Author Topic: hm, whats this? (Read 578 times)

Flyboy · « **on:** March 24, 2005, 03:58:18 PM »

im no expert, but i have no idea what this plane is.
and where is the exhaust ?!

bunch · « **Reply #1 on:** March 24, 2005, 04:07:27 PM »

XP-47H
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/p47-13.jpg

Guppy35 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 24, 2005, 04:12:27 PM »

Another view of it.

Dan/CorkyJr

Wolfala · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2005, 04:56:49 PM »

International Air Power Review had a 40-50 page writeup on the 47 with a special part on the XP. That model had a geared liquid cooled engine of some rediculous power, but Widewing could probally tell us more. I'm pretty sure it did not see the light of day because of the wars end and the reduction gearing had teething problems.

Kegger26 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2005, 05:38:32 PM »

Man....that thing looks mean....bring it to AH, just for the looks alone...

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2005, 06:44:59 PM »

A p47 on crack, lots and lots of crack.

Wounder the stats on this beast.

Furball · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2005, 06:55:52 PM »

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Although the project was begun in August 1943, the two P-47D-15-RE airframes were not actually converted until 1945. Test flights began on July 26, 1945. One of my sources (Green) says that during flight trails, one of the XP-47Hs actually attained a speed of 490 mph in level flight. However, another one (Wagner) says that the Chrysler engine failed to deliver the promised power output, and that the maximum speed attained during tests was only 414 mph at 30,000 feet, poorer performance than the "stock" P-47D. In any case, the Chrysler XIV-2220 engine never achieved production and the advent of jet propulsion killed any further USAAF interest in the development of even faster piston-engined fighters. Consequently, no further work was undertaken on the XP-47H project.

john9001 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2005, 08:42:51 PM »

secret weapons of the USAAF

bunch · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2005, 11:29:16 PM »

the XP-47J was a monster as well

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2005, 02:17:34 AM »

XP-72

500+mph six .50's or "get this" Four 37mm cannon.

"Dry humps the air"

I will take two please.

Furball · « **Reply #10 on:** March 25, 2005, 02:57:47 AM »

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Originally posted by BaDkaRmA158Th
XP-72

500+mph six .50's or "get this" Four 37mm cannon.

"Dry humps the air"

I will take two please.

I would rather have a Lavochkin la9.. with those 4 x 23mm IL2 guns mounted in the nose.

Stunning to look at too.

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #11 on:** March 25, 2005, 08:45:39 AM »

I agree, man it sometimes amazes me how small the yak and la's are.

Look at that second picture, now thats a realy abnormaly large pilot inside, or the planes just all around small.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2005, 12:14:39 PM »

The XP-47H was the only one that used a (16 cyl?) Chrysler engine, also the only liquid cooled in the P-47 xperimental line.

XP-47H:
Model: Chrysler XIV-2220-1
Type: Inverted Vee Piston Engine.
Number: One Horsepower: 2,300 hp

XP-47H: Two P-47Ds rebuilt to accept the Chrysler XIV-2220-1 inverted vee inline engine.
Number Built: 2

I have an article on it in my Encyclopedia at home. This info above is from

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/p47.html