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So, how many Mosquito Types/Marks in total, then?!

Dendrotek 22:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dendrotek (talk • contribs)

Highest mark number was T. Mark 43. (Same thing as the dual-control T. Mark III trainer, but with Packard engines.) Bowyer & Sharp 1967 / 1995, p.436. -Hugo Barnacle 87.115.68.226 (talk) 19:34, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Aircraft had different Mark No.'s when fitted with Packard-built engines as these engines had different carburettors - Bendix/Stromberg ones - than UK built engines, which had SU carburettors, and so engine fitters would have needed to know which type of carburettor was fitted before working on an aircraft's engine(s). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 19:14, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

When Rolls-Royce contracted Packard to build Merlins they specified a Bendix-made carburettor because the carburettor is built-in to the induction system, and to have ordered engines without carburettors would have delayed their use on arrival in the UK until the relevant parts could be fitted and adjusted during test runs. By ordering the engine with a US-made carburettor the engine was complete within its crate, and could be fitted to an aircraft immediately it arrived. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.130.17 (talk) 11:22, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

BTW, Merlins used in the Mosquito had different Mark No's from other Merlins as in the Mosquito the normal direction of coolant flow was reversed due to the positioning of the wing-mounted radiators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.100.255 (talk) 18:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Fighter variants

It's hard to find a breakdown of Mosquito production by the various marks but this site looks helpful: http://www.ww2warbirds.net/ww2htmls/dehamosqbfn.html Lumping together day fighter, night fighter, and fighter-bomber versions, it appears that wartime production ran 5,305 plus 101 Mk 38s postwar.

Btillman (talk) 20:55, 22 July 2014 (UTC)B TillmanBtillman (talk) 20:55, 22 July 2014 (UTC) 21 July 2014

A few other books (like Jacksons De Havilland aircraft)list Mosquito production, were looking for something in particular or suggesting we have a breakdown in the article ? MilborneOne (talk) 21:10, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

There's very complete production information in Sharp & Bowyer's "Mosquito" - sections dealing with production in the U.K., Canada and Australia, as well as in the appendices. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.166.116.177 (talk) 03:19, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

The 1942 Flight article that almost 'let the cat out of the bag' here: [1] The article about the Gipsy Queen-engined Oxford in a photograph of the Oxford inadvertently shows the tail, (at left) missed by the censors, of the black-painted night fighter Mosquito prototype at a time when the latter was still highly secret. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.220.121 (talk) 19:06, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

"Rigging adjustment" ??

"...The left wing of E0234 also had a tendency to drag to port slightly, so a rigging adjustment was carried out before further flights". Huh ? Can somebody translate this to something meaningful to the layman reader ? Rcbutcher (talk) 00:10, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

I have added a bit to the relevant line. "Rigging" in this context refers to adjustment of the angles of the various main (wing) and tail planes and fin and rudder to trim the aircraft so that both wings are level in flight. Originally in early aircraft it was done by adjusting the tension of the flying wires, etc., to slightly warp the structure. By the time of the Mosquito the usual practice was to replace an aileron or elevator as minor manufacturing differences could cause a new aircraft to be 'out of trim' on its first flight.

A number of aeronautical terms such as "rigging" and "trim" are borrowed from the nautical field.

Canadian fuselage manufacture confusion ?

"In Canada, fuselages were built in the Oshawa, Ontario plant of General Motors of Canada Limited. These were shipped to De Havilland Canada in Toronto for mating to fuselages and completion.". Huh ? Fuselages mated to fuselages ? Can somebody sort this out ? Rcbutcher (talk) 10:52, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

... mated to wings?! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:06, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Production sites

Can someone check Bowman 2005, the source given for this info, since I believe production in Coventry took place at Standard's Canley plant rather than Banner Lane where the Bristol Hercules aero engine was produced. Cheers Red Sunset 09:59, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

This reference supports Canley - see second and third photos and newspaper caption: http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/photo-mysteries/wartime-photos.php Okan 14:51, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, as that certainly confirms what I've been told or read elsewhere on the wiki. I don't see any reason to doubt this so I'll amend the table accordingly citing the Historic Coventry site, and maybe in due course someone will be able to substitute it with a more commonly accepted source. Red Sunset 16:05, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I've just checked the article's edit history - Banner Lane was a recent incorrect substitution - now fixed without the need for an additional cite. Red Sunset 16:38, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Production details - by no means comprehensive - Stimulated by the above post, I looked at this Section of the Article and realised that it is by no means comprehensive. There is a case for a complete separate Article on Mosquito Production, linked to this one, of course. If someone is willing to do this, I could contribute, but I certainly cannot initiate such a big task. Okan 14:59, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Have a stab at working on a separate article in a sandbox if you have some good references - I'd look in and help in any way I can, and I'm sure others would too if asked. Red Sunset 16:25, 13 February 2016 (UTC)