brewerjerry said:Leads a bit more weight to the fact it was possible to fit merlins, dispelling the old myth of airframe being too small,
and more importantly the time he mentions occurs before the welkin spec was issued by the air min, so a totally different project
brewerjerry said:Hi All,
I got a very speedy reply from the guy who worked in the design department at westland on the merlin whirlwind.
He recalls that the whirlwind merlin nacelle shape changed very little from that of the whirlwind peregrine nacelle and that extra fuel capacity was fitted, also some changes were made to compensate for the change in CofG.
I am awaiting any further info, that i will of course post here.
Cheers
Jerry
Spark said:Was the W2.B turbojet lighter and more powerful than the Peregrine ?
HiSpark said:Hi,
Any news?
brewerjerry said:Hi All,
I got a very speedy reply from the guy who worked in the design department at westland on the merlin whirlwind.
He recalls that the whirlwind merlin nacelle shape changed very little from that of the whirlwind peregrine nacelle and that extra fuel capacity was fitted, also some changes were made to compensate for the change in CofG.
I am awaiting any further info, that i will of course post here.
Cheers
Jerry
sealordlawrence said:It rather strikes me that if one really wishes to pursue the notion of a developed Whirlwind then the most credible option is the MkII with the extended nose (4 x 20mm with 120 rounds per gun and an additional fuel tank) and developed Peregrines of roughly 1,000hp and some minor aerodynamic enhancements. However, to reinforce the point that Ken made earlier in the thread, as formidable an aircraft as it would have been the industrial logic is difficult to argue. Earlier in the thread a qoute was given of Rolls Royce's opinion stating that they believed that continued Peregrine production would cost two Merlin's for every Peregrine, if we take that argument at face value and extend it further into aircraft manufacture where it takes two peregrines to build a Whirlwind we find that what is actually being said is that from a power plant perspective one can have either four Spitfire/Seafires or an Avro Lancaster for one Whirlwind. It is not difficult to see why it exited the field.
brewerjerry said:HI
thanks for posting the photo
cheers
Jerry
brewerjerry said:HI
The first whirlwind production was originally going to be a photo recce version.
Cheers
Jerry
'Whirlwind' by Victor Bingham, Airlife 1987, 157 pages. Page size 24cm x 18cm.I think there was a book by “Bingham” on the Whirlwind?
Yes to both. Graphs describing rates of climb and maximum speeds at different altitudes. Good drawings of the aircraft for modeling purposes.Was there engine performance details? Graphs figures etc?
HISpark said:It is estimated that since UK EU membership over a hundred million books have been removed from local libraries in the UK.
brewerjerry said:Hi
peregrine was updraft carb's.
merlin downdraft ...
brewerjerry said:Hi
Dooh, got my ups n downs mixed up
cheers Jerry
You're right.Not quite a Welkin,