Does the Hurricane catch fire?

[5./JG27.Farber]

Hurricane fuel tanks are in the wings arnt they? with a small reseve near the engine?

[notafinger!]

Hurricane wing tanks will burn easily. Shoot the wing roots with a mix of 8mm AP & I and they will catch fire quickly. 20mm hits will often result in tank explosion. In general the Hurricane is much easier to destroy than the Spitfire. Here is a collection of some poor souls from ATAG.

[David198502]

Originally Posted by notafinger!

Hurricane wing tanks will burn easily. Shoot the wing roots with a mix of 8mm AP & I and they will catch fire quickly. 20mm hits will often result in tank explosion. In general the Hurricane is much easier to destroy than the Spitfire. Here is a collection of some poor souls from ATAG.

exactly my experience!

hurricanes are really vulnerable!!!!
it is very easy to blow off wings from that crate as well, while i see it very rarely happen to spitfires.
the fuel tanks explode regularly while i have seen that only once happen to a spit in my whole COD career.
and to set a hurricane on fire is really easy as well....just like notafinger said, aim directly next to the fuselage on the root of the wings, and a 1second burst is often enough to set it up into flames.

[Moggy]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Hurricane fuel tanks are in the wings arnt they? with a small reseve near the engine?

That's right, 1 in each wing and the gravity tank in front of the pilot.

I'm reading a book about the Hurricane at the moment, 1 of pilots said that he reckoned most of the cockpit fires were caused by the wing tanks as opposed to the widely held belief that is was the gravity tank which caused cockpit fires.

I'll dig out the quote later.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Moggy

That's right, 1 in each wing and the gravity tank in front of the pilot.

I'm reading a book about the Hurricane at the moment, 1 of pilots said that he reckoned most of the cockpit fires were caused by the wing tanks as opposed to the widely held belief that is was the gravity tank which caused cockpit fires.

I'll dig out the quote later.

I remember reading something along those lines too in "Gun Button To Fire".

Some of the pilots used to fly with the cockpit open for better SA but soon stopped when they discovered that an open canopy caused wing tank fire to be drawn into and through the cockpit - through the open structure between the fuselage and the wing. For this reason, opening the canopy to bail out was a risky moment as a sudden surge of flame could rip through the cockpit as a result.

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by Sutts

I remember reading something along those lines too in "Gun Button To Fire".

Some of the pilots used to fly with the cockpit open for better SA but soon stopped when they discovered that an open canopy caused wing tank fire to be drawn into and through the cockpit - through the open structure between the fuselage and the wing. For this reason, opening the canopy to bail out was a risky moment as a sudden surge of flame could rip through the cockpit as a result.

This is also stated in McKinstry's book on the Hurricane - the Mk I's fuel tanks were only isolated from the cockpit by the open wingroot structure; according to Stephan Bungay the gravity tank immediately in front of the cockpit also proved to be vulnerable and could burn like a blowtorch directly through the instrument panel; Dowding insisted that these tanks be covered with a fireproof coating manufactured by a company called Linatex and a fireproof bulhead was later fitted.

[Friendly_flyer]

I don't really know if the old Hurribird burned any more easily that the Spitty, but a fire would have very ugly consequences due to construction. The forward fuselage tank is already mentioned, and the hind fuselage was wood, canvas and paint, all eminently flammable material.

[MB_Avro_UK]

I as yet have no online experience in CoD.

But offline, when I fly a Hurricane, it never burns.

Perhaps the AI Hurricanes burn easily?

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

[Les]

I know the subject was combat damage, but if you want to see how easily the Hurricane burns, blow up one of those large storage tanks scattered about the main map and fly through the flames. Just one pass can start a small fire that will quickly destroy the whole plane.

[CaptainDoggles]

I've had some Hurricanes light up when I shoot them, but not very often. Typically, if I manage to down a Hurri it's due to engine failure or that I've put enough holes in his wing that he can't hold a turn and spins down to sea.

I might just be a lousy shot.