Talk:Hawker Typhoon

Stall speed inconsistency?
The article currently says that the all-up-weight stall speed is 80-90 mph with flaps up and 65-70 mph with flaps down. So far, so good. But the next stall speeds for a 1500-lb lighter configuration are 75-80 mph and 65-70 mph respectively. The stall speed decreases as the weight gets lighter in the flaps-up configuration, which makes sense. But why doesn’t the stall speed do the same thing in the flaps-down configuration? It’s constant despite the lighter weight. Is this a typo?

71.237.254.126 (talk) 09:56, 29 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Those are the figures in the Pilot's Notes, so it's not a typo. The implication is that at the heavier weight the stall speed is towards the top of that range and at the lighter weight it's nearer the bottom end. The Pilot's Notes also show that stall speed is less sensitive to weight when wheels and flaps are down. See https://stephentaylorhistorian.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/typhoon-1a1b.pdf 146.199.122.159 (talk) 13:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

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I have deleted firing 2,088 rockets and dropping 80 ST of bombs from the text. The text claimed that Typhoons flying in support of the US 30th Infantry Division on 10 July at Mortain fired 2,088 rockets and dropped 80 ST of bombs. But the cited source does not say that: -- Toddy1 (talk) 23:54, 31 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Standard underwing bomb load of a Typhoon in 1944 was 1,000lb under each wing which works out to 80 sorties - 1 US ton = 2,000lb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.126.91 (talk) 21:43, 24 November 2023 (UTC)