Hawker Typhoon

[sailorboy61]

The rocket rails, should they be 90 degrees to the wing or 90 degrees to the ground please?

[Graham Boak]

Certainly not to the ground.  Sometimes they were angled individually to give a spread of shot, although this seems to have been more common in Coastal Command (with bigger targets?) than 2 TAF.

[JasonC]

I think the OP means looking from the front - i.e. should the rails 'hang' straight down, or should they be 90 degrees to the bottom surface of the wing.

[sailorboy61]

Thanks @JasonC you explained it much better! Thats what I meant.

[sailorboy61]

Perhaps to the wing me thinks? http://www.grubbyfingersshop.com/walkaround_galleries/Hawker Typhoon IB Walkaround MN235 RAF Toronto 2016/content/index.html but difficult angle.

[Nachtwulf]

7 hours ago, sailorboy61 said:

The rocket rails, should they be 90 degrees to the wing or 90 degrees to the ground please?

 

Looks like 90 degrees to wing.

 

 

[sailorboy61]

Thanks folks, set to the wing it is!

[dogsbody]

To the wing.

 

 

 

Chris