Name: Frog F200 Gloster Meteor F.Mk.IV Fighter
Brand: Frog
Price: 33.50 EUR
Availability: InStock

Gloster Meteor F.Mk.IV Fighter

The Meteor was a typically British, cautiously innovative design and the first jet fighter in the free world. It was also the first jet to be fitted with intake guards, invented by Gloster test pilot Michael Daunt after he was sucked head first into a Meteor during ground running tests. Whilst neither as radical nor advanced as the contemporary Me262 it was at least reliable and had the advantages of airbrakes and a nose-mounted cockpit.

The Mk.IV was cobbled together after a successful world speed record attempt (606 mph) and was the Mk.III with Derwent 5 engines and clipped wings. The larger engine nacelles had been retrofitted to the Mk.III simply because they raised the critical Mach number, thus increasing top speed from 470 to over 550 mph. The wings were clipped mainly to improve roll rate (which was ponderous because of structural limitations) but this also raised the speed. Thus the Mk.IV was born and rapidly entered service post war. It was the worst tail sitter of all the Meteors (which had originally been designed to carry six cannon) yet gave many air forces their first taste of the jet age.

The Kit:

The Frog F200 Meteor Mk.IV was released in 1974 and lasted until Frog went bust in ’77. It next appeared in Novo boxes but then seems to have vanished.

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