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View Poll Results: Favourite Spitfire variant | |
Spitfire mk I
|    | 1 | 3.13% | |
Spitfire mk II
|    | 1 | 3.13% | |
Spitfire mk V or Seafire mk I, II, III
|    | 2 | 6.25% | |
Spitfire mk VIII
|    | 5 | 15.63% | |
Spitfire mk IX, XI
|    | 10 | 31.25% | |
Spitfire mk XII or Seafire mk XV,XVII
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Spitfire mk XIV, XVIII, XIX
| | 11 | 34.38% | |
Spitfire mk 21, 22, 24 or Seafire 45, 46, 47
| | 2 | 6.25% | 
04-28-2006, 12:31 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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What was your favourite type of Spitfire/Seafire. In the poll I am giving a choice of the main variants. | 
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04-28-2006, 01:08 PM
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#2 | | World Traveler
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Country:  | My favourite is the Mk-IX, I like the sleek lines of the merlined engined versions while I like the Griffin engined ones, the bubble canopy makes some of the later marks look odd.
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04-28-2006, 02:02 PM
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| I now what you mean. Although, my favourite merlined mark is the VIII with the retractable tail wheel (much more refined). I saw a mk VIII with a bouble canopy looked great (in my opinion). That why I prefer the late mk XIVs, XVIIIs along with the humps on the cylinders, power! They have to have the eliptical wing though or it doesn't work
My favourite Spitfire in terms of look though is the Mk III fighter variant. | |
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04-28-2006, 02:10 PM
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#4 | | Siggy Master
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Country:  | I like the early versions of the Spitfire ,they look very light on the contrary to my favourite German fighter and later Spits.I vote for the Mk.I-IX,especially for MkIX.
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04-28-2006, 05:14 PM
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| Just out of interest what do you think about the Seafang and Spiteful? Personally I think they look like a cross between a Mustang and a Spitfire mk 24. It really doesn't work does it? The eliptical wing was actually more aerodynamic! | |
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04-28-2006, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by helmitsmit Just out of interest what do you think about the Seafang and Spiteful? Personally I think they look like a cross between a Mustang and a Spitfire mk 24. It really doesn't work does it? The eliptical wing was actually more aerodynamic! | To all intents and purposes they were a Spitfire with a Mustangs low flow laminar wing and your right. It didn't really work. | |
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04-28-2006, 07:23 PM
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Country:  | My favorite Spitfire version is the Mk. IX... Although Plan_D would argue with me on that point, I think that the Mk. IX was the best Merlin engined fighter of the war. | |
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04-28-2006, 10:31 PM
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| I love PR XIX's. The Planes of Fame sold theirs off to France last year, but it was so pretty in blue and those props!
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04-29-2006, 03:40 AM
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#9 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | in terms of best looking i'm properly going to say PR.XIX as well, especially if she's in PRU pink or blue........
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04-29-2006, 06:42 AM
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| mk ix, i like mh434, first Spit I saw aerobatting like a WW2 might have done, cheers Ray! | |
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04-29-2006, 01:51 PM
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| About the mkX1X don't you think the prop should be five bladed rather then cotra-rotating?
The mk XVI was a mk IX with a bouble canopy. Shame they didn't do a "bouble" mk VIII for the far east. | |
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04-29-2006, 02:11 PM
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Country:  | The later ones (21, 22 etc). Theyre the only ones that look as good as everyone seems to think Spitfires do.
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04-29-2006, 02:29 PM
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#13 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | she looks better than those italian lumps of metal you drool over so much.......
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04-29-2006, 02:40 PM
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Country: | I think not...Theres nothing amazing about the way the Spitfire looks. I think there are several planes which far eclipse it in terms of looks.
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04-29-2006, 02:51 PM
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#15 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | there are several great things about the way the spit looks, and i've seen some planes that come close to her looks (the lanc included) however none that beat her.........
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