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}}[[File:Hawker_Hurricane_cockpit.png|thumb|270px]] | }}[[File:Hawker_Hurricane_cockpit.png|thumb|270px]] | ||
The '''Hawker Hurricane''' is a British single-seat fighter [[aircraft]]. | The '''Hawker Hurricane''' is a British single-seat fighter [[aircraft]]. | ||
It was used during the second world war, and although inferior to such planes as the ME-109, it could with its eight guns easily deal with the slower HE-111 bombers, the JU-87 dive bombers, and the so-called ME-110 "fighters. In the Battle of Britain, the ideal strategy was for the Hurricanes to go after these heavier planes, while the more nimble spitfires mixed with the ME-109's. The Hurricane was Britain's first fighter capable of speeds in excess of 300 mph. | |||
== Operation == | |||
=== Start-up === | |||
# Switch on both magnetos (press {, which = shift + [, and also }, which is shift + ]) | |||
# Increase throttle to one-third (press page-up 33 times) | |||
# Pump the primer 5-6 times, and neither more nor less than 5-6 times. | |||
# Press and hold ignition until the engine catches. | |||
=== Take off === | |||
==== For those of you with joysticks and rudder pedals ==== | |||
# Release parking brake | |||
# Full throttle | |||
# When the tail lifts off, stabilize the plane's yaw with the rudder pedals. Pull down on the stick and take off | |||
==== Everybody else ==== | |||
Same as above, '''BUT KEEP THE TAIL GLUED TO THE GROUND'''! | |||
==Related content== | ==Related content== | ||
===Comparable aircraft=== | ===Comparable aircraft=== | ||
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* [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] | * [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] | ||
* [[Supermarine Spitfire]] | * [[Supermarine Spitfire]] | ||
==== Everybody else ==== | |||
{{Hawker}} | {{Hawker}} | ||