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Royal Horse Aviation 100% fully carbon tandem Spitfire.
Est 330 knots.
First flight scheduled Jan 2021
https://www.royalhorseaviation.com/

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[Thread title is ridiculous btw]

They call it "...a 100% complete realistic Spitfire".

With an (optional) turbine engine I'm not sure how realistic it can be.

I can imagine howls out there from those who are incensed by the mere notion of a replica/look alike.
Like the time on the old Key Publishing historic aviation forum a xenophobic UK moderator banished all mentions of U.S designed Spitfire replicas to the seldom visited "general aviation" forum.

I wish them luck, I'd love to see more historic warbirds out there, even if they are carbon fiber and didn't come from a Supermarine factory.

Trouble is, I'm not sure they'll be any cheaper than a "real" (whatever that means given the number of dataplate rebuilds out there) Spitfire.

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Well it looks like a massive amount of effort has been put into building the airframe and components, and no doubt its well designed as well.
I applaud the effort but I just cannot see a large market exists. I wonder if they can ever sell enough (I’m assuming it will be kits?) to justify the development expenses, let alone make an actual business out of it.
Its not a spitfire and while it is apparently true to the external lines it will not have any of the feel of a spitfire, so its a sport aircraft. I cant see anyone putting a Merlin in one, so it will be a turboprop, and fuel capacity will likely be an issue.
It does open up possibilities of a spitfire shaped aircraft in any number of pleasing civilian paint schemes.
Any idea where its being built?

I find the canopy shape to be most pleasing!

Its being built at Wonderboom Airport (FAWB) which is near Pretoria in South Africa
I last photographed it in Jan this year and its good to see that there has been progress since then.