Building fabric-covered Hurricane wings

Yep, but don’t hold your breath over there – it’s a very long project! In terms of how the wing actually goes together, you’re as well to check on here, as I will be methodical in documenting with photos each key stage. To give some idea, though, the next sub-assemblies worth photographing – the truss pieces – won’t be ready for maybe four or five months (we are all volunteers, with day jobs)!

Putting front spars together……

Looking forward to seeing the construction of the fabric wings on CBFS’s website.

Out of interest, here’s part of our original front spar, with remnants of diagonal truss-pieces attached..

Putting front spars together… irhudson, Ive PM’d you – I’m interested in what drawings you have 🙂

Looking great. Good luck with the project.

Thanks Airart!

Let me know if you need any drawings.

Thanks for that!

We believe we have a complete set – although we are not sure we have all the information we need about the diagonal truss webs. I’ll keep you posted!

Make sure you look at the hurricane in the science museum [ the only survivor with fabric wings ]
Good luck, if you need any CNC machined parts I may be able to help.

Graham

Thanks Graham! Yeah, I only wish it wasn’t hanging from the roof! I keep meaning to go and have another look (last saw it when I was twelve!), just to get ‘look and feel’. We do have some components, which we are using mainly as patterns. I intend to visit the Bodo museum in Norway next year (when it warms up!) to survey the rear spar that they have there, in an ‘as found’ state from a Battle of Norway wreck – actually that’s a point – does anyone have detailed photographs of this in the meantime, by any slim chance?

Thank you for your offer of potential help with CNC machined parts – I will pass that on to the group as there might well be a call for it when it comes to ‘handcrafting’ the (originally) cast metal plugs which attach the diagonal truss members to the rear spar.. Let’s stay in touch.

Good luck with the restoration

The CBFS are beginning the next phase of our Hurricane Mk1 restoration – recreating a set of early fabric-covered wings. As far as we know, this has not been attempted before – any thoughts, offers of help, comments, suggestions and best of all relevant pictures / drawings (can’t have too many of those) welcome.

I’ll keep this thread up-to-date with situation reports as we go along. At the moment we are assembling front and rear spars, and building an inventory of diagonal truss pieces and plug ends.

Let me know if you need any drawings.

The CBFS are beginning the next phase of our Hurricane Mk1 restoration – recreating a set of early fabric-covered wings. As far as we know, this has not been attempted before – any thoughts, offers of help, comments, suggestions and best of all relevant pictures / drawings (can’t have too many of those) welcome.

I’ll keep this thread up-to-date with situation reports as we go along. At the moment we are assembling front and rear spars, and building an inventory of diagonal truss pieces and plug ends.

Make sure you look at the hurricane in the science museum [ the only survivor with fabric wings ]
Good luck, if you need any CNC machined parts I may be able to help.

Graham

Looking great. Good luck with the project.

Very interesting. Any photos…?

There are some photos here…

Cheers,
Richard

Is this the one we were allowed to peek at ? at Little Gransden airshow ??

Keith.

Yes.

Very interesting. Any photos…?

Is this the one we were allowed to peek at ? at Little Gransden airshow ??

Keith.

Cambridge Bomber and Fighter Society

Hei,

Interesting project! But what is CBFS?

Regards,

Mathieu.