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Summary: Tempest-V (powerd by Sabre II) aircraft Airplane blueprint for the Tempest-V, (powerd, by, Sabre, II) ... Aviation history and aircraft blueprints/plans. Tempest-V - The Tempest V was one of the most powerful high performance fighters to see operational service in World War II and extended the boundaries of piston-engined powered flight. Built on lessons learned earlier in the conflict it was designed to be a fast, manoeuvrable, heavily armed, high altitude interceptor. By the time it came into service, towards the end of the war, the German fighter forces had been decimated and it became a highly successful adversary of enemy ground troops and V1 Flying Bombs.
In March of 1940, Hawker initiated a number of design studies aimed at improving the Typhoon. Among these studies were ways of improving the Typhoon´s high altitude performance. These involved the use of a new wing design that featured a thinner wing section and a reduced wing area. The new wing had a eliptical planform and showed a great potential for increasing performance at altitude while reducing the tendency of the original Typhoon wing to buffet at speeds around 500 mph. Powered by a Napier Sabre II developing 2,400 bhp. The Tempest was one of the fastest aircraft of the war.
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