Fairey Swordfish References

[airjim]

Looks pretty good.

Am I seeing the photo correctly - does the windscreen merge into the trailing edge of the upper wing?

Yes it does. I think Brews has it pretty good, if a little long. There certainly is a gap between the end of the canopy and the opening for the gun. The back of the canopy is a flip top, so the gunner could fire. I swear I had a photo of this, but I can't find it right now. There are a couple of nice shots in the In Action book, including a much clearer version of Paul's photo. Also you can see some here of how the canopy works.

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... mouth.aspx;

And Bruce, thanks for doing this. I've always wanted to model a IV, seems I'm closer then before.

Jim

[PDMO]

Took these at Duxford last year, and thought they might be worth sharing:

[JohnRatzenberger]

Here, FYI, are drawings of the Mk.IV enclosed cockpit -- properly sized ones have been sent on to Brews & Jim.

[JohnRatzenberger]

We're going to have to lower the leading edge slats unless we have an in-flight display, aren't we.

A feature overlooked by every kit, I think ....

[PaulBradley]

Some photos of the remains of a Swordfish that are stored at the Reynolds Museum in Alberta, taken by my buddy Mark Peapell and generously offered up for your use in this GB - thanks Mark!!

[JohnRatzenberger]

Thanks, Paul -- lots to go on for the enclosed cockpit boys ....

[airjim]

Well I guess I have no choice now! Off to a craft store later in the week to get some Sculpy and try to make a master. Then I'll have to see who locally has a Mattel machine. Heck I was worried about finishing in time and the rigging, and now I have to make a canopy too...

It will be fun.

Jim

[airjim]

I had intended to give you one,

Brews,

I may still need to beg one from you...I have no idea, if I can pull it off or not. But it will be fun to try.

Thanks Paul for the pics and thanks John for the scans.

Jim

[AndrewR]

I have some photos of TH-M in the Canadian Aviation museum, if they'd be of any interest. I think that it's a rebuild job from several aircraft, so caution is advised...


This link is the museum handout

http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/coll ... Swordfish/;


Cheers

Andrew

[jssel]

I need some assistance on Swordfish torpedoes. I have this picture from the the cover of a SMI showing a torpedo under the Swordfish.



I think it is MkXII but I have never seen a reference to that shroud around the fins and propellers.

Can any one help?

[philp]

Some nice profiles here:
http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/quarter2/swordfish.htm;

Including a profile of Airjim's subject.

And here are a couple Taranto raiders.

[PaulBradley]

Thanks for sharing those, Phil - some other options to think about...!

[peebeep]

We're going to have to lower the leading edge slats unless we have an in-flight display, aren't we.

A bit late to the party, but in order to make folks feel better about this it is possible to find pictures of parked machines with the slats retracted. You might come across pictures of a machine with one slat retracted and the other deployed. I don't know how the slats operate, but if they're spring loaded it could simply be that the aircraft was parked into wind (as it should be of course!) when the photo was taken and the wind had sufficient velocity to close the slat. A cross wind might account for an asymmetric appearance. Alternatively if the pilot can choose to deploy the slats their state may depend on whether or not a particular pilot would habitually choose to deploy them for take offs and landings.

peebeep

[JohnRatzenberger]

The Swordfish used the Handley Page Anti-Stall Slat design, which is an automatic slat which self-deploys/retracts under certain areodynamic conditions. I think the notable first use of these slats was the HP.42, but certainly not limited to that.

Anyway, I do not know the design parameters which would cause extension/retraction on the Swordfish, but inconsistent positioning on the ground would seem logical considering landing configuration, wind across a parked aircraft (as peebeep discusses), worn springs, etc ...

[PaulBradley]

...same as the '109 then.