[Davew]

so the wing of the IXC and IXE was the same, just the installed "boombooms" were different?

you spawned a dream of our "ingame" IXC with the short scoop and rounded rudder... dont destroy my illusion now!

hold on, wasnt there a spoit flown with a beer keg under the belly at one special occasion? 8) :lol:

No, the wings themselves were slightly structurally different in order to accomodate the different types of armament. The 'e' wing didnt have the provision for the 4 .303" machine guns outboard of the cannon for example. Also, when only two cannon were fitted, the 'c' wing mounted them in the inner cannon bay, the 'e' in the outer. This was due to problems when the bomb racks were fitted to the earlier wing.

An ingame IXc with short scoop and rounded rudder would still be historically accurate, they were used from July 1942 until about mid 43 when the vokes aero-vee filter was fitted to the IX.

I think the performances of the Spits could be addressed, there doesnt seem to be a lot of difference between the models at all in terms of altitude performance... but i could be wrong.

Oh, and yes... there were a number of flights of Spits crossing to the allied forces in france with 'special' cargoes