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K5054 Spitfire Prototype

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Auto Credit Based on Cedy117's Spitfire MK IX

Posted for the 80th anniversary of the spitfire's first flight. This is a VERY modified version of Cedy117's Spitfire IX, with a changed exhaust, tailskid, locked landing gear, colour scheme pitot head, roundel, gunsight, prop, and rudder horn. It represents the spitfire prototype K5054, as it looked when first flown by 'Mutt' Summers on the 5th of March 1936.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Spitfire MK IX
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 59.9ft (18.2m)
  • Length 46.6ft (14.2m)
  • Height 14.5ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 3,714lbs (1,685kg)
  • Loaded Weight 35,811lbs (16,243kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.062
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.027
  • Wing Loading 56.4lbs/ft2 (275.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 635.2ft2 (59.0m2)
  • Drag Points 10192

Parts

  • Number of Parts 172
  • Control Surfaces 13
  • Performance Cost 585