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Grumman Wildcat/Hellcat/Bearcat Ideas
elmayerle:
--- Quote from: kitnut617 on January 01, 2023, 02:39:18 AM ---It was in an article about the same Finnish company that built the Buffalos, who were proposing building reversed-engineered Mosquitos.
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That suggests an interesting possibility of reverse-engineered Mosquitos with DB605 or DB603 engines.
perttime:
--- Quote from: elmayerle on January 04, 2023, 07:29:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: kitnut617 on January 01, 2023, 02:39:18 AM ---It was in an article about the same Finnish company that built the Buffalos, who were proposing building reversed-engineered Mosquitos.
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That suggests an interesting possibility of reverse-engineered Mosquitos with DB605 or DB603 engines.
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From Wikipedia:
"Footnotes
This aircraft is not to be confused with the Finnish fast bomber variant of De Havilland Mosquito, with DB 605 engines, a project which never materialized. In 1943 the FiAF HQ asked VL if it would be possible to build a copy of the Mosquito with DB605 engines. Two crashed British aircraft would have been requested from Germany to serve as models. The primary attraction was the wooden construction (something that the VL was familiar with). The inquiries indicated that serial production could be started sometime in 1946, as there were other aircraft on queue, and there were difficulties in getting just about everything needed to produce a new aircraft. The new aircraft was also to be named "Vihuri"."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmet_Vihuri#Footnotes
There's a night fighter whif model at https://pienoismallit.net/galleria/malli_11353/
Google finds a few relevant pics: https://www.google.com/search?q=vl+vihuri+mosquito&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwien_eZmq38AhWMuIsKHf89Cs4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=739&dpr=1.25
kitnut617:
--- Quote from: elmayerle on January 04, 2023, 07:29:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: kitnut617 on January 01, 2023, 02:39:18 AM ---It was in an article about the same Finnish company that built the Buffalos, who were proposing building reversed-engineered Mosquitos.
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That suggests an interesting possibility of reverse-engineered Mosquitos with DB605 or DB603 engines.
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The article said DB605's
GTX_Admin:
Random idea: Grumman Hellcat in USAAF service and in bare metal style scheme similar to this:
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