Chapter 102: It's better to lick the ground than to fight in the air
The Sea Fury, like the Tempest, was designed by the British Hawker Aircraft Company. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThe company produced a series of excellent fighter-bombers in World War II: the Hurricane, the Typhoon, the Tempest are all famous.
The creations of this 1920s company all share similar characteristics: sturdy wings, stout main landing gear, and a towering hanging tail...... Born a fighter-bomber, it is no wonder that Hawker did not participate in the air superiority fighter market.
The last two fighters that Hawker inherited from this gene, the Fury and the SeaFury, were not well known because they did not make up for World War II.
The Fury failed to enter service with the Royal Air Force, and the Sea Fury became the last piston carrier-based fighter in the Royal Navy. Today, many years later, many people know that such a formidable Hawker fighter still exists through air competitions.
The first of 50 production Sea Fury Xes, the TF895, made its maiden flight on September 7, 1946, piloted by test pilot R.V. Morrell. These initial models were essentially identical to the SR666 and were equipped with a 2,550 hp Sagittarius XVIII18 air-cooled engine driven by a pair of four-blade propellers. These Sea Fury X's are air superiority fighters armed with four Hispano 20mm cannons and 580 rounds of ammunition. All production is carried out at the Hokkingston facility.
The Sea Fury X initially appeared as an air superiority fighter, but with the entry into service of the Seafire Mk.47 in February 1948, the Navy began to question the need to equip both air superiority fighters.
The Sea Fury had a sturdy structure, was born to be used as a fighter-bomber, and also had the ability to hang bombs under the wings, so Hawker was asked to change the second production version of the Sea Fury to a fighter-bomber type.
Thanks to the large number of external weapons deployed on the Sea Fury X: bombs, rockets, mines, and rocket-boosted take-off tests, Hawk introduced the fighter-bombing version of the Sea Fury X with only a few minor modifications: the Sea Fury FB.11.
Externally, the only difference between the Sea Rage FB.11 and the Sea Rage X is the addition of underwing pylons, while the interior has 55 minor changes, including increased armor and other protective measures. Aside from the rate of climb, the FB.11's performance is close to that of the Sea Rage X, as the total weight has increased from 4,835 kg to 5,670 kg, and the climb to 9,144 meters takes 10 minutes, compared to 9.8 minutes for the Sea Rage X. The range of the FB.11 increased from 1,126 km to 1,673 km with the drop tank loaded.
The internal armament of the FB.11 was still 4 Hispano guns, and the underwing pylons on the outside of the main landing gear could carry two 227 kg or 455 kg bombs, or 12 rockets (6 rocket pylons with two slides on each pylon would need to be added under the wings), or 4 82 kg "triple" rockets (consisting of 3 rocket engines and a howitzer shell, which was extremely powerful).
After the Sea Fury FB.11, it's the Storm MK.V.
The "Typhoon" was originally designed as a more advanced fighter than the "Spitfire", but in the process of use, it was found that the climb rate and high-altitude speed were not ideal, especially during high-speed diving, the aerodynamic characteristics deteriorated, and it was not easy to change out of the dive, and it was gradually used as a fighter-bomber and ground attack aircraft in the process of use. Hawker began to develop an improved version of the "Typhoon" in March 1940, trying to make the "Typhoon" the advanced fighter it was originally envisaged.
After research, changing the shape of the Typhoon's wings and thinning the wing can greatly improve the performance of the Typhoon. Immediately, a wing shape closer to the elliptical than the "Typhoon" was adopted, and the wing chord length was reduced by 14.5% and the wingtip was thinned by 10% at 37.5%. The capacity of the wing fuel tanks was reduced after the wing was thinned, so the engine mounts were extended 21 inches forward, and a 76-gallon fuselage fuel tank was added behind the engine firewall. The shape of the improved aircraft is very similar to that of the Typhoon, but the shape of the wings and the length of the nose can still distinguish the two.
On November 18, 1941, the British Air Department ordered two prototypes, known as "Typhoon II". In the spring of 1942, Britain already had a variety of 2,000 horsepower engines to choose from, and Hawker proposed several options for the British Air Department to choose again, and the British Air Department asked Hawker to develop five types and six prototypes at the same time for the final selection in order to ensure that it could obtain advanced fighters. In August of the same year, "Typhoon II" was renamed "Tempest".
The Tempest MK.V is not the best in the "Tempest" series in terms of flight performance, but it is equipped with the Sabre II engine with the most stable performance, and other types of aircraft take longer to mass production, and the V model becomes the most produced model, and it is also the only model equipped during the war. On June 21, 1943, the first production version (JN709) was delivered to the troops. A total of 861 aircraft were produced.
Since they are both produced by the same company, the flight feel of this Sea Fury and Storm is also very similar. It's fast, it's fast, it's very good at high speeds, and it's crazy firepower (four Ciespano).
Although the model of this four-door Cisthistono is MK.V, the trajectory is not as good as that of the long-barreled MK.II, but the quantitative change causes qualitative changes, and the bomb load is very sufficient, so it is still very comfortable to sweep.
Of course, there are still some differences between the two aircraft, and the high-altitude performance of the Tempest MK.V is not as good as that of the Sea Fury FB.11, but fortunately, its speed at low altitudes is extremely fast, and few fighters in the 5.7 can surpass it at low altitudes.
"The Tempest MK.V and the Sea Fury MK.11 are both heavy fighters weighing four tons, and the gameplay is based on BZ. However, according to Betty's plan, there is still an advantage to choosing them, that is, two 1000-pound bombs can be hung. ā
An airfield, like a war zone, must be dropped with a certain amount of explosives in order to be considered damaged. Both the Storm MK.V and the Sea Fury FB.11 have a large ammunition load, so it's okay to get an assist.
When it comes to the endgame, maybe you can hang rockets to harvest a wave of the opposite team, and you feel like you can get a lot of points after the fight.
Some people may ask why Otowa didn't just choose the attack plane? That's because a large part of the score of the attack plane and the bomber licking the ground is to be distributed to the escort fighters, but the fighters don't have so many problems licking the ground.
Therefore, it is better to lick the ground than to fight an air war, it is better to lick the ground, it is better to lick the ground.