With the latest update we have a new Hurricane model, the Sea Hurricane, and new flight modelling for all of them. Some of the old timers here may remember my Turn and Acceleration lists which were used by DokGonzo's website and have also been used on some of the plane performance pages and by the trainers. I pretty much dropped out of AH the last couple of years and hadn't done much updating on my spreadsheet so I dragged it out to see how the new Hurricanes work into the performance scales.
The Quick Report: They are faster, both in acceleration and top speed. Of course that's "relative" to their prior performance, they've gone from
really slow to just
slower.
They don't Turn as well. Again that's relative, they've gone from
really awesome turners to
awesome turners.
Full Flaps turns don't help nearly as much as the old model, in fact I wouldn't bother dropping flaps now, the loss in dps isn't worth the slightly tighter radius.
The new SeaHurri w/cannons is really slow. Beware, it still has the old carb of the Hurri 1 so the engine dies with negative G's. A SeaHurri 2 engine would have been much better.
Here's some accel/top speed stats, all w/WEP; 25% fuel; at 500 ft:Old Hurri 1: 150-250 mph, 51.2 secs. Top Speed Wep: 262, Mil: 254
New Hurri 1:150-250 mph, 34.1 secs. Top Speed Wep: 277, Mil:259
Old Hurri 2 (Cannons): 150-250, 35.3 secs. TSW:275, Mil:262
New Hurri 2 (Cannons): 150-250, 32.0 secs. TSW:281, Mil:261
New Hurri 2 (12 x 303): 150-250, 29.4 secs. TSW: 287, Mil: 266
Old Hurri 2D: 150-250, 45.3 secs. TSW: 266, Mil: 250
New Hurri 2D: 150-250, 39.5 secs. TSW: 272, Mil: 252
New Sea Hurri (Cannons) 150-250, 47.9 secs. TSW: 268, Mil: 250
New Sea Hurri (8 x 303) 150-250, 41.1 secs. TSW: 274, Mil: 256
Turn Radius and Rates No Flaps:Old Hurri 1: 421 ft; 25.7 dps
New Hurri 1 431 ft; 27.3 dps (I need to recheck this dps, seems too high).
Old Hurri 2 (Cannons) 482 ft; 24.5 dps
New Hurri 2 (Cannons) 518 ft; 24.5 dps
New Hurri 2 (12 x 303) 510 ft; 24.7 dps
Old Hurri 2D: 529 ft; 19.6 dps
New Hurri 2D: 554 ft; 22.3 dps
Sea Hurri (Cannons) 554 ft; 20.8 dps
Sea Hurri (8 x 303) 534 ft; 21.9 dps
Turn Radius and Rates Full Flaps:Old Hurri 1: 366 ft; 22 dps
New Hurri 1: 422 ft; 18.9
Old Hurri 2 (Cannons): 412 ft; 22.0 dps
New Hurri 2 (Cannons): 496 ft; 18.1 dps
New Hurri 2 (12 x 303): 465 ft; 18.9 dps
Old Hurri 2D: 457 ft; 19.6 dps
New Hurri 2D: 528 ft; 16.9 dps
Sea Hurri (Cannons): 517 ft; 15.4 dps
Sea Hurri (8 x 303): 482 ft; 16.5 dps
I didn't test the new Hurri 2 with 8 x 303, but I'm sure it's a little faster and turns slightly better than the 12 x 303. You can guesstimate by looking at the other planes by how much.