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Re: Canadian Typhoon project..
Posted by Steve Young on Fri Mar 22, 2002 07:40:36 AM
In reply top Re: Canadian Typhoon project.. posted by Richard Allnutt on Thu Mar 21, 2002 06:49:05 PM
: David, thanks for the note, it was interesting to hear of
: what the project consisted. I remember at the time I saw t
: he ad wondering what it consisted of. Any idea if there ar
: e pictures of these parts? Do you know if the Tempest main
: spars would be any good in an airworthy rebuild? I have al
: ways wondered if there was much commonality between the Ty
: phoon and Tempest.
:
I wouldn't have thought there'd be very much commonality between the Typhoon and Tempest wings, as everything I've ever read about the aircraft suggested that the Tempest was born out of the need for a thinner wing to be mated to the Typhoon fuselage. Presumably, if the wing section is thinner, there's likely to be significant differences between the spar webs of the two types, although I don't know whether the actual spars themselves would differ. Just thinking aloud....