SPITFIRE Mk IXc HF
This aircraft was built by Bill SPITFRND Wilson using version 2.82.100 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. It is based on the stock CFS3 Spitfire IXc visual created by Microsoft and painted by ZUYAX.
ZUYAX painted this plane in a livery typical of the Mark IX HFs flown by No 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron during 1944. ML171 was originally delivered to 74 Squadron and shortly transfered to 312 Squadron in June 1944. It survived the war and was finally struck off in 1957.
Not long after the introduction of the Mark IX, The RAF begin experimenting with different weight, propeller configurations and supercharger settings to obtain increased high altitude performance for the model. THe first high altitude variants, labeled HF IXs were fitted with Rolls Royce Merlin 61s with modified blower settings no armor and no machine guns.
In October of 1943, the first Mark IX HF to use the Merlin 70 engine specifically optimized for high altitude performance was tested. The Merlin 70 became the standard engine for the HF Mark IX and was also used in the Mark VIII and PR XI. The Mark IX HF was not produced in large numbers and some models were fitted with extended pointed wing tips, like the pressurized Mark VI and the Mark VII. Most pilots did not care for the extended tips since they reduced low altitude roll rates by as much as 40%.
Most IX HF aircraft were equiped with the standard tips or field modified to remove the extended tips. To match the MS visual, this aircraft flight model is based on the standard tip HF.
To increase range, late model Mark IXs were produced with an additional rear tank ranging in size from 32 to 85 imperial gallons.This aircraft flight model is based on the standard tip LF with a 33 imperial gallon rear tank.
This aircraft was built by Bill SPITFRND Wilson using version 2.82.100 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. It is based on the stock CFS3 Spitfire IXc visual created by Microsoft and painted by ZUYAX.
ZUYAX painted this plane in a livery typical of the Mark IX HFs flown by No 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron during 1944. ML171 was originally delivered to 74 Squadron and shortly transfered to 312 Squadron in June 1944. It survived the war and was finally struck off in 1957.
Not long after the introduction of the Mark IX, The RAF begin experimenting with different weight, propeller configurations and supercharger settings to obtain increased high altitude performance for the model. THe first high altitude variants, labeled HF IXs were fitted with Rolls Royce Merlin 61s with modified blower settings no armor and no machine guns.
In October of 1943, the first Mark IX HF to use the Merlin 70 engine specifically optimized for high altitude performance was tested. The Merlin 70 became the standard engine for the HF Mark IX and was also used in the Mark VIII and PR XI. The Mark IX HF was not produced in large numbers and some models were fitted with extended pointed wing tips, like the pressurized Mark VI and the Mark VII. Most pilots did not care for the extended tips since they reduced low altitude roll rates by as much as 40%.
Most IX HF aircraft were equiped with the standard tips or field modified to remove the extended tips. To match the MS visual, this aircraft flight model is based on the standard tip HF.
To increase range, late model Mark IXs were produced with an additional rear tank ranging in size from 32 to 85 imperial gallons.This aircraft flight model is based on the standard tip LF with a 33 imperial gallon rear tank.
