# This guy restored a Seafire **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-restored-a-seafire/714862 "2015-03-12T21:35:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-restored-a-seafire/714862/21 "2015-03-15T23:46:02Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Probably a moot point. The noise of 200 4-engined bombers wouldn’t be much different than 200 2-engined bombers I’d have thought. Allied bombers wouldn’t have been massing over London either. > > They did have arrestor gear according to Wiki. There’s a brief shot about 2:40 in the video where you can see the arrestor hook sticking out slightly behind the bottom of the rudder. The bit it’s sticking out of is a fairing replacing the bottom few inches of the original rudder, and was attached to the hook. Griffon-engined Spitfires/Seafires can be easily identified from the earlier and more common Merlin-engined types by the prominent blister fairings at the front top of the cowling, added to fit the slightly larger engine without major changes to the cowling shape. Note that the four-engined bombers shown briefly in one of the wartime scenes are USAAF B-17s, not German bombers. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-restored-a-seafire/714862/22 "2015-03-16T01:33:08Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Probably a moot point. The noise of 200 4-engined bombers wouldn’t be much different than 200 2-engined bombers I’d have thought. Allied bombers wouldn’t have been massing over London either. > > They did have arrestor gear according to Wiki. As bookkeeper said, it had a [fairing](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4139/4880292566_26af34fa9e.jpg) on it so it looks like part of the rudder in flight. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-restored-a-seafire/714862/23 "2015-03-16T02:41:53Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Boo Hiss !!! 😃 I feel really bad because I surely walked by it and didn’t realize what it was. I vaguely remember waking by it and wondering how many different planes had scoops like the Spitfire. :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: I didn’t know until this thread that there was a carrier version. Found a cool [video](http://www.whyfly.aero/a-seafire-at-oshkosh/)explaining the hook. The original one dropped down from the fuselage but they went to a stinger version. The pilot pulls a lever and it drops down and extends out. It hangs loose and the fairing keeps it lined up even if the plane is crabbing in to land. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-restored-a-seafire/714862/24 "2015-03-16T02:51:41Z")
BTW, the video talks about a JATO system, the folding wing tips, and the gun heaters. VERY interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-restored-a-seafire/714862/25 "2015-03-17T01:31:00Z")
Note that the plane in the video is the same restored A/C. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-restored-a-seafire/714862.md?page=1)