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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: hubsonfire on January 31, 2005, 01:43:00 PM

Title: Hurricane/Spitfire Engines
Post by: hubsonfire on January 31, 2005, 01:43:00 PM

Can someone tell me if the hurri IIC and the Spit's shared the same powerplant? If so, which models? Also, if someone has a link to a good online resource, I'd love to know what it is.

Thanks,
hub

Title: Re: Hurricane/Spitfire Engines
Post by: HoHun on January 31, 2005, 02:15:18 PM

Hi Hub,

>Can someone tell me if the hurri IIC and the Spit's shared the same powerplant? If so, which models?

The Hurricane IIC had a Merlin XX series powerplant, and the only Spitfire I'm aware of with a Merlin XX series powerplant was the Spitfire III  which didn't make it into series production.

(In a broader sense, all Hurricanes and most Spitfires were powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Title: Hurricane/Spitfire Engines
Post by: hubsonfire on January 31, 2005, 02:43:59 PM

Thanks, I had found a nice spitty engine sound, just curious if it was 'historically accurate' for use on both planes.

Cheers,