There were no such as a Tempest III, LA610 was supposed to be one, but plans changed during production.
From one of the links I posted before:
"The jump from Tempest Mark I to Tempest Mark V begs the question of what happened to Marks II, III, and IV. Mark II was a Centaurus-powered Tempest, and as will be explained in the next section, it did reach production. Marks III and IV were to be powered by different variants of the Rolls-Royce Griffon V-12 engine. One Mark III was actually built, though as will be described not as a Tempest, while the Mark IV was cancelled."
"The second prototype (LA610) actually began life as a prototype for the Griffon-powered Tempest Mark III, mentioned earlier. It was fitted with the new wing and raised cockpit, a Griffon 85, and a Rotol contra-rotating propeller. The contra-rotating propeller featured twin three-bladed propellers, and was implemented to allow optimum transfer of power from the big engine without requiring a propeller of extraordinary width.
It first flew on 27 November 1944, and was shortly thereafter given the name "Fury", following the Hawker biplane fighter of the same name of the 1930s. The navalized variant of the TLF logically became the "Sea Fury"."
TLF being Tempest Light Fighter, Camm's Improved Tempest program. Turned into P.1026.
Looks like we're talking past each other or something, and that what we believe about this project is based on what sources we read first or put more faith in...
What I read into all this is that Tempest III didn't happen. LA610 was supposed to be a III, but plans changed, and it was built to P.1026 specs and became Fury. I'll be hard to convince otherwise
From one of the links I posted before:
"The jump from Tempest Mark I to Tempest Mark V begs the question of what happened to Marks II, III, and IV. Mark II was a Centaurus-powered Tempest, and as will be explained in the next section, it did reach production. Marks III and IV were to be powered by different variants of the Rolls-Royce Griffon V-12 engine. One Mark III was actually built, though as will be described not as a Tempest, while the Mark IV was cancelled."
"The second prototype (LA610) actually began life as a prototype for the Griffon-powered Tempest Mark III, mentioned earlier. It was fitted with the new wing and raised cockpit, a Griffon 85, and a Rotol contra-rotating propeller. The contra-rotating propeller featured twin three-bladed propellers, and was implemented to allow optimum transfer of power from the big engine without requiring a propeller of extraordinary width.
It first flew on 27 November 1944, and was shortly thereafter given the name "Fury", following the Hawker biplane fighter of the same name of the 1930s. The navalized variant of the TLF logically became the "Sea Fury"."
TLF being Tempest Light Fighter, Camm's Improved Tempest program. Turned into P.1026.
Looks like we're talking past each other or something, and that what we believe about this project is based on what sources we read first or put more faith in...
What I read into all this is that Tempest III didn't happen. LA610 was supposed to be a III, but plans changed, and it was built to P.1026 specs and became Fury. I'll be hard to convince otherwise
