Hurricane and Tempest questions

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does anyone have any good resoration pictures of the RAFM example? Especially an interior shot?

Apart from the Watts prop.

Hurricane Mk I early production Rotol 3 blade prop with short blunt spinner as found on Spitfire Mk II and early CBAF built Spitfire Mk V, or d.H three blade prop with short pointed spinner.

Hurricane Mk I late production – 3 blade prop with long chord spinner specifically designed for the Hurricane – long and pointed, same as fitted to later Mks of the Hurricane.

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with regards to the MKIV, could it be fitted with a combination of weapons or one at a time, ie a 40MM gun under one wing and a bomb under the other, or just 40mm cannons or 20mm cannons at a time?

wondering which Hurricane will be next to fly, and if anyone has pictures?

G-ROBT looks quite close to flying if you look at Hawker Restorations website (to my untrained eye, anyway!)

And there is an article about Personal Plane Services (Where Mr Weeks’ Tempest V is) in the current issue of ‘Aircraft’. Tony Biachi, who runs it, says they’ve had to rebuild most of the front fuselage and modify/rebuild the wings from mark II to mark V standard.
They have not thought about where the Sabre will be rebuilt yet, but it will most likely be sent to one of the American ‘shops, and they are hoping to find some specific tools to enable them to do it. Hope this helps

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wondering which Hurricane will be next to fly, and if anyone has pictures?

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thanks thats fantastic. Now I can get on with building a squadron of them!

Regarding 5 & 6 see…

http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?cat=33

Hope this helps.

1. The earliest Hurricane Is had the 2-blade Watts wooden prop. They were then generally re-equipped with the DH 2-pitch three-blade metal one, then the Rotol variable-pitch one from 1940. During the Battle of Britain, if I remember, there was a long period where both types could be seen on serving Hurricanes, as the Rotol units were in rather short supply. As far as I know all Hurricanes from Mk II onward had the Rotol prop.

2.I believe that they carried both depending on the individual aircraft; I have certainly seen pictures of early Sea Hurricane Is with the DH units, even as late as 1942. However I believe as with the land Hurris, the Sea Hurricanes from the Mk II onwards had the Rotol prop.

3. Can’t help you on that one I’m afraid! If it’s anything like their Spit Vc I imagine it’s history and identity are a little murky.

4. The Hurricane IV had a “Universal” wing as with the Spitfire VC, which could theoretically be fitted with any of the types of armament available to the Mk.II. That is, bombs, 4x 20mm cannons, 12 machine guns, or 2x 40mm cannons (like the IID). I believe that it was also the only version stressed to carry rocket projectiles. I suppose, then, that all the difference is in the wing structure and alyout.

5/6. In short, I doubt it, but that’s just what I can tell from the following thread that seems to be the most recent one on the subject of Weeks’s
EJ693:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=105307&highlight=Tempest+Weeks
From what I have heard the Sabre engine provides an almost insurmountable problem to restore to running condition due to acute lack of parts and its enormous complexity.

There is also this, which is relatively up-to date with its reports.
http://www.hawkertempest.se/EJ693.htm

As for the other Tempests: this one (Mk. II MW810) appears to be making progress Stateside:
http://www.ezellaviation.com/tempest.html

Noit so sure about this one (Mk.II MW763):
http://www.hawkertempest.se/MW763.htm