Hawker Typhoon

[RobXjcoupe]

We had some truly outstanding engineers at that time, no use of computers just talent and ingenuity. I'm a toolmaker by trade for over 27 years now. I deal with so called engineers that can't even supply a simple pencil drawing to explain there needs. I think I'm living in an era that has forgotten how to engineer without the use of a computer

[lufbramatt]

RobXjcoupe said:

We had some truly outstanding engineers at that time, no use of computers just talent and ingenuity. I'm a toolmaker by trade for over 27 years now. I deal with so called engineers that can't even supply a simple pencil drawing to explain there needs. I think I'm living in an era that has forgotten how to engineer without the use of a computer

It's the wing that amazes me- not a straight line on it and it twists 2.5 degrees from root to tip. I made a CAD model of a Spitfire a while back, and I plotted out all the ribs from co-ordinates traced from original Supermarine drawings, so satisfying, you start with a big excel spreadsheet and end up with a perfectly smooth surface with that distinctive flared trailing edge. To think they did that 75+ years ago by hand is mind blowing.

[Eric Mc]

Some video of the Typhoon that was on display at Hendon - with authentic Napier Sabre sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0Lv1S3RfQ

[anonymous-user]

Next to Eric's clip I saw this fine work also.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTJZ_cWaT0

[vx220]

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=caen+d+day+mu...

D-Day museum in Caen, can't remember if I went for the 50th or 60th. Pretty sure that had the car door...

[lufbramatt]

vx220 said:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=caen+d+day+mu...

D-Day museum in Caen, can't remember if I went for the 50th or 60th. Pretty sure that had the car door...

That one is a replica

[Tango13]

Eric Mc said:

Some video of the Typhoon that was on display at Hendon - with authentic Napier Sabre sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0Lv1S3RfQ

A late friend of mine spent his youth touring across France, Belgium, Holland and into Germany, mostly in the back of a Bren carrier with a belt fed Vickers...

He once commented that being woken to the sound of a Napier Sabre always made his day.

[Deptford Draylons]

el stovey said:

Deptford Draylons said:

Going a bit off topic, but Kermit Weeks has his Hawker Tempest V ( Napier Sabre engined like Typhoon ) back in the US now and slowly proceeding to rebuild to an airworthy spec ( not clear if he would fly it or even be legally able to ) , but is going to be of interest for those fans of the Sabre engine.

Is his fantasy of flight place still closed? He needs to get that opened ASAP.

I think its closed for all but a few days a year and is currently undergoing a change into a restoration facility, rather than the old museum style. If you look at his Facebook page its quite interesting with daily updates, usually on his projects like the Tempest and 109 etc.

[GAjon]

A petrol head, racer, TVR enthusiast and Typhoon fighter pilot !

[saaby93]

Eric Mc said:

Some video of the Typhoon that was on display at Hendon - with authentic Napier Sabre sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0Lv1S3RfQ

Do they always sound like that
What percentage of cylinders are firing at any one time?

[aeropilot]

Mattygooner said:

It appears it was indeed a Spitfire, this one top be precise:

The Spitfire XIV, MV268



Sounded lovely, a lot deeper and aggressive that the Merlin and looked glorious.

Yup, now with new owner at North Weald having just been sold by TFC.

It's actually MV293, but painted as MV268.

Griffon engine Spits sound wonderful ...... as the saying goes, "There's no substitute for cubic inches"

[RobXjcoupe]

With money no object, I'd live in a converted hangar with its own runway, a griffon engined spit, a merlin powered p51d and would build my own flying replica of a mosquito

[Eric Mc]

Pah - there's too many of all of those already. We have THREE flying Mossies now.

I'd go for something we haven't seen for decades - a Hampden or a Battle or a Defiant., for example

[Dr Jekyll]

Eric Mc said:

Pah - there's too many of all of those already. We have THREE flying Mossies now.

I'd go for something we haven't seen for decades - a Hampden or a Battle or a Defiant., for example

Whirlwind (the WW2 one) Hornet and HP42 for me, would have to be replicas though.

[Eric Mc]

The Peregrines would be the issue with a Whirlwind.

[Yertis]

Dr Jekyll said:

Whirlwind (the WW2 one) Hornet and HP42 for me, would have to be replicas though.

There was scheme to build and HP42 replica a few years ago, don't know what happened to it.

I think a Typhoon or Napier-engined Tempest would be nice. Or the Beaufighter, if only someone could find a couple of engines for it.

[richw_82]

https://www.facebook.com/hawkertyphoonjp843/?fref=...

Sabre under stripdown/rebuild, plans for new wings by scanning the RAFM example, all kinds of Typhoon goodness.

Worth a look!

[saaby93]

linked to here
http://www.aviationartprints.com/aviation_art.php?...

[RobXjcoupe]

Yertis said:

There was scheme to build and HP42 replica a few years ago, don't know what happened to it.

I think a Typhoon or Napier-engined Tempest would be nice. Or the Beaufighter, if only someone could find a couple of engines for it.

I think generally that's the issue with these warbirds now, it's getting hold of the engines. RR merlins and Griffs arnt cheap although available but the Napier engines although superior just are the proverbial rocking horse poo as mentioned before. These planes were built to do a job in a rather scary time. A massive engine, a lot of guns and cannons and an airframe as light and quickly repairable too, with a lump of iron behind the pilot for bullet protection?! A generation of very brave people. Can't ever see the current crop of mobile phone and iPad gazers being able to match that degree of survival lol

[wolfracesonic]

As long as WW III has Wi-Fi we'll be ok.