Rick50 Posted November 21, 2021 Posted November 21, 2021 I always thought the Hurricane warbird was a mono-wing aircraft, but I recently discovered there was a biplane variant... ok variant is maybe not the word I'm looking for, maybe "prototype"? Anyway, here's an interesting bit of history I knew nothing about until the other day!
Mogster Posted November 21, 2021 Posted November 21, 2021 I think the idea was to improve short takeoff performance. That way you could continue to operate from small fields or even roads if your primary airfields were destroyed. There was concern about the higher takeoff and landing speeds of monoplanes generally, especially when they became heavier. 1
bell_rj Posted January 11, 2022 Posted January 11, 2022 Prototype is exactly it. The Hurricane design has its roots in that biplane in the video. Then they took the upper wing off and the rest is history. PC specs:
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