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Offline Randy1

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P47D40 Gunsight glass size?
« on: November 18, 2013, 05:19:22 PM »
 I was wondering just how big the rectangle glass is that the gunsight image shows up on on a real P47D?  I saw an image of a round glass version and it was larger than I thought.
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Offline bustr

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Re: P47D40 Gunsight glass size?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2013, 06:38:12 PM »
K-14A reflector plate 120 mm (4.7 in) x 64 mm (2.5 in). I think the 2.5in is the viewing area with the glass tilted. When you look at the glass it's square.

Mk8 used in P47 round reflector plate 76 mm (3 in) in diameter.
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Re: P47D40 Gunsight glass size?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2013, 05:28:40 AM »
Thanks Bustr.  It helps get a feel for the plane by knowing more about it.  I was doing a search on google for P47 convergence in google images when I saw a picture of a round sight glass that looked bigger than I expected.

Thanks again.
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