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Hi TS,
Suggest you Google the specs for the Sea Hornet. It is totally different from a DH98 Mosquito. The Merlins have been severely modified in way of the auxiliaries to drastically reduce the frontal area so the nacelles are much smaller than a Mossie. There are still a set of concrete moulds in the UK for the Hornet fuselage and they are far smaller and more streamlined than the Mossie moulds. The engines are identical left & right hand, but one has a different gear case on the front for the extra idler gear in the reduction train so the prop rotation can be reversed. The 130 Series Merlins for this aircraft will be practically impossible to find as only the RN used them, plus the one aircraft that escaped to Spartan Air Services. I was looking to buy a 105 Series Merlin from an Aussie Lincoln bomber last year, but gradually discovered that things were different from a Merlin XX or 65, and the overhaul bits were nearly 'unobtainium'!
The Hornet was always intended to be a single-seater, and the pilot almost sits on it rather than in it. Suggest you Google the specs & history - will save my fingers getting worn!
Cheers,
Skilly
Last edited by Tony Skilton; 13th October 2017 at 02:33.
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