Hawker Hotspur
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The Hawker Hotspur was a Hawker Henley redesigned to take a Boulton-Paul semi-powered four gun turret. It was designed in response to Air Ministry Specification F.9-35 which required a powered turret as the main armament to replace the Hawker Demon.

Then there was the sole Hawker Hotspur, which was a prototype built to meet the demand for a turret equiped fighter. http://military.sakura.ne.jp/world/raf/hawker_hotspur.1
The Hawker Hotspur was a Hawker Henley redesigned to take a Boulton-Paul semi-powered four gun turret. Hawker P.1081 The Hawker P.2
The Hawker Hotspur was a proposed two-seat fighter designed at Kingston. Hawker Aircraft requested Nash and Thompson to design a fully-powered two-gun turret to arm their new aircraft.3
Hawker Hotspur, Boulton Paul Defiant - F.4

Made by Hawker Siddeley.

It is the successor of the Hawker Henley .

* Hawker Hotspur - unsuccessful tender for government contract * Hawker P.1072 * Hawker P.1052 * Hawker P.5
* Hawker Hotspur - unsuccessful tender for government contract * Hawker P.1072 * Hawker P.6
Hawker Hotspur, Boulton Paul Defiant F.10/35 Drawn up for the Spitfire prototype Supermarine Spitfire F.7
The Hawker Hotspur was a Hawker Henley redesigned to take a Boulton-Paul semi-powered four gun turret.8
Jet Or Prop
prop
Designer
Sydney Camm
Predecessor
Hawker Henley
Length Alt
10.02 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
7650.0
Power Alt
768.0
Lists
* List of aircraft of the RAF* List of fighter aircraft
Height Alt
4.22 m
Type Of Prop
V-12 inline piston engine
Max Speed Main
275.0
Developed From
Hawker Henley
Height Main
421.64
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
3470.0
Ceiling Main
28000.0
Number Built
1
Crew
Two
Armament
* 4 × .303 in Browning machine guns in a Boulton-Paul turret. * 1 × .303 in Vickers machine gun in nose
Area Main
342.0
Primary user
Span Alt
12.34 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Rolls-Royce Merlin II hp
Manufacturer
First Flight
14
Span Main
1234.44
Power Main
1
030 hp
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
2630.0
Length Main
32
Area Alt
31.8 m²
Similar Aircraft
* Boulton Paul Defiant* Blackburn Roc
Max Speed Alt
18960.0
Related
* Hawker Henley
Empty Weight Main
5800.0
Ceiling Alt
8
500 m
Category

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