The Hawker Typhoon that will fly again! - Restoration Weekly Episode 7

[@HawkerTyphoonRB396]

Thanks very much for featuring our project. Some great news and updates coming soon.

[@kimeldiin1930]

Being a Typhoon freak ...WOW !!! An aircraft with dicey landing characteristics is always interesting....

[@mikeburton7077]

I've waited years for a Typhoon to fly again and hear the Sabre running, ,fantastic aircraft!

[@richardstokes6827]

Great stuff . Ive a 1.6th scale typhoon that i fly radio controlled. Nice to see a real one inthe air .

[@PhilipRawbon-rk8uv]

Me too..doing a scratch build now..8'2" wingspan

[@echohunter4199]

I had no idea they were restoring one! Thank you for the update. I’m amazed it could go up to 35,000 feet, amazing.

[@andyhoare3993]

Can't wait to see this in flight.

[@avipatable]

Saw the Tempest II fly, but man I want to hear a Sabre!

[@SwanSycorax]

Certainly would be fantastic to see a "Tiffy" back in the air. When I was a small boy I remember regularly seeing Tempest IIs carrying out training sorties with mock attacks on Portsmouth (we used to holiday on Hayling Island and could watch their run-ins an hear the ack-ack gunspracticing on them). I am looking forward to seeing the recently restored Tempest II display in the 2024 season (hopefully). To see a Typhoon back in the air as wel would be the real icing on the cake.

[@johncrook7705]

Many thanks for this project to be seen and the background of its history

[@PGU13BHEI]

I watched a documentary from the 80’s on the Typhoon on YT last year, or maybe a couple years back. They were interviewing WWII RAF Typhoon pilots. A gentleman was recounting his downing of an FW190 over the channel. He was seated in an armchair in his study, but the memory sort of transported him back to that moment and he got this distant look in his eyes. Suddenly, seated in the cockpit, he raised his left hand as if it was resting on the throttle and said “I had 2000 horsepower in this hand”. This event was late in the war, and that aircraft’s Napier Sabre specification was the very latest in service in 1945. The FW190 was attempting to run away at very low altitude. No chance! In the end, the Typhoon was a formidable interceptor, and a match for its intended adversary. The British Thunderbolt, capable of doing multiple jobs well. The Sabre H24, with sleeve valve train, is an amazing thing to contemplate building.

[@jameslvsjo]

Perhaps mention there are in fact TWO Typhoon projects underway. Typhoon Legacy is the other one....and he publicises far more updates than this group.

[@ScaryPotato]

Was thinking this video was going to be about JP843, actually. Great to have a couple projects on the go!

[@stuartsharples9520]

Yeah the one in Canada maybe 20 yrs off being ready to fly ..🤨😵‍💫

[@johnh6524]

I think you are being overly critical of the Sabre engine. By 1943, the Sabers were reliable, and the IV and V produced 2400 bhp, making the Tempest the best low-altitude allied fighter capable of bringing down ME 109Gs, FW190s, V1s and even ME262 at low altitudes. By the war's end, Sabers could reliably produce 3000 plus bhp. The Napier Saber is a phenomenal engine.

[@andy530i]

The early Sabre engines had problems with their sleeve valves, however the air ministry stepped in & persuaded Bristol to help Napier sort out the issues.

[@johnh6524]

@@andy530i Yes, Bristol had more experience with sleeve valves with the Bristol Hercules fitted to the Beaufighter (hence its nickname of whispering death) and the mighty Centaurus 3000HP engine also fitted to the Tempest and Sea Fury

[@22pcirish]

Today’s modern materials will also help.

[@dale3852]

Can’t wait.

[@Franky46Boy]

A lot of Tempests visible in this movie! Tail and wings are very different.

[@peterrollinson-lorimer]

Very exciting project. As has already been mentioned some of your typhoon shots are Tempests, a very different aircraft. Canada also has a Typhoon restoration to flight in the works, is there an exchange of resources happening?

[@jimomaha7809]

The Canadian project is exchanging information , parts (rebuilts) with other projects but only silence from the British project. The Canadians have helped a with the rebuilt of parts for a typhoon cockpit project of the Jet Age museum in Britain. The Canadian also exchange info and surplus parts with the Tempest project of Kermit Weeks in the US.

[@peterrollinson-lorimer]

@@jimomaha7809Good to know. Pity about the Brits, all the resto projects need to work together as the parts knowledge and other resources become scarce.

[@ianmckay1780]

Like some of the earlier comments, I had no idea they were planning to get this old girl back to flying condition. I recently found the Kermit Weeks (Fantasy of Flight) talks with Richard Grace, about his Typhoon project. Richard has taught Kermit some very interesting facts about the whole project. This is of course still hanging in the balance depending upon various other factors. I am holding my breath about the whole thing, but at 68 myself, I just hope I can last to see them all fly. Richard is of course Nick and Caroline Graces son, and Caroline took up the mantle of flying the twin seater Spit after Nick's tragic car accident.

[@RestorationWeekly]

Fingers crossed the people at Air Leasing can restore Kermit Weeks' Tempest V, would be amazing to see the two Sabres together in the sky!

[@mikenelson8786]

Please keep updates coming on this great project.

[@RestorationWeekly]

We do plan on keeping tabs on all topics we cover

[@dale3852]

Yes

[@simondutton406]

The Canadian project is able to build it himself, and he is a very good engineer. He has also done lots of reverse engineering and CAD work along with lots of original drawings. This will make it much cheaper than the British project. The Canadian Typhoon also seems to be making quicker progress than the British one, so is probably the best chance of seeing one fly again.

[@desmondnicholas7521]

You seem to have shown more shots of Tempests than Typhoons in your film. It is very simple to tell the difference , fin, rudder and wing platform being the most obvious differences.

[@donaldmackintosh8093]

I wish our close family friend Group Captain D.J. Scot DSO OBE DFC and bar was here to see this he had some remarkable stories flying Typhoons during his war service with the RAF and RNZAF.

[@stevecar]

Film shows the Tempest?

[@spring4522]

Lots of the footage is not of a Typhoon but rather a Tempest. The most obvious difference is the fin. The Tempest has a wider and differently shaped fin. The second is wing airfoil shape. The Tempests' wing is much thinner.

[@stuartsharples9520]

Great work fantastic project , but my gripe is why is the other restoration of a Typhoon that is being restored to flying condition in Canada never mentioned..?

[@tonykeith76]

Awesome! But I'm 68... I don't know if I will see her to fly.....

[@buzzlite3]

SA Tempest. 486 NZ Squadron.

[@EmilSmit-g7k]

Why show Tempests?

[@RestorationWeekly]

It was mentioned in the video but its because there are very few clips of Typhoons. The Tempest looks quite simlar to the Typhoon to the untrained eye so it is what we had to use.

[@couttsy222]

Because they look better!! 😉

[@wayneranicar8530]

What is the time line for this restoration??

[@RestorationWeekly]

There is no real time line that we can find, it all depends on funding but work has started already

[@peterbrown7130]

Not less than 10 more years, cash generation is setting the pace

[@robleary3353]

Great montage of clips, music was a bit monotonous though.

[@RestorationWeekly]

Thank you for the feedback we are still very much finding ways to make the videos more enjoyable and will work on it in future episodes

[@robleary3353]

@@RestorationWeekly You keep making them!. We'll keep watching them!. 🙂👍

[@robertfrancis7767]

Think about lottery funding it has been done for other projects, it accelerate the rebuilding process.

[@freeenergynow]

You both sound good so please.....NO AI voices. I instantly switch those off!!!

[@animalian01]

Surely the Eurofighter Typhoon is the namesake, not the Hawker Typhoon as it came first.

[@colinmartin2921]

I doubt it will fly in my lifetime.

[@ethanspaziani1070]

I'm sure you know this already but your voice was only recorded on the left side

[@227beau]

How is a notoriously troublesome 80 year old engine going to be reliable enough now to operate, whatever they do to restore it ?

[@captainsparky]

Much of this footage shows Tempests, not Typhoons

[@philbedford8979]

Shoot me down on this but why does it cost so much to rebuild this machine? If the original plans are available then why £5-£6million?

[@RestorationWeekly]

Good question! To put it simply, such a restoration is very difficult and expensive, and there is the possibility that any original plans they do have are incomplete or damaged. That is before considering extra research (especially for a largely extinct aircraft) and the actual build cost. Then theres NDTs (non destructive tests) ect ect. Add this to the overhaul of numerous parts (most costly the engine and avionics) and you have a rather costly project. Thats before any ground runs or test flights!

[@davidmartyn5044]

@@RestorationWeekly I`m sure your aware of a Lancaster rebuild to flight condition? Well, their estimating the same or under for the whole project. Somebody is overcharging you.

[@richuar]

@@davidmartyn5044that’ll probably because they already have a full complete intact Lancaster in taxiable condition plus a trove of spare parts including three airworthy Merlin engines and propellers. The Typhoon is essentially being built from scratch and there aren’t even full plans for much of it so that makes things like manufacturing new wings especially troublesome as they’ve got to do a lot of reverse engineering and design work. And all that’s before you get to the expense of restoring a Napier Sabre engine which nobody has even run for more than 60 years compared to operating the extremely well understood Merlin where you can essentially buy new spare parts off the shelf. The two projects aren’t really comparable

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@davidmartyn5044 The Sabre is an exotic engine and I think they will be in new territory getting one operating safely again. That will be expensive. Consider that the rare German DB engines typically cost at least three or fours times more to overhaul than a Merlin and owners have to source multiple engines for parts if you can find any at all. I would say that the number of usable Sabres left in the world are under ten.

[@davidmartyn5044]

@@richuar I wish the project well. Just thought the price was excessive, even considering every thing.

[@jeffreywright4656]

Great video but monotonous commentary.

[@sureshot8399]

You may well have earned a subscribe and like if your narration wasn't so piss poor.

[@RAW555R]

whats going on with the narration? sound like a robot, well done for doing this but this narrator is awful.

[@endo9913]

Great content but terribly boring delivery.

[@robertknight5429]

Not going to happen!