|
| |||||||
| Polls Polls and discussion on their results. |
| View Poll Results: Your favorite Spit version | |||
| Mark I and II |     | 6 | 13.04% |
| Mark V |    | 6 | 13.04% |
| Mark Vb |    | 5 | 10.87% |
| Mark XII |    | 2 | 4.35% |
| Mark XIII |    | 2 | 4.35% |
| Mark XIV |    | 22 | 47.83% |
| Seafire | | 3 | 6.52% |
| Voters: 46. You may not vote on this poll | |||
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
04-04-2008, 03:49 AM
| #1 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manila, Philippines
Posts: 495
| Best Spitfire version I was wondering....What Supermarine Spitfire version is the best? The Mark Vb? The Mark I? Choose your favorite Spit!
__________________  "I'm sure as hell not a killer, but combat flying is like a game, and a guy likes to come out on top." -Maj. George E. Preddy, killed on Christmas Day, 1944 |
|         |
|
04-04-2008, 04:12 AM
| #2 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Helsinki
Posts: 1,357
| Hello Pong You made the decision too easy to me by leaving Mks VIII/IX out of options. I'd have great difficulties to choose between Mk VIII and Mk XIV but now the choice was very easy to make. Juha |
|
| |
|
04-04-2008, 09:48 AM
| #3 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
Posts: 4,543
| The MkVIII is my favourite, but its not on the list.
__________________  |
|
| |
|
04-04-2008, 12:04 PM
| #4 | ||
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 496
| What the heck, I'll vote for the Mk XIII, lucky 13.  Best of both my hobbies, photography and fighter planes. Quote:
Quote:
__________________  | ||
|
| |
|
04-04-2008, 12:42 PM
| #5 |
| Junior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grudziadz
Posts: 25
| Mk VIII, but as it's not in the pool - Seafire. I always liked the idea of having Spitfire on a carrier. If not for the range..
__________________  |
|
| |
|
04-04-2008, 01:50 PM
| #6 |
| Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pine Mountain Lake, California
Posts: 981
| I voted for the first Griffon-powered Mark, the XII. |
|
| |
|
04-05-2008, 02:20 AM
| #7 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Helsinki
Posts: 1,357
| Hello SoD Stitch nice that you voted for Mk XII, excellent low-level fighter and IMHO the most menacing looking of Spits, Juha |
|
| |
|
04-06-2008, 05:46 PM
| #8 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 174
| bah the Spitfire VIII is the best overall. It was the only standard production Spitfire in which ALL units had more than a sloppy + 400 mile range. The Spit VIII had at least 660 miles on internal fuel after startup/warm-up. It had the performance of a Mk.IX, was able to haul a 1000 lb bomb load (after bomb rack retro-fit of course) and could climb and turn with best of them. Jeffrey Quill stated it was the nicest handling of all Merlin engine Spits. Plus it had a retractable tailwheel which increased its awesome-ness. And what happened to the IX? The version that put the Spitfire back in the top fighter category in 1942?
__________________ "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few..." - Winston Churchill Last edited by Sgt. Pappy; 04-06-2008 at 05:50 PM. |
|
| |
|
04-08-2008, 02:57 PM
| #9 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
Posts: 4,029
| The Spiteful type371 (483mph) which flew in june 1944 and in theory was going to be the Spits replacement but to all intents was a moded spitfire would be my choice but of the list its the Seafire for me (beautiful clean lines) |
|
| |
|
04-08-2008, 06:41 PM
| #10 | |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: oregon
Posts: 3,933
| Quote:
I have always like the XIV a little bit more than the rest of those magnificent fighters.. would have loved to fly one. | |
|
| |
|
04-09-2008, 07:10 AM
| #11 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 2,172
| The XIV cos it looks a real bitch in combat  |
|
| |
|
04-09-2008, 09:38 AM
| #12 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 11,978
  | I would have picked the Mk.XVIII or F.21 ... but I'll resort to Mk.XIV.
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004  To those in that club. |
|
| |
|
04-09-2008, 06:43 PM
| #13 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 558
| If its just a personal pick. I would go for a Spit MKX. Incredible range, pressurised cockpit and no cannons to spoil its perfect lines. No griffon bits obstructing the view at the front or that awful bubble canopy(Ok it great for dogfighting but I want a tourer). Has to be PRU blue though as camo is dull and pink is just girlie.
__________________ Lord Flasheart: [about planes] Always treat your kite like you treat your woman. Lieutenant George: How do you mean, sir? Do you mean, take her home at the week-end to meet your mother? Lord Flasheart: No! I mean get inside her five times a day and take her to heaven and back! Captain Blackadder: I'm beginning to see why the suffragette movement are wanting the vote. Lord Flasheart: Hey, hey! Any girl who wants to chain herself to my railings and suffer a jet movement gets my vote! |
|
| |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Linear Mode
