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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Staga on March 18, 2002, 06:47:00 AM

Title: Is Hurricane MkI too slow?
Post by: Staga on March 18, 2002, 06:47:00 AM

Chart from help-section:
(http://www.hitechcreations.com/models/charts/hurri1speed.gif)

And scanned pic from Francis Mason's book:
(http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/wwiiol/hurricane-speed-climb-chart1.jpg)

Looks like Hurricane's speed in SL matches to speed of MkI with two blade prop but I thought in time of BoB three bladed Rotol was already in use?

Not that I'm going to fly it... :D

Title: Is Hurricane MkI too slow?
Post by: Fishu on March 18, 2002, 07:14:18 AM

30kft and sea level speed is matching with Watts, but top speed matches with Rotol.

Rotol is quite fast one, at least at sea level and high altitude.

Title: Is Hurricane MkI too slow?
Post by: niklas on March 18, 2002, 07:40:27 AM

can somebody explain me why all Hurricanes in this table  gain speed with altitude, but at the same time they have all from low altitudes on a significant drop in climbrate - what is usually an indicator for a power loss.

niklas