tiger Moth with an Allison 250. Twice the engine power for half the weight: what could possibly go wrong...
Quote from: Weaver on April 03, 2018, 05:32:07 AM
Coming next: A Tiger Moth with an Allison 250. Twice the engine power for half the weight: what could possibly go wrong...
.......then the Vampire with the Olympus 593 installed. That extra thrust should get it to operating altitude a second or two sooner.
Quote from: Weaver on April 03, 2018, 05:32:07 AM
Coming next: A Tiger Moth with an Allison 250. Twice the engine power for half the weight: what could possibly go wrong...
Well, there was this Chipmunk with a turbine
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2F94e2dfee-9dc0-4640-87ef-11374fd8c317.jpg&hash=e5fedaac55f1d6e560508f5b827ed62d4e78ebb4)
Well, I don't have a Tiger Moth in the stash but I do have a Kawanishi K5Y which is of a similar size...
Super-Duper Cub. :wacko: :thumbsup:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supercub.org%2Fphotopost%2Fdata%2F513%2Fmedium%2FOshkosh0029.JPG&hash=fd35e0a2fbce04b8d6ca1c2e3a1fc208c633b5ae)