Man builds Spitfire from scratch

[Ayahuasca]

https://m.warhistoryonline.com/whotube-2/want-a-sp...

Purists might flinch at some of this but it doesn't look at all bad and you have to admire the chap's ingenuity, can-do attitude and love for the machine.

[Eric Mc]

Not a bad replica - as replicas go. It reverses the path the Mustang took - Allison V12 to Merlin.

[Mr_B]

Replicas are normally horrid things not even built to scale and look just wrong. Credit to this guy, it look very good.

[dukeboy749r]

Hats off to the guy - that looks lovely and it seems to fulfill his dreams. All credit to him

[davepoth]

ash73 said:

Amazing how sniffy people are about replicas, I think it looks marvellous.

Considering how most "restored" Spitfires aren't much more original than this one it is a bit silly.

[Mr_B]

ash73 said:

Amazing how sniffy people are about replicas, I think it looks marvellous.

To use a slightly different analogy, probably because they should look like this bit of art.





But end up looking like the equivlent of this.

[0000]

I think it's brilliant, obviously makes him happy.

[PAUL500]

love the guys philosophy and can do attitude, what a superb project that I imagine it gives great delight to all that see it flying

[PanzerCommander]

I think most people think of a Fiero converted to an 'F40' when you mention a replica car, or a body kit bolted to an MR2.

This is nothing like those, brilliant work. I'd love to have the time and money to do something like that.

[jamieduff1981]

It's a Jurca MJ100. It's one of many plans-built designs drawn up by French engineer Marcel Jurca, now deceased.

http://www.marcel-jurca.com/index.php?lang=en

[PanzerCommander]

jamieduff1981 said:

It's a Jurca MJ100. It's one of many plans-built designs drawn up by French engineer Marcel Jurca, now deceased.

http://www.marcel-jurca.com/index.php?lang=en

Talented man by the looks of it, he also did an FW190, [Will Smith]I have got to get me one of these[/Will Smith] wonder if they would fall into the home built category in the UK or whether they'd have to be registered as an experimental in the US and flown on an N number.

[jamieduff1981]

The LAA rules are quite restrictive, mainly in terms of power and maximum design speed, with weight a slightly softer restriction.

There are precedents of breaking most of these under the LAA - e.g. the Pitts Model 12 with 400hp from a Vedenyev radial, but the LAA looks after those because they already look after the other plans built Pitts family.

It's possible to build something bigger, heavier and more powerful under the CAA directly, but to be honest that's not their bag and life will be very difficult compared to building an aircraft under the LAA; not to mention expensive - you'll pay the CAA's usual hourly rate whilst they need justification not to design it like a modern airliner. The LAA exists for this and they are far more practical although the design approval process is still involved.

You'd get the 3/4 scale one on the LAA with enough work. The fullscale Spit - forget it.