Hawker Typhoon Aircraft

Typhoon Ib, Hendon

Production Details

Design Company:

Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Kingston

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.

Span:

41 ft 7 in

Length:

31 ft 11 in

Height:

15 ft 3.5 in

Wing Area:

279 sq ft

Empty:

8,840 lb

Loaded:

13,250 lb

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

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