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Old 10-10-2010, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt View Post
This has been discussed a few updates back and some people came up with reliable references describing the situation. It turned out that it's accurate as hurricanes had 2-3 different spinner arrangements, sometimes depending on the type of propeller used.

If i remember correctly, IL-2 models one kind of spinner while the screenshots we've seen of SoW tend to model the other one.
The Hurricane went through 4 types of spinners in it's career:

- A small, pointy spinner for the Watts 2-bladed non-variable propeller, pre-war and very early war only.

- A slightly larger, pointy spinner for the DeHaviland three-bladed propeller, early Mk.Is only. This is what we see in the IL2 version of the Mk.I.

- A blunt, somewhat oversized Rotol spinner really made for the Spitfire, but fitted to most medium- to late model Mk.Is. This is the type of spinner we see in Oleg's SoW screenshots.

- A semi-pointed long spinner for the Mk.II marks and later. This is well represented in IL2.
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