Hawker Typhoon Aircraft
Typhoon Ib, Hendon | |
Production Details | |
Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
24 February 1940 |
F.18/37: |
2 - Hawker Aircraft Ltd |
Typhoon I: |
15 Hawker Aircraft Ltd 3,299 Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd |
Type Specification | |
Applies to: |
Hawker Typhoon I |
Type: |
Single seat fighter and fighter bomber |
Wing: |
Low wing cantilever monoplane. Two spar all metal structure |
Fuselage: |
Engine mount and centre fuselage is a rectangular structure of steel tubes, covered with detachable metal panels. The rear fuselage is a monocoque structure consisting of a stressed skin, riveted to formers and longitudinal stringers |
Tail Unit: |
Cantilever monoplane type. All metal structure with metal covered fin, tailplane and elevators. Fabric covered rudder |
Landing Gear: |
Retractable type. Main wheels retract inwardly into wells in the underside of the wing, tailwheel forward into fuselage |
Power Plant: |
One 2,200 hp Napier Sabre IIA twenty four cylinder H type liquid cooled sleeve valve engine. Three or four bladed constant speed airscrew |
Accommodation: |
Enclosed cockpit over trailing edge of wing |
Armament: |
Either twelve 0.303 in Browning machine guns or four 20 mm cannon mounted in the wings. Rack for one 1,000 lb or 500 lb bomb under each wing. |
Dimensions | |
Span: |
41 ft 7 in |
Length: |
31 ft 11 in |
Height: |
15 ft 3.5 in |
Wing Area: |
279 sq ft |
Weights | |
Empty: |
8,840 lb |
Loaded: |
13,250 lb |
Performance | |
Max Speed: |
412 mph at 19,000 ft |
Service Ceiling : |
35,200 ft |
Range: |
510 miles |
Preserved in British Museums | |
Typhoon I: |
MN235 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display Unknown - Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport - Cockpit Off-site |
Typhoon: |
Unknown - Imperial War Museum, Duxford - Cockpit |
Web Sites | |
http://www.aviation-history.com/hawker/typhoon.html http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Typhoon.html |