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Old 31-01-2007, 01:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hurricane variants

Following on from the discussion on the Spitfire v Hurricane, I noticed that there's never been a proper discussion on the Hurricane alone.

So, here are some links (I've only included some of the more interesting ones):

The Hurricane Society

The Hawker Hurricane

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(This site has a great page on the different experimental types)

K5083 - Hurricane Projects

The most intriguing has to be
HILLS FH.40


HILLS FH.40 - In continuation of work on Hillson Bi-Mono, F Hills and Sons obtained Air Ministry permission to fit a 'slip-wing' to a Hurricane I. Aircraft used was early Mk I, one of 20 transferred to Canada in 1939 and returned to UK in 1942 (originally L1884, but retaining RCAF serial 321 for 'slip-wing' trials). First taxi-trials and flights at RAF Sealand, May 25-28 1943; ferried to A & AEE September 15, 1943. Upper wing, of same span as lower, never slipped in flight.

Hawker Sea Hurricane aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945

The Hawker Hurricane - the forgotten star of the Battle of Britain.

A list of preserved Hurricanes:
Hurricane

An excellent site for pictures:
Aviation Photos: Hawker Hurricane/Sea Hurricane


Great Pathe film on the Hurricane being tested against a captured Ju88:

ww2 air war footage British hurricane - Google Video





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Here's some cool sites on Hurri restorations including Hawker Restorations who have returned a few to flying condition among other types. The Maltese series of pics is amazing. Love the Hurri, led the way for the Spitfire in many theatres - Burma, Malta, North Africa. Like the P-40, outclassed in many respects but made up for it and was quite adaptable. One of the legends!

Artifact Restoration - Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIc

Welcome to Hawker Restorations Ltd Web Site : Restorers of World War 2 aircraft specialising in the Hawker Hurricane

Restoration of Hurricane MkIIA - Z3055

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NZFPM |Hawker Hurricane P3351

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Those restoration people are astonishing aren't they, I could sit and watch them doing their thing at Duxford all day, nearly as good as watching the fruits of their labours roar over at treetop height.

Tried looking it up, no joy. So why did they fit a 'slip' wing, & why is it called a slip wing? Extra lift? Carriers? why?

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I've read about it before (don't ask me where, probably when I used to get FlyPast) and my immediate answer is extra range although I imagine the extra lift would have helped for shorter take-offs so...

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Cheers Andy, just found this:
http://www.raf662.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-18653.html
Seems it was for overloaded takeoffs, and then the wing was jettisoned in flight! (though that wasn't tested in this case... not surprised, sounds terrifying.)
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Tried looking it up, no joy. So why did they fit a 'slip' wing, & why is it called a slip wing? Extra lift? Carriers? why?

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A number of sites seem to agree that it was to aid short-take off, but they don't seem to agree as to whether the top wing also carried extra fuel for range, or was ditched straight after take off.


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I don't think that it's for carrier operations as the Sea Hurricane already existed. The fact that the project wasn't scrapped until January 1944 means that the only viable theatre of operations that would require short take off and/or range would be Burma.

At that time, fighter support was a problem because viable airfields were too far behind, and cutting new airfields was harder due to the geography, and lack of mechanical equipment.
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Cheers Andy, just found this:
http://www.raf662.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-18653.html
Seems it was for overloaded takeoffs, and then the wing was jettisoned in flight! (though that wasn't tested in this case... not surprised, sounds terrifying.)
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I'm not convinced with the overloaded takeoffs theory.
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So that's two firm forumites standing up for extra lift on takeoff, love that other slipwing thing on Feldgrau.

Edit: Whoops, cross-posted with above, both those blokes seem pretty certain... could of course be the same bloke though...

'nother link: Hillson Bi-mono.
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Looks ungainly without the upper wing - and imagine being the first pilot to be told to lose the wing before combat
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