Hornby Hobbies AIRFIX A82015 Quick Start Manual

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A82015 SGLI
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KIT
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Wingspon:232mm
Fuseloge
lenglh:
l95mm
I
Two
Decolsrhemes
Included
I
Two
Build
Options
Although best known for its
use os
o doylight interceptil fighter, ond in loter
doys os o fighter bomber, the Spitfire oho undertook
o number of
speciolist toles
for the
Mf.
During
the winfer of
I
941/42
it wm
feored thot the
lufiwsffe
would once ogoin strike
0t the heon 0f Briloin
by
bombing ils m0i0r dties
0s
ii
hod the winter before. While single engine fighters, like the llurricone,
hod
been used in
the postlo
intercept lhese bomben
itwos
derided
thof o more
potentfighter
wos needed ond o number
of
Spitfire Vbs
were converied t0 nightfighten by pointing them
block. The ideo wos
to direclftem to fte
bombers using seorchlights. However the
operctions were nol
0
su(res.
The
Spitfire rould
be
tricky to fly ol night, wilh ih
nonow trock underconioge ond immense engine
torque moking even toking off difficult. Mony
wue
loslin
o(idenls
ond
fte ideo wos quiefly dropped. Another use for the Vb
towords
llre end ofthe worwosos
o high speed oir seo resrue
mochine.0peroling overthe
seo
offthe Suffolk
coost,
fiese Spifireswere
oble
to
spot
downed oiroew
ond rodio
their posilion
lo
enoble
[omtol
Commond or
the
Royol Novy
to
rescue
fiem.
Airfix would like to thonk the llistoic Aircroft
[ollertion (hih://www.hist0dmiraoftcolleclion.ltd.uk/)
ond tdgor Erooks for their
ossistonce with creoting this model.
Ronge:470m
(760km)
Wingspon:
36
ft. l0 in (11.23
m)
Lengfi:29 ft.
ll
in (9.12 m)
fumoment
2
x 20mm
connon & 4
x.303in ilorhine
Guns
O Supermarine
Spitfire
LF.Mk.Vb
C
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb
Glu[
SRecial
limited tdition
Speed:
370mph (595Km/h)
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