702850 1/48 Supermarine Spiteful F.MK.14 Fighter

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Retail Price: $42.50

Scale: 1/48
Brand: TRUMPETER

Stock Status: In Stock

Product Code: 702850

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The Supermarine Spiteful was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon -engined fighter aircraft. In late 1942, Supermarine designers feared the drag characteristics of the Spitfire's wing at high Mach numbers (nearing the speed of sound) might become a limiting factor in increasing the aircraft's high-speed performance. To overcome this, it was decided to produce a new laminar-flow wing, much like that already used on the North American P-51 Mustang, Another change, to improve the ground-hand ling, was replacing the Spitfire's narrow-track, outward-retracting undercarriage with a wider-track, inward-retracting system. as it was now substantially different from a Spitfire, the aircraft was named Spiteful