Aeroplane Heaven – Hawker Nimrod Mk2 & Fury Mk1 v1.2.0

The Hawker Nimrod and Fury were designed by Sydney Camm, who was later to design the Hawker Hurricane and many more famous fighting machines. The Fury and Nimrod differed only in a few areas but were otherwise almost identical.

The land-based Fury had a shorter wingspan than the Nimrod and the wings were straight in plan. The early Nimrods shared this wing plan, although with a wider span. The Royal Navy’s Nimrod MkIIs were given swept-back wings, a pilot headrest to make life a little easier for the pilot during catapult launches , arrestor hook and a more powerful Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine. For armament both aircraft were equipped with two forward-firing Vickers machine guns, firing through the propeller and could carry a small bomb-load beneath each wing.

The Hawker Fury first flew on the 25th March 1931 and entered service with the RAF in May of that year.

The Hawker Nimrod (Mk1) first flew (as a carrier-based aircraft) on 31st October 1931 and the first of the Mk2 Nimrods were delivered to the Royal Navy in March 1933.

Outpaced and out-manoeuvred by more ‘modern’ machinery of the times, by 1939 the Nimrod and Fury had all but disappeared from front-line duties. However, a monoplane version of the design was penned by Camm during the early 30s and when the first of the Merlin family of Rolls-Royce engines started to appear, this design was revised to become the prototype Hawker Hurricane.

Features:

• Authentic Hi-Fidelity models built over factory plans
• Beautifully crafted detailed features
• Many unique animations
• All-new animated British pilot with period-correct head gear, goggles and oxygen mask
• Accurate flight dynamics for a challenging experience
• Unique early Rolls-Royce pressurised fuel and magneto start faithfully reproduced
• Full WWise Soundpack developed by professional sound studios faithfully replicates the sounds of the V12 Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine

6 liveries:

• K3661 Hawker Nimrod of Royal Navy Flight 802, Mediterranean 1936. Now restored and airworthy
• K4620 Hawker Nimrod 802 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, aboard HMS Glorious
• K3646 Hawker Nimrod MkII of 800 NAS Royal Navy 1937
• K5674 This machine was the personal mount of F.O. Frederick Rosier Officer Commanding B flight No.43 Squadron ‘Fighting Cocks’. It was based at Tangmere from December 1936 to January 1939
• K8267 This Fury was based at Montrose with No. 8 Flying School RAF during 1939
• K2071 The Hawker Fury first flew on the 25th March 1931 and entered service with the RAF in May of that year. This is a 25 Squadron machine based at RAF Hawkinge