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Originally Posted by Catseye
That's 93 mph. Seems OK to me.
You think it should be lower?
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According to the Pilot's manual for the Hurricane I, (this was the version running 87 octane) the instructions are as follows:
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With Flaps and Undercarriage up, the aircraft stalls at at a speed of 72 mph, A.S.I . reading. With Flaps and Undercarriage down, the aircraft stalls at a speed of 55 mph, A.S.I. reading.
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According to the manual, the A.S.I. readings were not exact to the real airspeed, it says:
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At 80 mph A.S.I. reading, add +6.0 mph
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So actual stall speed with flaps and undercarriage up was approx. 78-80mph.
The Hurricane had a HUGE wing, and a very high lift aerofoil, the thickness of the aerofoil was what increased the drag so much that its top speed was very low. It was also what allowed it to turn INSIDE the Spitfire.
In any case, its unclear if the figure of 150 kph is used by the game to determine the stall speed, or that is calculated in a ratio to the Lift coefficient, seen further down in the list of figures.