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Two years ago yes...but it was dropped, picked up, dropped again, and finally killed because the 3D model was not upto par for being implemented in the engine (note: this was not an artistic consideration, it was a 3D model problem).
Believe me...I wanted to see a Typhoon too!
BUT...the bright side of things is that we get its successor the Hawker Tempest which was faster, more manueverable, even better armed, and in all ways better. No its not the same thing and having both would be ideal...but at least we've got another British made aircraft in the stable.
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Nope...thats a Tempest. A Typhoon is an earlier variation of the design. The Tempest rectifies several problems and errors in the Typhoon design while also being faster and slightly better armed.Originally posted by NekoReaperman:
I think it will be in the upcoming addon coming around christmas, give or take a month :-)
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I trot these images out whenever the topic of the Typhoon comes up... It's too bad the model wasn't built to standard. A Tiffie would have been mighty fine.Originally posted by ohs88t:
Just wondered is anyone working on the Hawker Typhoon for this sim? As it was one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war.
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WikiPedia Tempest article explains how it was an improvement on the Typhoon design.
I've read that the Typhoon design had a problem with shedding its tail in a dive and this was one of the reasons it was a poor interceptor design. In some pictures and profiles you can see evidence of reinforcing staples near the tail of Typhoons which may have been a field mod; the Tempest V design cured this shedding problem. The Tempest's redesigned wing is the major difference though; it allowed the four cannons to be set further back than in the Typhoon 1B and so the barrel openings were flush with the wing's leading edge. From what I understand Tempest Vs didn't use rockets in combat although they were made capable of carrying them; in the diagrams I've seen for Tempests the rocket rails are short compared to Typhoon 1B's rails which extend beyond the wing's leading edge. Finally, the instrument panels of the two designs were different.
Although the Tempest V was a faster, improved design I have an odd preference for the Typhoon 1B. Maybe its the awkward ugliness of its extending cannons and rocket rails that makes it look mean that I like. But if Tempest V can be used as a ground attack plane (IE, rocket loadout) then I won't complain too much about having to substitute it at Falaise Gap.
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