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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: beau32 on January 23, 2013, 06:03:28 PM
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Came across this, thought I would share. Dont know if its been posted before, but its neat looking so I figured I would post.
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/beaupower32/hurricanBiplane_zps1b55a282.jpg)
Hawker Hurricane, which featured a jettisonable top wing with integral fuel tanks, to reduce take-off distance with heavy loads, and to improve ferry range. The modification was implemented by F. Hills & Sons and was designated the "Hillson FH.40". It proved too heavy to be serviceable.
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first for me seeing that weird arse looking thing :rofl
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what would the purpose of that thing be?? :headscratch: at first I was thinking the second wing would be added lift for carrying bombs, but then I was like wait this is WW2 not WW1 :lol
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That's interesting to say the least. Definitely new to me, and it makes me wonder what a Spitfire Bi-plane would look like.
Good find.
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what would the purpose of that thing be?? :headscratch: at first I was thinking the second wing would be added lift for carrying bombs, but then I was like wait this is WW2 not WW1 :lol
I put the purpose of what it was under the pictures......
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"It proved too heavy to be serviceable."
:huh Just copy and pasted?
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How about the original Wildcat? :D
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h44000/h44277.jpg)
Originaly designated the XF3F-1. They eventually got rid of the top wing, made some other significant modifications, and called it the F4F
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I put the purpose of what it was under the pictures......
wouldn't jettisoning that be dangerous to the vert stab? I mean its got to go straight back.
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Jettison is probably the wrong word. It was an idea to increase the ferry range, not for use in combat. It wasn't something they'd kick off in flight, more like a big ferry tank with wings :)
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wouldn't jettisoning that be dangerous to the vert stab? I mean its got to go straight back.
Maybe but the wing would probably lift upon release.
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Could it have been designed for lower stall speeds? Lower stall speeds are especially good for launching off the aft of battleship/transport and ditching in the middle of the Atlantic. Maybe designed for anti-sub hunting?
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Could it have been designed for lower stall speeds? Lower stall speeds are especially good for launching off the aft of battleship/transport and ditching in the middle of the Atlantic. Maybe designed for anti-sub hunting?
Read the caption of the OP. It was basically an extra fuel tank intended to be used in long range ferry flights, nothing more, nothing less.
ack-ack
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Just when I thought the Hurricane couldn't get any uglier.
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How about the original Wildcat? :D
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h44000/h44277.jpg)
Originaly designated the XF3F-1. They eventually got rid of the top wing, made some other significant modifications, and called it the F4F
The XF3F-1 and XF4F-1 were different airframe designs. The F3F went through two major upgrades, F3F-2 and F3F-3.
Here's a sketch of the XF4F-1, which was never built before the biplane was abandoned for the XF4F-2 monoplane.
(http://www.aviation-history.com/grumman/xf4f1-1-G16a.jpg)
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Just when I thought the Hurricane couldn't get any uglier.
I will smack you in the mouth! :mad:
Hurris are pretty!
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If only we could have that in game. Think about it 24 .303's! Wicked thought
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HQ cap in these jut go inverted and dump the EXT fuel tank wing and have some fun lol :x
it says jettosoned (spelling) but i think a mech would have to take it off. :(
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If only we could have that in game. Think about it 24 .303's! Wicked thought
Read the rest of the thread. It had no guns. It wasn't a combat setup. It was ONLY for ferry flights and wasn't rigged to take much other than basic level flight. It was just a giant DT that didn't separate.