Meet Hawker Hurricane Mk I
The Hurricane Mk I entered RAF service in 1937 as an eight-gun monoplane fighter. Its combination of a monoplane wing with a fabric-covered rear fuselage reflects the transition from earlier construction methods to the faster fighters of the late 1930s. The RAF Museum’s Battle of Britain material describes Hurricanes as more numerous than Spitfires during that campaign.
History & design
A fighter at the centre of the Battle of Britain
The RAF Museum records the Hurricane’s 1937 service entry and its numerical prominence in the Battle of Britain. The fabric-covered rear section also made repair part of the design’s wartime story. This background concerns the Mk I generation represented by Aeroplane Heaven.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk · Hawker Hurricane Mk I — aircraft background and systems ↗RAF Museum Battle of Britain material.
A shared hydraulic selector
The developer manual describes the shared gear/flap quadrant and intermediate flap positions, alongside elevator and rudder trim. Its optional modern autopilot is simulation equipment. Airspeed references in the manual are in miles per hour, an important detail when comparing cockpit indications with references using knots.
www.aeroplaneheaven.com · Hurricane Manual — Aeroplane Heaven ↗Aeroplane Heaven Hurricane manual.
Systems & details
Reading the cockpit in its own units
Aeroplane Heaven’s manual uses miles per hour for the Hurricane’s airspeed references and presents the gear and flap controls together. Elevator and rudder trim are separate cockpit functions. The optional modern autopilot belongs to the simulator rendition, so a flight using that convenience differs from flying solely with the period panel. Keeping these distinctions visible helps avoid combining a historical Mk I description with later instruments or speed references expressed in knots.
In your simulator
No released simulator product is listed for this aircraft in the developers reviewed. Announced products are excluded.
Manuals & resources
Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
Hurricane Manual — Aeroplane Heavenwww.aeroplaneheaven.com · Aeroplane Heaven Hurricane manual.Aircraft background
Hawker Hurricane Mk I — product pagewww.aeroplaneheaven.com · Aircraft equipment and developer product details. Hawker Hurricane Mk I — aircraft background and systemswww.rafmuseum.org.uk · RAF Museum Battle of Britain material.Built-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 1 profile choice
Aeroplane Heaven Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Aeroplane Heaven · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020
The Hurricane Mk I entered RAF service in 1937 as an eight-gun monoplane fighter.
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