Hawker Hurricane Fuselage Stringers

Cool, bit of a monster then .
Will look forward to updates on this project and seeing this happen .

Thanks for sharing that Peter, bit of work to be done then but not impossible.
How does the engine compare to a Rolls Royce kestrel ?

Well, the BMW VI was really a WWI aero-engine with an additional row of cylinders stuck to it. Compared to the RR Kestrel which had a capacity of 21 litres the BMW had 48 (Figures vary). The engine in the Pictures above has an inspection-plate from 1944, it is still on ist original shipping-cradle. In the Picture taken from the front you can see a repair between the front cylinders which we believe was carried out by BMW in 1944. Apart from that we also have reason to believe that the engine has zero-hours. However, it has been out in the open for a while.
You can see one up and running here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJn7LHE83cc

Peter

Thanks for that Forey, great help! Do you know what kind of wood they used at Hawker’s?

Afraid not, I just have an example rather than a drawing. Try an e-mail to Hawker Restorations. They will certainly know.

Thanks for sharing that Peter, bit of work to be done then but not impossible.
How does the engine compare to a Rolls Royce kestrel ?

Thanks for that Forey, great help! Do you know what kind of wood they used at Hawker’s?

Keefy041
Here’s the engine. It is not ours (yet). The owner doesn’t want to part from it at the moment, but should we be able to present him a complete airframe one day sans engine, then he says, we’ll be the ones who get it. It was also built in Russia under licence by Mikulin. There are a great deal more of them around in Russia than here, I know of at least three in Russia.

Peter

Cool, now all we need now is someone to build a Henschel Hs 123.

Searched about it online earlier, wow, be a lovely thing to see when it’s done, good luck with the BMW engine , although I’m sure they’ve already thought about that.

Peter
Flimsy? Don’t forget each dorsal rib on the Hurricane is braced.
Dimensions, extracted from a piece of stringer rather than a drawing (profile being that of a round headed rivet):
Overall height 1/2″; height (base of stem to shoulder of head) 5/16″; overall width of rounded head 3/8″; width of stem beneath head 3/16″

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Which Hurricane is that Peter?

Is this to be a static replica or airworthy ?

It’s going to fly!

Is this to be a static replica or airworthy ?

Thanks for your replies and for the pm. I need to know this to get some idea of the dimensions we need for the stringers of our Heinkel 51 replica. These were made of basswood on the Heinkel. You can see that we’ve made some mock-up stringers, they’re in their correct positions but are way too flimsy. The similarities in the fuselage-design between the He 51 and the Hurricane are quite amazing. I would say that the dimensions of the stringers surely weren’t identical but probably very similar. I don’t know what kind of wood was used for the Hurricane.

Thanks
Peter

You need ROCKETEER but not seen him for ages, brilliant Hurricane expert

How accurate do you need the measurements? No drawings but do have some original fragments. PM sent