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Offline Wiley

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Re: P47D11
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2020, 11:37:55 AM »
I came to love the D11, I would really love to see what the paddle prop variant would feel like.  Low fuel and with flaps out, it surprises a LOT of people.  The paddle prop would likely surprise quite a few more.

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Offline drgondog

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Re: P47D11
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2020, 07:15:47 AM »
Quote from: Oldman731 on June 23, 2020, 02:47:03 PM

Don't know if D11s were retro-fitted. 

From that graph it's hard (for me) to tell the actual difference, because of the strange x-axis numbering, but it appears to be 200-300 fpm at altitudes under 20k.  Nothing to sniff at.

- oldman (and thanks for the graph!)
Paddle blades were fitted in January 1944, beginning with 56th FG... well in advance of factory equipped P-47D arriving in ETO.
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