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Martian Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 This is the Fury I,m going to attempt to emulate it is the worlds only flying Fury based at Duxford some history Hawker Fury 1 Some of the handsomest biplanes ever built were British and U.S. end-of-an-era fighters of the 1930s. Gloster Gladiators, Curtiss P-6E Hawks, Bristol Bulldogs, Boeing P-12/F4Bs, the fat-bellied Grumman F3F…but the handsomest of all was the shiny, sharp-nosed Hawker Fury, an open-cockpit biplane that pushed the struts-and-fabric limits hard enough to become the RAF’s first airplane able to exceed 200 mph (207 was its top speed) in level flight. Not many were made—a total of 263 Mk. Is and IIs—and only one has survived. Gerald Yagen’s Military Aviation Museum, in Virginia Beach, Va., has a Fury replica that last flew in 2003, but the world’s only real Fury biplane proudly took to the air in Britain last July after a painstaking restoration that probably should be called a reconstruction. The Fury is owned by the Historic Aircraft Collection, which displays most of its airplanes, including the Fury, at the Imperial War Museum in Cambridgeshire. HAC’s sister company, Retrotec, did the rebuild. Much of the manufacturing of the Furies (and other interwar Hawker biplanes such as the Demon and Hind) was accomplished with archaic devices that no longer exist, so Retrotec had to build not only a biplane but some of the machine tools that originally created it. Much of the metal in the donor Fury’s fuselage, scrapped in South Africa in the early 1940s, had terminally corroded and needed to be remanufactured. Unlike typical steel-tube airplanes, the Fury’s tubes were not welded but mechanically fastened through squared tubing ends and complex joining plates (facilitating maintenance and repair in remote corners of the British empire, where welding torches were rare). Like the original Furies, Retrotec’s restoration is powered by a rare 700-hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12, a progenitor of the Merlin. As a bomber interceptor, the Fury was light and efficient enough that its nearly 2,400-feet-per-minute climb could put it at 20,000 feet just 7½ miles from its takeoff point. The Fury was truly a transitional airplane. Some of its construction derives from the Sopwith fighters of WWI, yet it was also the direct predecessor of the WWII Hawker Hurricane. The Hurricane had a fuselage that was essentially a Fury’s with an enclosed cockpit, though its wing, retractable gear and Merlin engine were all new. While export Furies served with the Iranian air force until 1949, its last combat mission apparently occurred in April 1941, when a squadron of Yugoslav Furies intercepted incoming Messerschmitt Me-109s and -110s. Eleven Furies were quickly massacred; the only Fury victory was scored by a pilot who rammed an Me-110. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Martian Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 And still are Tom although not as fighters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Subscribed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Lovely clean lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 Let's see if I can do the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Well I did start on the first of October and have taken pics , there isn't much to add that other Fury builders have already said the only thing I had with the parts cut by Dylan are the fuselage parts were cut in 1/8th balsa not 3/16th so I made new ones. So here are the pics up to date not in any particular order by the way ignore the date stamp on the pics battery went on the camera I couldn't be bothered to set it The bits Meanwhile in the corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Subscribed as well, Martian. You seem to have done a lot of progress 'in the shadow'. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Looking good well done that man Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 well done sir coming on a treat. Tony B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Hello there The Fury moves on by doing a bit everyday and while the glues dries I print planes . anyway here are some pics showing progress below this weird lump will become the tail skid ,it will be psrung The I must put it together so far shot Fin and rudder with wire support in place Tailplane with wire support in place Tail skid assembly all done and fitted will fully compress with 400 gms weight My latest little home hack tool electric toothbrush sander for small areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 I think I'm going to fit retracts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Retracts. 😂. I like the sander. How do you attach the disks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Posted by Martyn K on 15/11/2018 21:56:27: Retracts. 😂. I like the sander. How do you attach the disks? I used hot glue but you can cut disks out of the large self adhesive disks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Hello chums, I made the decision to keep working on the fuselage as far as possible then I can get it out the way to crack on with the wings so progress up to date. I,m using the miss fitting cowl and spinner but I have built up the cowl to blend into the spinner using bumper filler and plastic model filler still needs a bit of work and it has been sprayed with rustoleum chrome , I am inclined to permanently fix the cowl in place bye for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 It looks brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I agree Martian. That looks lovelyInspirational Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Thank you both i really appreciate those comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Great progress, Martian. Well done. By the way, The LotH insisted on leaving our toothbrushes where they are and in the 'unmodified & standard' configuration... Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Thank you Chris ,with regard to the toothbrush just keep the old end then when LotH is out grab the other bit ha ha hah (evil laugh ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Progress has been slow but I have made some such as a little bit at the tail end ,servos fitted and batt compartment made . i have also been constructing the UC assembly which is a real pig a jig is needed well i needed one then the whole thing adjusted and tack soldered the aligned again due to the thickness of the wire it takes a lot of heat so i acquired a 200 watt iron having first tried a mapp gas torch but the leaves combustion residue and overheats the flux then you have dismantle and clean up and try again, Anyway warts an all pics below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Looking really good I like the extra stringers over the sheeted area under the tailplane, good attention to detail, extra point! Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Thank you Danny i.m honoured 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Great progress, Martian. Glad to see you're doing well. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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