Full Size Printed Plans R/C Scale 1 ½” = 1’ Hawker "Hurricane" Mk-1

FULL SIZE PRINTED PLANS AND ARTICLE

R/C Scale 1 ½” = 1’

Hawker "Hurricane" Mk-1
Full Size Printed Plans on two sheets 70” x 24” and 64” x 24”

No material plans only
Six Pages of building notes and photos

by Tony Eck

Here's a "different" early World War II British fighter in an R/C version with a 61" wingspan and packing a Ross .61 engine.

The prototype "Hurricane," K5083, was manufactured at Kingston, England during 1935. It was moved to Brooklands on the 23rd of October of that year for final assembly, and first flown by Flight Lt. P.W.S. Bulman on the 6th of November, 1935.

The model depicted here represents the initial production series of Squadron Leader John Gillan, Commanding No. 111 Fighter Squadron, Northolt, February, 1938. This is almost certainly the aircraft in which Sqd. Ld. Gillan made the record breaking flight from Turnhouse, Edinburgh to Northolt on the 10th of February, 1938, a distance of 327 miles at an average speed of 408.75 mph.

The Construction

This will not be a step-by-step treatment on how to assemble your model, as it is assumed you have sufficient background for this type R/C project already. Rather. I will concentrate on the more specific points that may require a bit more explanation.