Snautzer01
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Wonder why the did not use it for convoy protection duty.
Hillson slip wing Hawker Hurricane in 1/72
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Crimea_River
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Probably wouldn't survive a cat launch.
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fastmongrel
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Probably wouldn't survive kitten launch.
The extra wing and attachments were not stressed for anything above a normal take off and gentle flight. You can see in this image how lightweight the attachments are.
I suppose the aircraft might have got off a full size carrier, but would need to jettison the wing before any engagement. I suspect a RATO or catapult launch might result in a Hurricane being launched and the slip wing being left on the ship, or worse!
Night Fighter Nut
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This is a very interesting subject. I have never heard of such a design. Nice build. 
This is a very interesting subject. I have never heard of such a design. Nice build.
There's a good article here
Biplane Hurricane > Vintage Wings of Canada
Snautzer01
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Point being of this is extra lift. I do not think it is impossible to make the extra wing and connection strong enough yet detachable. If the Luftwaffe can make Mistels and operate then this will not be even a challenge for the Brittish engineers.
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fastmongrel
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British engineers had already made a detachable plane.
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fastmongrel
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fastmongrel
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All done with the decals and I repaired a broken off wheel that suffered a rough landing. I am quite happy with how it all turned out, quite nerve-wracking kit bashing when you could end up with two kits wrecked.
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fastmongrel
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All done with the decals and I repaired a broken off wheel that suffered a rough landing. I am quite happy with how it all turned out, quite nerve-wracking kit bashing when you could end up with two kits wrecked.
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Crimea_River
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Very well done. At least there's no rigging to worry about!
Hard to tell it was not part of the kit, well done
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fastmongrel
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Just spotted in the last two pictures that I have a wrinkle in the P prototype roundel. The decals were a nightmare to use I had four of the right size to play with but the first two wrinkled up like a raisin and had to be scrapped. Lucky I got the last two on but I didnt notice the wrinkle not that I could have done much about it. The worst transfers I have ever used.
fubar57
General
Great looking aircraft
Good work so far!
A4K
Brigadier General
Great job mate! You're giving me ideas to fix my botched Hurris...
at6
1st Sergeant
Great model of an interesting plane.
Way cool! I never knew this plane existed until I saw the YouTube a couple of days ago:
Trust the British to come up with an imaginative concept to the problem of climb rate, when all those other boring engineers were just putting bigger engines on their planes.
Trust the British to come up with an imaginative concept to the problem of climb rate, when all those other boring engineers were just putting bigger engines on their planes.
