The Sindlinger HH-1 Hawker Hurricane is a ā
scale homebuilt design based on the
Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930sā40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness b ...
. Designed by Fred Sindlinger for amateur construction, the prototype was built between 1969 and 1972.
Design
Although based on the Hawker Hurricane the design makes some compromises for the amateur construction and the smaller size. It is an all-wood low-wing cantilever monoplane with a manual retractable main landing gear and fixed tail wheel. Designed to take a Lycoming engine. The cockpit is 4 inches (10.2 cm) out of scale in height and width and the elevators are 12% overscale. It used wooden stringers and fabric to give the appearance of the real Hurricane.
Although originally designed for the
Lycoming O-320
The Lycoming O-320 is a large family of naturally aspirated, air-cooled, four-cylinder, direct-drive engines produced by Lycoming Engines. They are commonly used on light aircraft such as the Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee. Different variants ...
a number of people have successfully fitted auto (car) engines. The picture is of one such conversion in New Zealand which has been successfully flying for 250 hours as of March 2009 using a
Mitsubishi 6G72 V6 engine driving a
Dave Blanton designed cogged belt
PSRU. This aircraft is also fitted with electric retractable landing gear.
Specifications (Sindlinger prototype)
See also
References
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External links
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Philo Lund Collection
1970s United States civil utility aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Replica aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1972