The Time Warp Spitfire Mk V is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Time Warp Aircraft of Lakeland, Florida, introduced in 1996 at Sun 'n Fun. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 272. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. The aircraft is a 60% scale version of the Second World War British Supermarine Spitfire.

Design and development

The Spitfire Mk V features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from wood and composites. Its span wing, mounts Flap (aircraft), flaps and has a wing area of . The standard engine used is the Geo Storm 1.6 liter liquid-cooled automotive conversion powerplant. The Spitfire Mk V has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is . The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 600 hours.

Operational history

By 1998 the company reported that one aircraft had been completed and was flying. In March 2014 two examples were Aircraft registration, registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Specifications (Spitfire Mk V, estimated)

References

{{Supermarine Spitfire Time Warp aircraft, Spitfire 1990s United States sport aircraft 1990s United States ultralight aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Low-wing aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Replicas of Supermarine Spitfires