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This thread is for a 'radial' engine alternative to the current thread on an earlier Seafire for the FAA .

My sequence of British built radial fighter designs is:

Gloster Gladiator, replaced by Gloster navalised F.5/34, replaced by a navalised Boulton-Paul P.88a f.37/35, replaced by a navalised Hawker Tornado II, which is finally superseded by the Hawker Sea Fury.

The B-P aircraft would I think go through a few 'marks' as the Hercules engine gained more power, giving it the option to carry bombs. Then Centaurus Tornado would be designed as a Fb from the outset, but would have a greater performance than the B-P aircraft could reach - only improved upon when the Corsair & Sea fury came along.

The radial engine option, would as the USN found lead to less accidents - no long nose to worry about.
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