fastest level flight prop plane of WWII

[Pappy]

All reference came from Jane's WWII Aircraft book not my opinion, they did say P47 it may have been the M but I think it said L? I will check it out and get back. At any rate I will get the numbers and post back.

[juzz]

Based on numbers I can find...

Sea Level: Spitfire FR.XIVe/150 Octane 400mph+ @ S/L
5-10k: Tempest Mk.V 416mph @ 4.6k
10-15k: Tempest Mk.V ???
15-20k: F4U-4 440-450mph @ 16-20k
20-25k: Spitfire PR.XIX ???
25-30k: Spitfire PR.XIX 460mph @ 26k
30-35k: P-47M 470mph @ 30k
35k+: Ta 152H 472mph @ 41k

Maybe one of the Yaks is fastest at 10k or so, I dunno. And there's the figure for Me 109K doing 450mph+ @ 20k too.

[B-Town]

If I am right,
The last spitfire version (mark 24 i think) had a 6 bladed prop that produced an amazing amount speed. But on the ground it handled like Sh*t

[jmccaul]

If you go into Duxford the first plane you see is a silver 5-bladed spit 24 - it's top speed is listed 476 or 486mph - can't remember which   The most important thing is it looks stunning.

No idea about the top speed of a six bladed version.  

P.S. Good stuff juzz  

[DA98]

Spitfire F.21, 6 blades, limited to 470 m/h due to aileron problems at high speed. Entered service in march 1945, with the 91 Squadron of West Malling.

[Pappy]

P47D-2300hp chryslerXIV-2220 top speed 491.
P47J-2800hp Prattwhitney-R2800 top speed 504.
Hawker Sea FuryIV-2400hp Bristol Centaurus-XVIII top speed 460.
Spitfire H.F.IX-2050hp Packard built Merlin-70 top speed 416.
P38L-2950hp Two Allison V-1710-111\113V-12 top speed 414.
Heres some but the J variant was a cooker, all top speeds are varied altitudes for best performance.

[snpr]

F8F = Bearcat

F7F = Tigercat

 

[jmccaul]

If were talking about hawker fury's here something intresting :-

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The Sabre VII-powered Fury was perhaps
the fastest piston-engine aircraft ever built by Hawker, possessing a maximum
speed of 485 mph at 18,500 feet and 457
mph at 8000 feet. Range with two drop
tanks was 1480 miles. Initial climb rate
was 5240 feet, and an altitude of 24,000 feet could be attained in 6 minutes.
Service ceiling was 41,500 feet.
Weights were 9350 lbs empty, 12,130 lbs loaded. Armament consisted of four
20-mm Hispano Mk. V cannon in the
wings.
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yes 457mph at 8,000ft and if you wondering about the engine :-

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3055 hp Napier Sabre VII twenty-four-cylinder liquid-cooled horizontal-H
engine.
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Of course this was no where near making the war.

[B-Town]

Yeah I know  
I have seen that silver bladed spit on many occasions. It really is stunning  


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1st LT Chris "B-Town" Bradbury
332nd Flying Mongrels
Guard Dog's FL

[funked]

Wouldn't silver propeller blades be kind of heavy, not to mention expensive?  I'm guessing they were polished aluminum or stainless steel.

[juzz]

Silver prop blades, hehehe - stop being silly.  

[jmccaul]

Of course it's not silver ! The plane is not painted it's all highly polished metal (which ever metal that is) which gives it a silver colour (translation : color)- which is real nice.  

[Sascha JG 77]

Hmm I thought the Do 335 Pfeil was the fastest prop plane of the war? Anyone got the numbers on this one?


Sascha

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Jagdgeschwader 77 "Herz As!"

[bloom25]

Hmm, I'd go with a p47-M prototype, but then again here's one nobody has mentioned so far:

Ca 15 kangaroo (australian plane)  It looks similar to a p51, but uses a griffon engine.  I'm going purely off memory, but I believe it achieved 505 mph in level flight during test runs.  (Only 1 built as far as I know.)

bloom25
THUNDERBIRDS

[crabofix]

Mosquito or typhoon for sure.

Crabofix, "fish can be bought fresh"

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