To everyone complaining about this, consider that it's impossible to build a full scale replica, because they would require a full scale engine, and they just don't make anything remotely close enough anymore. The Merlin made around 1500hp, and anything above 300hp, or so, these days, are the domain of jets.
+UNITED POLICE STATES OF AMERICA There are several modern production engines in the 1000 HP power class, what are you talking about? You don't need a merlin engine to make a full scale replica, there are several engines in the auto industry to choose from that can be modified for aircraft use that can get you 1000 HP stock. If you have more money than sense, you can obviously get more with turbo/super charging. And you don't even need a 1000+ HP engine to have a full scale replica if you make some design compromises for weight, speed and acrobatics.
Some of the comments here are really depressing, but buddy if I had the "Jack", I'd have one of these beautiful, superbly engineered aircraft. To everyone else, PLEASE grow the heck up!
Well, having served an apprenticeship with RR,stripped and rebuilt Merlins and Griffons etc, flown commercially for more than 25 years and looking for a kit project, I was quite interested in this. Right up until they started the engine. What an absolutely terrible sound for such a majestic, iconic machine, even if it is only a pretend Spitifire!
Hi Mike , Peter Mills from Australia, we use to fly to Roma at Easter l had the Cessna 172 . Warren Butler came with us , he died December 2018 he had the lightwing, late 90s . I like the spitfires
That radiator is a nice looking piece. It seems like a lot of the guys running liquid cooled engines are using automotive style radiators, but the one shown here seems like it would be much better option. He should consider marketing it to the Viking Aircraft engine guys and the STOL guys who run Yamaha engines.
Humphry Davy, a Cornishman, in 1808 identified and named the new metal 'Aluminum', but the old boys of the British establishment insisted it be re-named 'Aluminium' because all other metals at that time had an 'ium' ending to their name -- so Americans pronounce it the 'Davy' way and English people pronounce it the British way.
6:00 "This is a real Spitfire." How, exactly? It's a reformed shape, the cockpit it bigger, it looks very similar but not identical, its built in American and it doesn't have a Merlin or Griffon engine.
These comments are ridiculous! We are going to debate UK versus US linguistics now? Or the taste and brew of tea? Really? I thought this was about the Spitfire! It's simply one of the best fighters of WWII and remember the P-51 was rather shallow until the refit with the Merlin engine. We combined our efforts to demolish the Nazi regime - that was damned close to dominating the entire planet. But you guy's are arguing about linguistics? Okay, whatever. Bottom line is that we'd be speaking German now if the UK and US, and many other Allies, didn't come together to defeat Hitler. Stop squabbling about nonsense! TF
Technically, a majority of the English language comes from German. And French. And Latin. And Norse. And Dutch... But.....we're not here to talk linguistics. The Merlin made the P-51 what it was! :)
As said by Mike, to increase the size, would demand a lot more work and weight. I've spent the last 11 years helping to build one of these. Ours has the V6 Isuzu engine in and while no car engine will make the music of a Merlin or Griffon, they do sound a lot better than the microphone was picking up here. If interested in seeing our work, do a search on my name.
I can understand why some people would want to buy a scale model of the Spitfire, but why name the company Supermarine? I guess the name is not registered.
Why would anyone, given the ability to reproduce the Spitfire, or any other iconic aircraft of the time, simply choose to make a version at 3/4 scale? I would have purchased the kit if it would have been a full scale kit. 3/4 Scale? Not a chance.
Actually, blue was a standard colour scheme for PR IXX Spitfires, it was a little lighter than this, but not much so. It made the aircraft almost impossible to see at high altitudes of around 40K feet, even from as close as 100 feet away. The Battle of Britain Flight operated a PR IXX in this colour and may still do so. 31 & 52 Fighter Groups USAAF operated Spitfire Vs in US markings over Europe, so ths is probably not far off an accurate representation of their aircraft.
Fads and fashions change tones, but not accents. There's always a way that things are done, if not the exact sound. Things like shortened sounds, more or less stressed syllables in certain words. Put simply, the 'natural' English accent has been pretty much the same for over 100 years. Even if it changed twice as much in the 100 years before that, it's still a long way off the modern southern American accent.
Rarely travelled areas in England include... most of it. Even in large towns, there are large portions in which members of the same family have been living for centuries, and it's very rare to see an 'outsider'. Where I live, which is actually a fairly popular holiday home area, I'm one of two non-natives in the surrounding area. Having lived here for 6 years, and integrating myself well in the community, I'm slowly becoming considered 'proper' but it shows the stability of the population.
I love this video!!! If I ever get €230000 or $300000 of money I don't know what I will do with, I will buy this and put Swedish insigna on as we had on our spitfires during 1950s
It doesn't 'haunt' it just.. is. The correct ENGLISH spelling is Monarchy. Why? Because that's how all the various influences have flowed together to form the grammatical rules of the language. Now, as we haven't been invaded and had the language changed for nearly 1000 years, it's fairly well set. Not only that, but whatever happens, English English is THE definitive form. America will ALWAYS be wrong, unless it makes up its own, new language. English is beautiful in its diversity and subtlety.
It's not ignorant, I've been to the US and the tea isn't what I would call 'proper' at all. Invariably weak, and either too sweet or too bitter. I usually lacks the soothing nature of a proper brew, and if you ain't got that, or the taste, what do you have? Not tea. It's not racist, it's just statement of fact. It's not trolling because I'm not trying to start anything, and, again, it's fact not bullshit. You can't troll with facts. Not all tea is 'tea', there are different breeds and processes.
Oh really? Tell that to the city of Sheffield, where Stainless Steel, High Carbon Steel and Steel itself were all invented! Metal working was one of the great industries of the British Industrial Revolution. However, I guess you do have a point these days, as economic and political mismanagement of the industry has just about killed the British Steel Industry off.
Obviously, the design of the original Spitfire made it both a very responsive, good, easy flyer and a formidable gun platform, although I have my doubts about the Spitfire when compared to the 109 and the FW190. When it comes to hard knuckle war machinery the Germans took the art to a different level. But, good on yer mate - and who is this aircraft for?
It is a small sport plane that looks similar to a Spitfire nothing wrong with that surely especially if it flies like a Spit. I did not like the ripples in the fuselage above the wing they spoil the line somewhat, minor moan though.
I didn't change it, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry did. 'Aluminium' is used by the vast majority of the world, only the USA and Canada are recognised to favour 'Aluminum'. Aluminum has joined Alumium as obsolete and non-official. The other factor is that 'Aloominuhm' is quite annoying, and if you pronounce the 'Alumin' part correctly, then 'Aluminum' sounds silly. Pronounced correctly, 'Aluminium' rolls off the tongue nicer. And it's the correct spelling, officially.
I'm not telling you how to, the English language is. If you're speaking it, do it properly. It's no extra effort to do so, and makes life a lot easier for others trying to understand you. I'm just telling you that doing it in a non standard manner is not the correct way (which is just simple logic. Non standard does not = correct) Spell how you want, use whatever words you want for whatever you want... But do NOT get pissy when someone tells you it's wrong, because that's exactly what it is.
thanks for sharing the video, very interesting to watch.....also, why must you youtube trolls argue over things that dont need to be argued about. some say potato some say patato. get over it grow up, we are all humans nomatter how we pronounce the word we still know what that person is meaning so is it that big of a deal? NO, people like this is why i could careless if i ever get a ton of subscribers. if i do comments would be have to be approved by me to keep the childish antics down.
But it is the Americans who have popularised that spelling. By the way, 'wired' is a real word. It is used to describe the completeness of a wiring installation (eg "It's all wired up") or can be used as slang to indicate an excited condition. Synonymous with stoked, steaming, hyped, buzzed and suchlike. Tatty bye.
It hit the intended mark. Just because you've decided to say something a different way to everyone else doesn't make you right, it makes you wrong. And a little bit annoying.
My grandfather worked at the original Supermarine and did all the copper work on the s6 seaplane racer.This plane reminds me of the "mini coopers" you see on the road now.I think it's sad when people try to fool themselves and recreate the past like this.Supermarine was a company in history, you can't get i back.A mini cooper was a mini cooper and a Spitfire was a spitfire.The same goes for a Rolls Royce sports car,it a bmw chassis and engine with a rolls body plonked on top!But am i asking too much?
What you call issues, I call a moral backbone. It pains me greatly to watch my Niece's hard work go to pot when she's faced with an idiotic Americanisation of a word she already has difficulties reading. Now, if that's an 'issue', I'm proud to be a looney.
Funny, she's never been one for vacations. Always preferred a holiday to those hideous American things. So how was it over here? Did you like the area? The Cathedral is particularly nice at this time of year.
@couchfighter Huh...as in the Merlin? The Griffon? The Spitfire? The Industrial Revolution? Getting back to these little replicas;- They put a lot of effort into the design, but simply made too many compromises. Externally, they should have stuck to the script. If it was cheap, it might be acceptable, but it's not. There are Mustang replicas for the same money that look far more like a P51 than these look like a Spit'. To be fair, making a scaled-down Spit' is a much bigger ask. No cigar then.
English is simple, ask adults who are learning it for the first time. With waves of invasions, English has had to be stripped of complexities in order for the commoner to use it. Complexities such as gender and formality. Gender is central in expressing sexuality and romance. Formality is fundamental in a spiritual context, for instance when praying or saying a mantra. English is portable, possibly the fastest language to convey simple information.
De' Nile be a river in Africa :P No, they don't. sub-accents do, but general basic language defined accents do not. By 1860, the accent would have been very different to how it was in, say, 1066. But not so different to how it was only 80 years previously. That's inside a modern lifetime, and how much does an entire country change in that time, (language wise, obviously) compared to how much it does over 1000 years? Not a lot.
Wilbur Finnigan Oh please...by saying "Al -you- minium" you didn't know what he was talking about? So dialect and/or pronunciation really trumps the overall project or purpose? Sorry, that's just ridiculous.
+soaringtractor Class is in Session for the education of Ignorant Americans who know nothing 1) The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries. It is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The international headquarters of IUPAC is in Zürich, Switzerland. The administrative office, known as the "IUPAC Secretariat", is in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States. This administrative office is headed by the IUPAC executive director, currently Lynn Soby.....who is an American......cor luv a duck guvnor, fancy that. 2) Davy named it in 1808 and it was recorded as aluminium......Hans Christian Ørsted. reacted anhydrous aluminium chloride with potassium amalgam, yielding a lump of metal looking similar to tin.. a similar experiment in 1827 by mixing anhydrous aluminium chloride with potassium and yielded aluminium...... As described in his 1859 book, Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville states that aluminium trichloride could be reduced by sodium, .....The Cowles companies supplied aluminium alloy in quantity in the United States using Seimens smelters...........SEE THE PATTERN HERE MORON......ALL SPELT ALUMINIUM.. 3)"the elements real name".......No it isn't. ...The man who named it has it right. Aluminium......You can spell it how you wish, and the world recognises how you spell it, the majority of the world spells it correctly....so don't tell us we spell it wrong. I was thinking...what was the US doing on the above dates....1808...US slave trade with Africa ended.....1827, Nothing much...the Erie canal completed the Year before and 1828 ..South Carolina Exposition and Protest............1859, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. look at that You were still the new world equivalent of the Primordial soup at a time when Europeans were making these discoveries..
soaringtractor As I said ....you can spell it how you like, just don't tell us we spell it wrong The CORRECT way is Al-U-MIN-IUM....You are just pissed because you are wrong.
soaringtractor Nope.. not wrong. US spelling is wrong....but magnanimity has been shown by the world accepting the fact that you are incapable of saying or spelling it......... Try the periodic table....LithIUM, StrontIUM, MagnesIUM, RodIUM, RubidIUM StrontIUM YttrIUM, ZirconIUM, TechnetIUM RuthenIUM, RhodIUM, PalladIUM.....plus quite a few more including.....ALUMINIUM......And the day hasn't dawned when Americans and Canadians outnumber the rest of the world.....so you got that wrong as well..
+soaringtractor You really are a simpleton. It is spelt Aluminium any language...even in Japanese=アルミニウム pronounced Aruminiumu, Punjabi=ਅਲਮੀਨੀਅਮ=Alamīnī'ama, Hungarian=alumínium. etc etc. As for numbers who speak English....There are an estimated 1,200,000,000 English speakers in the world...of which the US and Canada make up a mere 309,000,000. Aluminium IS the common pronunciation. in your words....deal with it.
The weirdfish.. Who says that we as Americans have to speak British English???Its OUR country and we can speak,spell and pronounce words any way we want, just like you can speak any way you want. America is called a melting pot,because there are people here willing from all over the world. Don't you think OUR language would reflect that?? What gives you the right to judge how others speak?? America told the Brits to go to hell over 200 years ago for that reason.Take the same advise!!!
No dear, madness would be along the lines of 'the word is, officially, on thing, but I am going to say it is another, claiming it to be original, when in fact, it is not.' Yes, that's right, I'm calling you mad, and wrong. 'Alumin' older than 'aluminum', and 'aluminium' is correct. You've managed to choose the ONE variant that has NO basis for correctness. I think you'll find the actual argument was against the use of 'gas' to mean petrol, as that means something entirely different. Bullseye.
So one irreversible spelling mistake. Big whoop. I do KNOW the real spelling. The spelling of Aluminium was OFFICIALLY changed to make it match such other elements as Rubidium, Potassium, Chromium, Caesium, Titanium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Magnesium and Vanadium. See, 'ium'. Neater and easier. When things are officially changed, they're changed. That's it. You cannot tell me I'm wrong when your country teaches false spellings. I am English, it's impossible to be wrong in my own language.
So I was out by a couple of years. 'Early' tends to mean the first third, so I was out by 30 years. Big whoop. Accents don't change much over 30 years. Then you have the old school lot who talk properly, how they were taught and so on, so over a couple of generations, again, accents don't change that much. The Southern American accents are VERY different to 'natural' English. Most American schools teach spelling wrong. The English form of English is correct by default. Why not be correct?
Yes, but I don't want feckin' poncey iced tea. Tea is meant to be hot, not iced. I deon't want herbal tea or chai tea or green tea or woo chow specialty tea, I just want TEA. And you don't appear to be able to get a decent cup of that anywhere that I've been to in the US. I'm sure there are some nice alternative teas, but there's not been anything I would class as a straight up 'nice cuppa'. What's so wrong with wanting that, eh? Hence I bring a couple of boxes of PG tips, or Yorkshire Tea.
Cory Stansbury The new LS car engine with 12 cylinders,forged components,fuel injection and tuned,might reliably develop horsepower not much behind the genuine Mk.1 Spitfire.About 900hp.
Foxtrot Why should the Southern US have to speak "Correct" English since many have French,(US bought Louisianna from France) Spanish ,from Mexico ,African and then throw in Native American, and you wonder where the southern accent came from??
I complain about it because it's INCREDIBLY annoying to have to set up and re configure machines and even my own brain to work around someone else randomly changing MY OWN language. How would you feel if you were told that half your life had to change because your baby brother did it a different way? It's a pain in the arse. We've been happily using our own language for thousands of years, letting it evolve naturally over time, now we're being forced to change it all for some young upstart!
Nicely populated island with a history that ranks as one of the most significant in the world, certainly of recent times. The place that dragged the world out of purely rural farming and got it into industry, cities, technology... I'm not representing the UK. I'm representing common decency and a simple respect for doing things in a way that makes it easier for everyone involved. Like using standard English. Jingoistic? Says a fucking Yank...
Foxtrot Yea we in the US don't drink "proper" tea because it's part of our REBELLIOUS attitude because you Fucking Limeys drink the stuff. We prefer the more MANLY drink of Coffee, and thats why we drive on the "RIGHT" side of the road. So take your self righteous attitude and stuff it NO BODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK ! ! !
sandsifter149 NAW not angry ! ! ! just pissed off and fed up with the BULLSHIT you fucking Limey post on this site....and I WILL call you on it...Don't like it leave...
American English? Doesn't exist. Besides, no, that's not how it works at all. You can't simply re-name a language and call it your own. That's WHY these words are different. They're adopted, but changed so that we don't just end up speaking German or French, and so that they fit into our grammatical structure. English is beautiful, what other language is so intertwined with the rest of the world? What other language flows quite like it? French is beautiful, but a bit poncey, German is too harsh
No, it wasn't. Close period recordings from the early 19th century show this. I'm not talking about accent though. Accents are, mostly, good things. They add variety. They only get silly when words become mangled by them. However. Changing of the core structure of a language IS laziness. Random deletion of 'U's. Random application of 'Z's. Grammatical anomalies that are unacceptable in English. It's all a pain in the arse, especially as we use more computers that need a standardised language.
So the southern US has a massive variance in accent dependent on age... So how is any of it even CLOSE to 'original' English (whenever that was)? Unless it's sort of gone back to the beginning of a weird accent-loop (which I doubt) then it'll logically be nothing like English. Even if we disregard everything I've said on the subject, you've just proven yourself wrong with a single statement. Either my way or your own way, your original claim is false.
I know. It's just awful really. Although, many British accents have problems with such words too. Aluminium is even spelled different in Americaland too!
No, it's a renaming of my profile. It's the same email and password to get in, I just linked it to Google+ and changed my screen name to get rid of the annoying misspelling in my original screen name. F O are letters in a numberplate of a car. Insignificant? The place that stepped in for world freedom TWICE, and gave us life as we know it today? The place that had over 1/4 of the world, whose lands stretched so far that the sun never set upon the entirety of them? What's the US ever done?
Childish? Language is the very core of our culture. To wildly alter it, and without telling anyone too, is absurd, and yet America seems to think that it has a right to do so, and, what's more, impose it upon the rest of us and tell us WE are wrong!!! It doesn't just piss me off, it digs at the bottom of my conscience and infuriates me beyond belief. You can't tear apart the basis of someone else's culture then throw the bloody remains all over them. Add to that my niece can't even read it.
Because English is English, not matter what. Besides, how does Ameringlish work even then? American spellings are not correct by French OR English spelling rules!
Gullible is believing something that is false... I don't see any evidence of that here dear. Maybe a dictionary would help you. Tea is rarely mentioned in American media, and is frequently mocked. Without going round the country and asking personally, how am I to know? Besides, I couldn't find a single decent cuppa anywhere in the country. I take a couple of boxes of PG every time I go for that very reason.
You simply cannot copy exact words and call it your own. 'Etiquette' is a French word which has been loaned to English, albeit under duress. Couleur is correct French, Colour and Color are bastardized loan words. The majority of the words in English are simply copied from other languages. English lacks flow, it is patch-worked together. In the context of sexuality or spirituality it is sorely lacking when compared to French or Sanskrit derived languages. English is simple and portable.
Foxtrot Oscar Who says the "Official" language of the US has to be "Proper British" English?? Last time I checked the population of the US was way more than England. We have more people and we can talk and write and spell any DAMN way we please. Who the HELL made you the Language Cop anyway??? You don't like the way we talk then don't listen. If you're concerned about your "computer" not recognizing go get an English one then. So go "F" off and have your Tea and biscuit..
Foxtrot Oscar Who are you to tell me how to speak, spell etc???Its our country and we don't need your limey ass telling us how to talk'' Take your ADVICE and stick it where the sun don't shine ! ! ! And we will talk, spell as we damn well please....GOT IT ? ? ?
There's no such thing as British English. It's English. The USA speaks English. Any deviation from English is not English and is therefore wrong. Britain is a fair melting pot, a walk through Oxford or London will net you pretty much every major nationality in one. America told the Brits nothing 200 years ago. It had a wee argument in 1812, but we told YOU to piss off. Anyway. I'm right, you're, err, not. Sorry. *Advice. 'Advise' is to give advice, 'to advise someone of something'.
... I think someone needs a little grammar training. England is the standard for English. It's sort of in the name. Quite obvious, when you think about it. If English were spelled and pronounced exactly as the words from which it is derived, you would have hundreds of different grammar and spelling and pronunciation rules to remember, making it nigh on impossible to learn. No one would have a clue. Every language borrows from another at some point, moulding to word to fit.
Chaldean442. You're so right !! What a shame he doesn't have something productive to do with his life other than play on "TH-cam" with his drivel. Maybe if the English learned to talk clearly and open their mouth when they talk and quit dropping letters someone could understand them. Each country has the right to the language of their choice and how they speak and write it. Yu'all hav of goodin now ya hear!! HE HE HE
Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism. Jingoistic. Now, that's a straight copy and paste, if I'd written it, I'd have spelled 'characterised' properly. Yes, I suppose one could classify me under that... But aren't you doing the exact same? AND I'm merely responding to an irritant. Provoked. You have no reason to fob me off, because you're wrong. The world WOULD be much easier if everyone spelled properly. End of story.
Foxass....MY language is what I speak, how I speak it and when I speak it!! And I don't need a wannabe language cop telling me how to speak or write. Now NOBODY on here cares about your opinion and thats all it is.
Foxtrot You still don't get it do you??? Its not your place to "try" and tell Americans how to speak THEIR language. Thats why US is no longer under British control we do what we want and how we want, and you're not going to change us...Go preach to someone who cares, and that is not me...
Foxass WE kicked your ass out of our country and by the way your wonerfull empire is going down the tube. Everybody else is also sick of your attitude.
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To everyone complaining about this, consider that it's impossible to build a full scale replica, because they would require a full scale engine, and they just don't make anything remotely close enough anymore. The Merlin made around 1500hp, and anything above 300hp, or so, these days, are the domain of jets.
+UNITED POLICE STATES OF AMERICA
There are several modern production engines in the 1000 HP power class, what are you talking about?
You don't need a merlin engine to make a full scale replica, there are several engines in the auto industry to choose from that can be modified for aircraft use that can get you 1000 HP stock. If you have more money than sense, you can obviously get more with turbo/super charging.
And you don't even need a 1000+ HP engine to have a full scale replica if you make some design compromises for weight, speed and acrobatics.
Some of the comments here are really depressing, but buddy if I had the "Jack", I'd have one of these beautiful, superbly engineered aircraft. To everyone else, PLEASE grow the heck up!
Well, having served an apprenticeship with RR,stripped and rebuilt Merlins and Griffons etc, flown commercially for more than 25 years and looking for a kit project, I was quite interested in this. Right up until they started the engine. What an absolutely terrible sound for such a majestic, iconic machine, even if it is only a pretend Spitifire!
Awesome plane! Great job on the engine and air-frame design.
Hi Mike , Peter Mills from Australia, we use to fly to Roma at Easter l had the Cessna 172 . Warren Butler came with us , he died December 2018 he had the lightwing, late 90s . I like the spitfires
That radiator is a nice looking piece. It seems like a lot of the guys running liquid cooled engines are using automotive style radiators, but the one shown here seems like it would be much better option. He should consider marketing it to the Viking Aircraft engine guys and the STOL guys who run Yamaha engines.
Humphry Davy, a Cornishman, in 1808 identified and named the new metal 'Aluminum', but the old boys of the British establishment insisted it be re-named 'Aluminium' because all other metals at that time had an 'ium' ending to their name -- so Americans pronounce it the 'Davy' way and English people pronounce it the British way.
Bloody awesome. Great to see a Aussie Building spits.
Nice job. Some of the comments are ridiculous.
Thank you Mr Finnigan.
I think this debate has been quite successful.
Beautiful aircraft, well done.
On the ground it sounds like a Vette, in the air it sounds like a Spitfire?
6:00
"This is a real Spitfire."
How, exactly?
It's a reformed shape, the cockpit it bigger, it looks very similar but not identical, its built in American and it doesn't have a Merlin or Griffon engine.
Why do you play music over the sound of the engine ? Do you also play two melodies at the same time at home ??? Think !!!!!!!
I thought this was going to be Supermarine in Stoke on Trent, UK.
These comments are ridiculous! We are going to debate UK versus US linguistics now? Or the taste and brew of tea? Really? I thought this was about the Spitfire! It's simply one of the best fighters of WWII and remember the P-51 was rather shallow until the refit with the Merlin engine. We combined our efforts to demolish the Nazi regime - that was damned close to dominating the entire planet. But you guy's are arguing about linguistics? Okay, whatever. Bottom line is that we'd be speaking German now if the UK and US, and many other Allies, didn't come together to defeat Hitler. Stop squabbling about nonsense!
TF
Technically, a majority of the English language comes from German. And French. And Latin. And Norse. And Dutch...
But.....we're not here to talk linguistics. The Merlin made the P-51 what it was! :)
Very nice !
beautiful aircraft
The airplane just misses the mark
I would buy one too
At 100%
As said by Mike, to increase the size, would demand a lot more work and weight. I've spent the last 11 years helping to build one of these. Ours has the V6 Isuzu engine in and while no car engine will make the music of a Merlin or Griffon, they do sound a lot better than the microphone was picking up here. If interested in seeing our work, do a search on my name.
Fantastic work, awesome!!!
A rolls royce v12 (bmw n74) would that be an option?
I can understand why some people would want to buy a scale model of the Spitfire, but why name the company Supermarine? I guess the name is not registered.
Supermarine was part of the Vickers company which no longer exists so I'm guessing it's not a registered trademark.
i think you replied to the wrong person or did not read my comment clearly enough....
An "off brand" Spitfire?
Why would anyone, given the ability to reproduce the Spitfire, or any other iconic aircraft of the time, simply choose to make a version at 3/4 scale? I would have purchased the kit if it would have been a full scale kit. 3/4 Scale? Not a chance.
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And a three blade prop, just to ensure it doesn't look too much like a spitfire. Pointless really
Early Spits had a three bladed prop.
Actually, blue was a standard colour scheme for PR IXX Spitfires, it was a little lighter than this, but not much so. It made the aircraft almost impossible to see at high altitudes of around 40K feet, even from as close as 100 feet away. The Battle of Britain Flight operated a PR IXX in this colour and may still do so.
31 & 52 Fighter Groups USAAF operated Spitfire Vs in US markings over Europe, so ths is probably not far off an accurate representation of their aircraft.
Fads and fashions change tones, but not accents. There's always a way that things are done, if not the exact sound. Things like shortened sounds, more or less stressed syllables in certain words. Put simply, the 'natural' English accent has been pretty much the same for over 100 years. Even if it changed twice as much in the 100 years before that, it's still a long way off the modern southern American accent.
Wonder what the range is on this beast
Rarely travelled areas in England include... most of it. Even in large towns, there are large portions in which members of the same family have been living for centuries, and it's very rare to see an 'outsider'. Where I live, which is actually a fairly popular holiday home area, I'm one of two non-natives in the surrounding area. Having lived here for 6 years, and integrating myself well in the community, I'm slowly becoming considered 'proper' but it shows the stability of the population.
I love this video!!! If I ever get €230000 or $300000 of money I don't know what I will do with, I will buy this and put Swedish insigna on as we had on our spitfires during 1950s
Yes? So? It also has roots in French, Latin, Greek and Viking, among others. What's so bad about that?
It doesn't 'haunt' it just.. is. The correct ENGLISH spelling is Monarchy. Why? Because that's how all the various influences have flowed together to form the grammatical rules of the language. Now, as we haven't been invaded and had the language changed for nearly 1000 years, it's fairly well set. Not only that, but whatever happens, English English is THE definitive form. America will ALWAYS be wrong, unless it makes up its own, new language. English is beautiful in its diversity and subtlety.
These aren't feelings, they're facts.
It's not ignorant, I've been to the US and the tea isn't what I would call 'proper' at all. Invariably weak, and either too sweet or too bitter. I usually lacks the soothing nature of a proper brew, and if you ain't got that, or the taste, what do you have? Not tea.
It's not racist, it's just statement of fact.
It's not trolling because I'm not trying to start anything, and, again, it's fact not bullshit. You can't troll with facts.
Not all tea is 'tea', there are different breeds and processes.
Gawd, Bill, I remember when we all were skinny!
Oh really? Tell that to the city of Sheffield, where Stainless Steel, High Carbon Steel and Steel itself were all invented! Metal working was one of the great industries of the British Industrial Revolution. However, I guess you do have a point these days, as economic and political mismanagement of the industry has just about killed the British Steel Industry off.
Obviously, the design of the original Spitfire made it both a very responsive, good, easy flyer and a formidable gun platform, although I have my doubts about the Spitfire when compared to the 109 and the FW190. When it comes to hard knuckle war machinery the Germans took the art to a different level. But, good on yer mate - and who is this aircraft for?
i thought it was a 2 seater
It is a small sport plane that looks similar to a Spitfire nothing wrong with that surely especially if it flies like a Spit. I did not like the ripples in the fuselage above the wing they spoil the line somewhat, minor moan though.
No. It's not a Spitfire. Get a grip. It's an odd looking thing that has a vague resemblance to the real thing.
Aloominum, your an Aussie, it's Alyouminyum!
I didn't change it, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry did. 'Aluminium' is used by the vast majority of the world, only the USA and Canada are recognised to favour 'Aluminum'.
Aluminum has joined Alumium as obsolete and non-official.
The other factor is that 'Aloominuhm' is quite annoying, and if you pronounce the 'Alumin' part correctly, then 'Aluminum' sounds silly. Pronounced correctly, 'Aluminium' rolls off the tongue nicer. And it's the correct spelling, officially.
I'm not telling you how to, the English language is. If you're speaking it, do it properly. It's no extra effort to do so, and makes life a lot easier for others trying to understand you.
I'm just telling you that doing it in a non standard manner is not the correct way (which is just simple logic. Non standard does not = correct)
Spell how you want, use whatever words you want for whatever you want... But do NOT get pissy when someone tells you it's wrong, because that's exactly what it is.
thanks for sharing the video, very interesting to watch.....also, why must you youtube trolls argue over things that dont need to be argued about. some say potato some say patato. get over it grow up, we are all humans nomatter how we pronounce the word we still know what that person is meaning so is it that big of a deal? NO, people like this is why i could careless if i ever get a ton of subscribers. if i do comments would be have to be approved by me to keep the childish antics down.
Burma?
But it is the Americans who have popularised that spelling.
By the way, 'wired' is a real word. It is used to describe the completeness of a wiring installation (eg "It's all wired up") or can be used as slang to indicate an excited condition. Synonymous with stoked, steaming, hyped, buzzed and suchlike. Tatty bye.
It hit the intended mark. Just because you've decided to say something a different way to everyone else doesn't make you right, it makes you wrong. And a little bit annoying.
My grandfather worked at the original Supermarine and did all the copper work on the s6 seaplane racer.This plane reminds me of the "mini coopers" you see on the road now.I think it's sad when people try to fool themselves and recreate the past like this.Supermarine was a company in history, you can't get i back.A mini cooper was a mini cooper and a Spitfire was a spitfire.The same goes for a Rolls Royce sports car,it a bmw chassis and engine with a rolls body plonked on top!But am i asking too much?
Chaldean442 Im withya Bro !!!! That otta drive em crazzy!!
What you call issues, I call a moral backbone. It pains me greatly to watch my Niece's hard work go to pot when she's faced with an idiotic Americanisation of a word she already has difficulties reading. Now, if that's an 'issue', I'm proud to be a looney.
Funny, she's never been one for vacations. Always preferred a holiday to those hideous American things.
So how was it over here? Did you like the area? The Cathedral is particularly nice at this time of year.
I think my IQ has lowered 10 points after reading the comment here by Foxtrot and Wilbur's spoon headlight, damit, sea it's gone to bot !
@couchfighter Huh...as in the Merlin? The Griffon? The Spitfire? The Industrial Revolution? Getting back to these little replicas;- They put a lot of effort into the design, but simply made too many compromises. Externally, they should have stuck to the script. If it was cheap, it might be acceptable, but it's not. There are Mustang replicas for the same money that look far more like a P51 than these look like a Spit'. To be fair, making a scaled-down Spit' is a much bigger ask. No cigar then.
English is simple, ask adults who are learning it for the first time.
With waves of invasions, English has had to be stripped of complexities in order for the commoner to use it.
Complexities such as gender and formality.
Gender is central in expressing sexuality and romance.
Formality is fundamental in a spiritual context, for instance when praying or saying a mantra.
English is portable, possibly the fastest language to convey simple information.
De' Nile be a river in Africa :P
No, they don't. sub-accents do, but general basic language defined accents do not.
By 1860, the accent would have been very different to how it was in, say, 1066. But not so different to how it was only 80 years previously. That's inside a modern lifetime, and how much does an entire country change in that time, (language wise, obviously) compared to how much it does over 1000 years? Not a lot.
I'd just like to apologise for Foxtrot Oscar. Not all Brits are as blinkered as him. Sorry.
A LUM IN UM COLOR FLAVOR FAVOR
Who cares? Tomato, Toe mah toe...........if everyone spoke or looked alike, wouldn't THAT be boring?
At least we would be able to understand each other !!
Wilbur Finnigan Oh please...by saying "Al -you- minium" you didn't know what he was talking about? So dialect and/or pronunciation really trumps the overall project or purpose? Sorry, that's just ridiculous.
Tempest Fury A L UM IN UM !!!!!!
Wilbur Finnigan Well, Wilbur, it's now obvious you are a simplistic moron. Sometimes a name is truly fitting.
I really can't understand what that Foreign guy with the big guts is saying...!!!
can you please supply SUBTITLES ...Please...!
+soaringtractor The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element.
+soaringtractor Class is in Session for the education of Ignorant Americans who know nothing
1) The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries. It is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The international headquarters of IUPAC is in Zürich, Switzerland. The administrative office, known as the "IUPAC Secretariat", is in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States. This administrative office is headed by the IUPAC executive director, currently Lynn Soby.....who is an American......cor luv a duck guvnor, fancy that.
2) Davy named it in 1808 and it was recorded as aluminium......Hans Christian Ørsted. reacted anhydrous aluminium chloride with potassium amalgam, yielding a lump of metal looking similar to tin.. a similar experiment in 1827 by mixing anhydrous aluminium chloride with potassium and yielded aluminium...... As described in his 1859 book, Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville states that aluminium trichloride could be reduced by sodium, .....The Cowles companies supplied aluminium alloy in quantity in the United States using Seimens smelters...........SEE THE PATTERN HERE MORON......ALL SPELT ALUMINIUM..
3)"the elements real name".......No it isn't. ...The man who named it has it right. Aluminium......You can spell it how you wish, and the world recognises how you spell it, the majority of the world spells it correctly....so don't tell us we spell it wrong.
I was thinking...what was the US doing on the above dates....1808...US slave trade with Africa ended.....1827, Nothing much...the Erie canal completed the Year before and 1828 ..South Carolina Exposition and Protest............1859, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. look at that You were still the new world equivalent of the Primordial soup at a time when Europeans were making these discoveries..
soaringtractor As I said ....you can spell it how you like, just don't tell us we spell it wrong The CORRECT way is Al-U-MIN-IUM....You are just pissed because you are wrong.
soaringtractor Nope.. not wrong. US spelling is wrong....but magnanimity has been shown by the world accepting the fact that you are incapable of saying or spelling it.........
Try the periodic table....LithIUM, StrontIUM, MagnesIUM, RodIUM, RubidIUM StrontIUM YttrIUM, ZirconIUM, TechnetIUM RuthenIUM, RhodIUM, PalladIUM.....plus quite a few more including.....ALUMINIUM......And the day hasn't dawned when Americans and Canadians outnumber the rest of the world.....so you got that wrong as well..
+soaringtractor You really are a simpleton. It is spelt Aluminium any language...even in Japanese=アルミニウム pronounced Aruminiumu, Punjabi=ਅਲਮੀਨੀਅਮ=Alamīnī'ama, Hungarian=alumínium. etc etc.
As for numbers who speak English....There are an estimated 1,200,000,000 English speakers in the world...of which the US and Canada make up a mere 309,000,000.
Aluminium IS the common pronunciation. in your words....deal with it.
@HeavensGremlin
really? because we developed it..lol...England is not really known for its metals industry bud
The weirdfish.. Who says that we as Americans have to speak British English???Its OUR country and we can speak,spell and pronounce words any way we want, just like you can speak any way you want. America is called a melting pot,because there are people here willing from all over the world. Don't you think OUR language would reflect that?? What gives you the right to judge how others speak?? America told the Brits to go to hell over 200 years ago for that reason.Take the same advise!!!
It's not tea. Whatever it is that's popular in the US, it ain't proper tea.
No dear, madness would be along the lines of 'the word is, officially, on thing, but I am going to say it is another, claiming it to be original, when in fact, it is not.'
Yes, that's right, I'm calling you mad, and wrong. 'Alumin' older than 'aluminum', and 'aluminium' is correct. You've managed to choose the ONE variant that has NO basis for correctness.
I think you'll find the actual argument was against the use of 'gas' to mean petrol, as that means something entirely different.
Bullseye.
So one irreversible spelling mistake. Big whoop. I do KNOW the real spelling.
The spelling of Aluminium was OFFICIALLY changed to make it match such other elements as Rubidium, Potassium, Chromium, Caesium, Titanium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Magnesium and Vanadium. See, 'ium'. Neater and easier. When things are officially changed, they're changed. That's it.
You cannot tell me I'm wrong when your country teaches false spellings.
I am English, it's impossible to be wrong in my own language.
So I was out by a couple of years. 'Early' tends to mean the first third, so I was out by 30 years. Big whoop. Accents don't change much over 30 years.
Then you have the old school lot who talk properly, how they were taught and so on, so over a couple of generations, again, accents don't change that much.
The Southern American accents are VERY different to 'natural' English.
Most American schools teach spelling wrong.
The English form of English is correct by default. Why not be correct?
Yes, but I don't want feckin' poncey iced tea. Tea is meant to be hot, not iced. I deon't want herbal tea or chai tea or green tea or woo chow specialty tea, I just want TEA. And you don't appear to be able to get a decent cup of that anywhere that I've been to in the US.
I'm sure there are some nice alternative teas, but there's not been anything I would class as a straight up 'nice cuppa'.
What's so wrong with wanting that, eh? Hence I bring a couple of boxes of PG tips, or Yorkshire Tea.
I would love to have this kit only if I can put a falconer V-12 engine in it...the one they build in California
Marc Larose Maybe the new V12 LS motors coming out would be nice as well?
Cory Stansbury The new LS car engine with 12 cylinders,forged components,fuel injection and tuned,might reliably develop horsepower not much behind the genuine Mk.1 Spitfire.About 900hp.
Doesn't look right.
Doesn't sound right.
Not a Spitfire.
These a/c are a bit of a pigs-ear. For a minimal extra effort they could have been excellent. Too many compromises - what a pity. Close, but no cigar.
its a scaled down replica, a merlin just would not fit into it !
It sounds pretty good even with that engine and as long as it performs well does it really matter. Nothing worse than petrol head engine snobs...
because it's not the Rolls Royce merlin
Foxtrot Why should the Southern US have to speak "Correct" English since many have French,(US bought Louisianna from France) Spanish ,from Mexico ,African and then throw in Native American, and you wonder where the southern accent came from??
I complain about it because it's INCREDIBLY annoying to have to set up and re configure machines and even my own brain to work around someone else randomly changing MY OWN language. How would you feel if you were told that half your life had to change because your baby brother did it a different way? It's a pain in the arse.
We've been happily using our own language for thousands of years, letting it evolve naturally over time, now we're being forced to change it all for some young upstart!
Nicely populated island with a history that ranks as one of the most significant in the world, certainly of recent times. The place that dragged the world out of purely rural farming and got it into industry, cities, technology...
I'm not representing the UK. I'm representing common decency and a simple respect for doing things in a way that makes it easier for everyone involved. Like using standard English.
Jingoistic? Says a fucking Yank...
These a/c are a bit of a pigs-ear. For a minimal extra effort they could have been excellent. Too many compromises - what a pity.
Foxtrot Yea we in the US don't drink "proper" tea because it's part of our REBELLIOUS attitude because you Fucking Limeys drink the stuff. We prefer the more MANLY drink of Coffee, and thats why we drive on the "RIGHT" side of the road. So take your self righteous attitude and stuff it NO BODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK ! ! !
What an ANGRY man you are...Chill you septic tank !!
sandsifter149 NAW not angry ! ! ! just pissed off and fed up with the BULLSHIT you fucking Limey post on this site....and I WILL call you on it...Don't like it leave...
Dickhead
American English? Doesn't exist. Besides, no, that's not how it works at all. You can't simply re-name a language and call it your own. That's WHY these words are different. They're adopted, but changed so that we don't just end up speaking German or French, and so that they fit into our grammatical structure.
English is beautiful, what other language is so intertwined with the rest of the world? What other language flows quite like it? French is beautiful, but a bit poncey, German is too harsh
No, it wasn't. Close period recordings from the early 19th century show this.
I'm not talking about accent though. Accents are, mostly, good things. They add variety. They only get silly when words become mangled by them.
However. Changing of the core structure of a language IS laziness. Random deletion of 'U's. Random application of 'Z's. Grammatical anomalies that are unacceptable in English.
It's all a pain in the arse, especially as we use more computers that need a standardised language.
Each to their own .Nothing like a Spitfire of any mark.. Thank God Supermarine and Mitchell can't see it. Only in America !
So the southern US has a massive variance in accent dependent on age... So how is any of it even CLOSE to 'original' English (whenever that was)? Unless it's sort of gone back to the beginning of a weird accent-loop (which I doubt) then it'll logically be nothing like English.
Even if we disregard everything I've said on the subject, you've just proven yourself wrong with a single statement. Either my way or your own way, your original claim is false.
I know. It's just awful really. Although, many British accents have problems with such words too. Aluminium is even spelled different in Americaland too!
No, it's a renaming of my profile. It's the same email and password to get in, I just linked it to Google+ and changed my screen name to get rid of the annoying misspelling in my original screen name. F O are letters in a numberplate of a car.
Insignificant? The place that stepped in for world freedom TWICE, and gave us life as we know it today? The place that had over 1/4 of the world, whose lands stretched so far that the sun never set upon the entirety of them? What's the US ever done?
Childish? Language is the very core of our culture. To wildly alter it, and without telling anyone too, is absurd, and yet America seems to think that it has a right to do so, and, what's more, impose it upon the rest of us and tell us WE are wrong!!! It doesn't just piss me off, it digs at the bottom of my conscience and infuriates me beyond belief. You can't tear apart the basis of someone else's culture then throw the bloody remains all over them. Add to that my niece can't even read it.
@TheWierdFish
No offense but, yeah, you're right, you're weird.....
Chill, dude, chill.....
A LUM IN UM !!!!
Get rid of that stupid annoying music
Because English is English, not matter what. Besides, how does Ameringlish work even then? American spellings are not correct by French OR English spelling rules!
Gullible is believing something that is false... I don't see any evidence of that here dear. Maybe a dictionary would help you.
Tea is rarely mentioned in American media, and is frequently mocked. Without going round the country and asking personally, how am I to know?
Besides, I couldn't find a single decent cuppa anywhere in the country. I take a couple of boxes of PG every time I go for that very reason.
You simply cannot copy exact words and call it your own.
'Etiquette' is a French word which has been loaned to English, albeit under duress.
Couleur is correct French, Colour and Color are bastardized loan words.
The majority of the words in English are simply copied from other languages.
English lacks flow, it is patch-worked together.
In the context of sexuality or spirituality it is sorely lacking when compared to French or Sanskrit derived languages.
English is simple and portable.
Foxtrot Oscar Who says the "Official" language of the US has to be "Proper British" English?? Last time I checked the population of the US was way more than England. We have more people and we can talk and write and spell any DAMN way we please. Who the HELL made you the Language Cop anyway??? You don't like the way we talk then don't listen. If you're concerned about your "computer" not recognizing go get an English one then. So go "F" off and have your Tea and biscuit..
Foxtrot Oscar Who are you to tell me how to speak, spell etc???Its our country and we don't need your limey ass telling us how to talk'' Take your ADVICE and stick it where the sun don't shine ! ! ! And we will talk, spell as we damn well please....GOT IT ? ? ?
AL U MIN I UM.
There's no such thing as British English. It's English.
The USA speaks English.
Any deviation from English is not English and is therefore wrong.
Britain is a fair melting pot, a walk through Oxford or London will net you pretty much every major nationality in one.
America told the Brits nothing 200 years ago. It had a wee argument in 1812, but we told YOU to piss off.
Anyway. I'm right, you're, err, not. Sorry.
*Advice. 'Advise' is to give advice, 'to advise someone of something'.
Don listen to him... he's jealous. lol
... I think someone needs a little grammar training.
England is the standard for English. It's sort of in the name. Quite obvious, when you think about it.
If English were spelled and pronounced exactly as the words from which it is derived, you would have hundreds of different grammar and spelling and pronunciation rules to remember, making it nigh on impossible to learn. No one would have a clue. Every language borrows from another at some point, moulding to word to fit.
Chaldean442. You're so right !! What a shame he doesn't have something productive to do with his life other than play on "TH-cam" with his drivel. Maybe if the English learned to talk clearly and open their mouth when they talk and quit dropping letters someone could understand them. Each country has the right to the language of their choice and how they speak and write it. Yu'all hav of goodin now ya hear!! HE HE HE
Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism.
Jingoistic.
Now, that's a straight copy and paste, if I'd written it, I'd have spelled 'characterised' properly.
Yes, I suppose one could classify me under that... But aren't you doing the exact same? AND I'm merely responding to an irritant. Provoked. You have no reason to fob me off, because you're wrong.
The world WOULD be much easier if everyone spelled properly. End of story.
Foxass....MY language is what I speak, how I speak it and when I speak it!! And I don't need a wannabe language cop telling me how to speak or write. Now NOBODY on here cares about your opinion and thats all it is.
Foxtrot You still don't get it do you??? Its not your place to "try" and tell Americans how to speak THEIR language. Thats why US is no longer under British control we do what we want and how we want, and you're not going to change us...Go preach to someone who cares, and that is not me...
foxtrt S T F U ! ! !
Foxass WE kicked your ass out of our country and by the way your wonerfull empire is going down the tube. Everybody else is also sick of your attitude.