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Hawker Hind

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The British Hawker Hind was a Royal Air Force light bomber of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was developed from the Hawker Hart day-bomber introduced in 1931.An improved Hawker Hart bomber defined by Specification G.7/34, was purchased by RAF as interim aircraft while more modern monoplane bombers such as the Fairey Battle were still in development. Structural elements were a mixture of steel and duralumin with the wings being fabric covered while the main differences compared to the earlier Hart was a new powerplant, (the Rolls Royce Kestrel V) and the inclusion of refinements from the earlier derivatives such as the cut-down rear cockpit developed for the Demon. The prototype (Serial number K2915) was constructed very rapidly due to Hawker's development work for other proposals, and made its first flight on 12 September 1934. A variety of changes were subsequently incorporated ("ram's horn" exhaust manifolds, Fairey-Reed metal propeller and engine improvements) with the first production Hind (K4636) flown on 4 September 1935.The Hind went into service in November 1935 and eventually equipped 20 RAF bomber squadrons. A number were also sold to foreign customers including Afghanistan, the Republic of Ireland, Latvia, Persia (Iran), Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. By 1937, the Hind was being phased out of front line service, replaced by the Fairey Battle and Bristol Blenheim, and with many of the Auxiliary Air Force squadrons changing role to fighter or maritime patrol units. At the outbreak of the Second World War, 613 Squadron retained the Hind in the Army co-operation role before re-equipping with the Hart derivative, the Hawker Hector, in November 1939.[1] The Hind found a new career in 1938 as a training aircraft, representing the next step up from basic training on Tiger Moths. It continued in use as an intermediate trainer during the war. Hind trainers were also operated by Canada and New Zealand.In 1941, Hinds flew co

General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 60.5ft (18.5m)
  • Length 43.3ft (13.2m)
  • Height 14.6ft (4.5m)
  • Empty Weight 4,685lbs (2,125kg)
  • Loaded Weight 29,017lbs (13,162kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.027
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.034
  • Wing Loading 27.9lbs/ft2 (136.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,040.5ft2 (96.7m2)
  • Drag Points 5019

Parts

  • Number of Parts 222
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 711
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    77.9k Cedy117

    Thanks man @Planeez

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    Best biplane on SimplePlanes N/A.

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    Thanks! @FlOu

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    9,382 FlOu

    This is really beautiful

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    Awesome glad you like it @RedBeard66

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    8,419 RedBeard66

    I love the Bomb views! that's the first time ive been able to hit a target. and it was a bridge even.

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    @Cedy117 Hihihihi.. (yep, I get it :))

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    Lol even had to add another engine it only went around 130 mph @SpiritusRaptor

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    @Cedy117 Hahaha - I hear you brother!!!!

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    77.9k Cedy117

    Thanks @bobthetitan123

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    77.9k Cedy117

    Thanks@SpiritusRaptor yeah she took some tuning up to get her to go

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    77.9k Cedy117

    Lol @BADGER

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    Awesome!

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    She looks super!!! and flys the same! that must have taken ages to get her fly like that I think... Wow, well done!

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    grows giant mustache and monocle tally ho chaps I'm ready to fly :D

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    77.9k Cedy117

    Nice looking birds I'll go check out the link try find some unique designs @XVIindustries

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    Thanks man @TheLatentImage

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    This thing is awesome dude. You did a really great job. The viewpoints are great, it's fun to fly too. Nice work.

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    Here have a browse, the 1930s planes are a good bunch to choose from change country at bottom... I'll also see what Canada used in the early days, and I might have a go at Canada's first plane cause I'm starting to become quite fond of those silver and red jets...

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    I might be able to find you some rarer aircrafts... Eye catching ones... I'll give you a link to a good place where you can find unknown designs... @Cedy117

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    77.9k Cedy117

    Or a spitfire I realy want to do one of those @XVIindustries

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    77.9k Cedy117

    Cool slap Em on then lol @XVIindustries your caproni was pretty cool I might make a fairey albacore next

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    Haha I have a few of those mags hangings round from when I was making the caproni @Cedy117

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    77.9k Cedy117

    Yeah pretty cool sounding gun if you slap a cilinder magazine up top make the barrel thicker you got a Lewis gun lol @XVIindustries

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    I love Lewis guns, epic sounding gun @Cedy117

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