Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys

Ahhhh.....the pugnacious and thoroughly frightening Hawker Typhoon. Definitely, not for the faint of heart.

Think of it as the "Stormy Daniels" version of the Hawker Hurricane...

1714138827382.png


There is a guy in BC who is building a full-size Typhoon in metal - from the original drawings from scratch...to be powered by an original Napier Sabre engine. Here is a linky to his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/typhoonlegacycoltd

It really is a heck of a project - check it out!
 
Last edited:
Raymond said:
Top Trump in the ground attack rôle?
Click to expand...

Oh yes - this machine is not for under-endowed tangerine-tinged whinging pussies.
Totally aside from the massive size and ferocious appearance of the aircraft, the Napier Sabre that powered it was a he!! of an engine:
  • 2238 cu.in. (37 litres - or 35% bigger than an R-R Merlin or an Allison)
  • 24 cylinders - H configuration (two banks of horizontally opposed 12-cylinder blocks, each with a crankshaft that were geared together)
  • small bore and stroke (5" x 5" or 127mm x 127 mm) which allowed for high RPM running - compared to a Merlin bore and stroke: 5.4" x 6"
  • reciprocating sleeve valves (not poppet valves like "regular" engines) - and these sleeves were definitely a very tough metallurgical challenge
  • 37-3800 RPM vs. 2650-3000 for an R-R Merlin (I guess the noise produced by these things was absolutely deafening)
  • Tremendous specific output (HP/ litre) - the Sabre Mk. I made 2050 HP but in the final variant, the Sabre Mk. VII engine, they were getting 3500 HP (about the same as a P&W Wasp Major but it had twice the displacement - 71 litres versus 37 litres on the Sabre)
Here is a video of the Sabre running:

I'm sure there were some young men named Juergen and Karl-Heinz who were on the receiving end of a visit from a Typhoon back in the day, and they will never forget it.
 
Last edited:
Raymond said:
The Jug gained a helluva reputation for the punishment it would absorb and still get you home. But WOW!
Click to expand...
I can't find the pic now, but there was a Jug that flew down into the Rhine (Ruhr maybe?) River Valley where the Germans had strung steel cables across to prevent strafing and bomb runs by the Allies. One wing caught a cable... pulled the wood poles out of the banks and flew back to England with these 1ft diameter poles dangling behind it. Not many airplanes could have pulled that off.
 
Jim said:
You ever see one of those fly over? I bet it's an awesome sight.... and sound.
Click to expand...
Yah, I was having a nice afternoon siesta, the sound of it coming up the strait woke me up. Ran outside just in time to see it fly by. I think they were doing training back then (2015). They are massive 200ft wingspan. According to wiki, they can scoop up 30 tons of water in 22 sec.
 
Any of y'all remember the B-17 that got cut in two 'bout a year or so ago? Dallas airshow... a P-63 cut the tail off... remember?
Well, this is Hoover. He's a retired F-15 fighter pilot. He's got his stuff together.... and he does youtube videos debriefing crashes. Explains what happened and what went wrong.

This one will make your blood boil.... :mad:


 
Harsh. But fair. I travelled Ryanair to Belfast earlier this month, very cheap but you have to pay extra for

a cabin bag
a checked bag in the hold
a seat - or take pot luck allocation
a meal
to sit with your family
aisle seat
window seat
extra legroom
priority through the airport
priority boarding
Ryanair to print your ticket
travel within regular hours - my flight was 6am

After selecting No to all the above, and printing my own ticket, it was clearly marked Low Priority. Said to my fellow low priority travellers, I don't think they will get to Belfast any earlier than we do . . .
 
The Air Boss (airshow flight director). Didn't believe in setting actual preflight directions, conditions and avoidance procedures for pilots to follow. In other words, incompetent. "Directions/director" was literally the name of the position.
 
Last edited:
Jim said:
The Air Boss (airshow flight director). Didn't believe in setting actual preflight directions, conditions and avoidance procedures for pilots to follow. In other words, incompetent. "Directions/director" was literally the name of the position.
Click to expand...
I hope he's got a good lawyer. And insurance...
 

Similar threads

Wordman
For those in the US on Memorial Day
Replies
0
Views
273
Wordman
Wordman
I am Carbon
This is stunning.......
2
Replies
22
Views
4K
650Skull
650Skull
Back
Top