ALERT! Need Spit Mk.XIV Info for Landing Gear Bay and Struts

[Jason_Williams]

Guys,

 

Our lead modeler has told me he needs references for the Spit XIV tail wheel assembly, strut and wheel bay Anyone have anything?

 

Post here or send to me if you can help.

 

Thanks!

 

Jason

[=RvE=Windmills]

Did some quick googling and came across this video, in the first 25 seconds there seem to be some close ups of the wheel wells and struts. Not the greatest format, but I'll try and see if there's anything clearer.

 

 

 

From the same guy, some more scattered throughout this vid.

 

 

Some more detailed shots, though unfortunately of an Seafire XII, no idea if this is useful but thought I'd add it.

 

http://www.thescale.info/news/publish/Seafire-under-carriage.shtml

Edited December 5, 2019 by =RvE=Windmills

[Jason_Williams]

Sorry translation error. I've amended my original post.

 

Jason

[namhee2]

may be.

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/spitfire_mk-21.22460/

 

www.modellversium.de/presse/artikel.php?id=1062

is a book

 

 

Edited December 5, 2019 by namhee2

[=RvE=Windmills]

http://warbirdswalkaround.wixsite.com/warbirds/nh799

 

F.XIV NH799

 

 

Higher quality but from the Seafire XII, though it seems identical. Not sure how likely I am to find additional angles, as you'd practically need to be lying under it to see the back.

 

 

Some additional angles of the Griffon Seafire are on the original link, though no further shots inside the wheel well.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2019 by =RvE=Windmills

[Talon_]

6 hours ago, Jason_Williams said:

Guys,

 

Our lead modeler has told me he needs references for the Spit XIV tail wheel assembly, strut and wheel bay Anyone have anything?

 

Post here or send to me if you can help.

 

Thanks!

 

Jason

 

FYI it's identical to the system in the Mark VIII, for which more references are probably available. Also the same as the Mark XII though that's a rarer beast. XVIII is also the same airframe for the most part if you broaden the search.

[NZTyphoon]

From Montforton's Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI & XVI Engineered: the XIV's undercarriage geometry and size was essentially the same as that of the late-Merlin powered series, with the torque links, modified fairings

Note that the leg fairings were bowed in cross-section, a feature that allowed the undercarriage legs to sit lower in the wheel wells: this allowed Supermarine to eliminate the blister that had been incorporated in the upper wing skinning over the wheel bays. As concrete landing strips and runways were introduced, Supermarine changed the geometry of the axles, thus reducing the toe-out of the axles, preventing the excessive tyre scrub exerted by the concrete: in turn, new blisters had to be added to the skinning above the wheel bays; NOTE that the modified axles and fairings were post-war features, as were the stronger, 3 spoke wheels.

The

This port wings of this preserved Spitfire Spitfire F. Mk. XIV shows what the upper wing of a Spitfire XIV would have looked like during WW2, with no extra bulges, blisters or reinforcing strakes above the wheelbay

A Spitfire F. Mk. XIV of 41 Sqn, flown by Sqn Ldr Benham: note the beam approach aerial below the fuselage, a feature that was usually seen on 2 TAF Spitfire XIVs.

Group Captain "Johnnie" Johnson's F.R Mk. XIV just shows the upper, inner wing.

 

Another F.R. Mk. XIV of 451(RAAF) Sqn. post-war.

More from Monforton: the 3 spoke wheel was introduced post-war.

Edited May 3, 2020 by NZTyphoon
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