So what will the P47N be all about?

[sullie363]

Is it a speed demon?  Tight turner?  Roles like a 190?  Distance runner like a 51?  One big interceptor?  Slow as all hell?  Ultra ground pounder?  

Basically, how does it compare and differ from our current P47.

[Karnak]

Lots of fuel, fast down low, incredibly fast up high.  Decent climb rate if you take 25 or 50% fuel.

It'll be a monster in the hands of those who know how to use it.

[Raptor]

How will it turn? The wings have more surface area so will it turn better than the D40?

[Octavius]

The P40 is a monster in the hands of those who know how to use it.

It'll be about the pilot as always.  

[Karnak]

Originally posted by Octavius
The P40 is a monster in the hands of those who know how to use it.

It'll be about the pilot as always.  

No, the P-40 is effective in the hands of those who know how to use it, but it is completely possible to overpower it with brute force.  The P-47N will be pretty much immune to that.

[Octavius]

So absolute you are.  Shrug, okay.

[Karnak]

No, not absolute.  The pilot is the most important factor, but it'd be foolish to think a P-40B is as good as a P-47N, a Bf109E-4 as good as an Me262, a Hurricane Mk I as good as a Tempest Mk V, a Ki-43-Ia as good as a Ki-84-Ib or an I-16-18 as good as an La-7.  Certainly all ten of those fighters can kill and be a threat in the hands of a skilled pilot, but nobody reasonable is going to agree that, with skilled pilots, the five from the beginning of the war are as capable as the five from the end of the war.

[Greebo]

Compared to the D-40 I'd expect the P-47N to turn slightly worse. It has a bigger wing, but also more weight to carry round. I had a quick look at some figures a few weeks ago. IIRC these suggested a worse wing loading, but better power loading than the P47D-40. Another way the N should be better than a D is its roll rate, it had improved ailerons fitted.

[BigB717]

a fat arse over grown p-51d pretty much

[Pooface]

its more manuverable i think, but it stalls a little worse because of the added weight. roll rate is like an added 25 degrees per second over the d40. its an uber 47, but youve gotta be a dang good pilot to fly it right

[Westy]

"It'll be about the pilot as always. "

 No way!  Everyone knows the planes are modelled with a high bias towards Allied aircraft.

 Like in EQ if I put on a robe of 190-D9 equippped with 4X killing power of CannonOskite I should be able to easily beat down a lowly girlie pile-it wearing a chartreuse P-47C cape and armed with just an octo of pea shooters.  But it never works out that way!

[pellik]

Originally posted by Westy
"It'll be about the pilot as always. "

 No way!  Everyone knows the planes are modelled with a high bias towards Allied aircraft.

 Like in EQ if I put on a robe of 190-D9 equippped with 4X killing power of CannonOskite I should be able to easily beat down a lowly girlie pile-it wearing a chartreuse P-47C cape and armed with just an octo of pea shooters.  But it never works out that way!

Get over the BS allied conspiracy theory.

[Westy]

"Get over the BS allied conspiracy theory."



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[FuBaR]

Originally posted by Westy
"It'll be about the pilot as always. "

 No way!  Everyone knows the planes are modelled with a high bias towards Allied aircraft.

 Like in EQ if I put on a robe of 190-D9 equippped with 4X killing power of CannonOskite I should be able to easily beat down a lowly girlie pile-it wearing a chartreuse P-47C cape and armed with just an octo of pea shooters.  But it never works out that way!

Prove it?

[Westy]

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