SPITFIRE Mk Vb Clip - CFS3
V2.82.100
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It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
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SPITFIRE Mk Vb Clip
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 visual created and painted by VB Planes' Graham Rollinson.
This Mark Vb is painted in the livery of the 67th Recon Group's 107Fighter Squadron. Aircraft AX-D was based at Membury, England in 1943.
The 67th Recon Group used the Spitfire Vb for a time while attached to the 8th Air Force, Membury, England as they had no other suitable planes available.
They had been sent to England without any aircraft and in a reverse lend-lease they were given Spitfire Mk Vb's by the British. Although they had no full Group operations in this aircraft, they frequently went out attached to RAF squadrons or in small groups by themselves.
The Mark V was spawned by a change in Luftwaffe tactics near the end of 1940. At that time, the Mark III, with a retractable tail wheel and Merlin XX engine was already in development as the intended next improvement in Spitfire line.
Rolls Royce responded by removing the low altitude blower from the Merlin XX to create the Merlin 45, a less complex engine that could be produced more quickly and easily could be retrofitted to the Mark I and II air frame. The Air Ministry promptly ordered 500 of the conversions to produce the so called "temporary expedient” that would be later designated the Mark V. The first Mark V, a converted Mk I powered by the new Merlin 45 flew on January 13, 1940.
Early improvements to the line were to replace the fabric covered ailerons with metal ones and replace the gravity feed carburetor. The metal ailerons eliminated the Spitfire’s dramatic degradation in roll performance above 340 mph and all aircraft were eventually retrofitted. Beginning in October of 1941, Mark Vs were fitted with negative G carburetors to eliminate the cut out problem of the Merlin engine in push over maneuvers.
Many surviving Mark Vs were modified with clipped wings to improve their low altitude performance and roll rates. The conversion increased roll rates by nearly 40% and added 5 mph to low altitude performance with a similar reduction in performance above 18,000 feet.
The Mark V was extensively used by many allied air forces, including the USAAF. General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold was anxious to get American fighter units into the European theater in the summer of 1942 to escort the B-17 bombers. The first American fight units tasked to Europe were the 31 and 52nd Fighter Groups, equipped at that time with P-39s.
V2.82.100
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions.
It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
All the planes 1% listed for download are qualified for use in our AvHistory William Tell Meet Air Combat Ladder. For information and to get the sign up sheet for the ladder please go to the LINKS section at http://www.avhistory.org
SPITFIRE Mk Vb Clip
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 visual created and painted by VB Planes' Graham Rollinson.
This Mark Vb is painted in the livery of the 67th Recon Group's 107Fighter Squadron. Aircraft AX-D was based at Membury, England in 1943.
The 67th Recon Group used the Spitfire Vb for a time while attached to the 8th Air Force, Membury, England as they had no other suitable planes available.
They had been sent to England without any aircraft and in a reverse lend-lease they were given Spitfire Mk Vb's by the British. Although they had no full Group operations in this aircraft, they frequently went out attached to RAF squadrons or in small groups by themselves.
The Mark V was spawned by a change in Luftwaffe tactics near the end of 1940. At that time, the Mark III, with a retractable tail wheel and Merlin XX engine was already in development as the intended next improvement in Spitfire line.
Rolls Royce responded by removing the low altitude blower from the Merlin XX to create the Merlin 45, a less complex engine that could be produced more quickly and easily could be retrofitted to the Mark I and II air frame. The Air Ministry promptly ordered 500 of the conversions to produce the so called "temporary expedient” that would be later designated the Mark V. The first Mark V, a converted Mk I powered by the new Merlin 45 flew on January 13, 1940.
Early improvements to the line were to replace the fabric covered ailerons with metal ones and replace the gravity feed carburetor. The metal ailerons eliminated the Spitfire’s dramatic degradation in roll performance above 340 mph and all aircraft were eventually retrofitted. Beginning in October of 1941, Mark Vs were fitted with negative G carburetors to eliminate the cut out problem of the Merlin engine in push over maneuvers.
Many surviving Mark Vs were modified with clipped wings to improve their low altitude performance and roll rates. The conversion increased roll rates by nearly 40% and added 5 mph to low altitude performance with a similar reduction in performance above 18,000 feet.
The Mark V was extensively used by many allied air forces, including the USAAF. General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold was anxious to get American fighter units into the European theater in the summer of 1942 to escort the B-17 bombers. The first American fight units tasked to Europe were the 31 and 52nd Fighter Groups, equipped at that time with P-39s.
