Originally Posted by
Downwind.Maddl-Land
I'm going to take 2 bites of the cherry here; one really vintage one veteren:
Originally I was with Capt Radar with the Mosquito - but then reflected, 'it did have a few foibles' so I reasoned: Take a Mosquito, put it on a severe diet, nearly double the horsepower but give it handed engines to make it go in straight line on take-off and landing and improve handling even more, plus a minor restyle to make it look even more rakish and - Voila - you have a Hornet. What's not to like?
For the newer one - I opine XT272; the Buccaneer fitted with the Tornado GR1 nose and avionics. You know, the one that was an embarrassment to the Fin's programme and, once the test flying was complete, had to be cut and destroyed to remove the evidence........
Instead of wood if you went the Mossie route, use carbon fibre and a couple of Turboprops, , you would struggle to double the HP unless you nailed some Griffons in and that wold screw up the C of G