whohoo I could troll some P47 pilots thereI'm proud of myself <gnacgnac>.
D25 is lighter for sure, probably a bit more manoeuverable. It's dark too, makes it harder to track when dogfighting low and especially when darkness starts.
But it's sure still not a girly plane.
I think in the P47 population, without really knowing why, you prefer one or the other. I always fly the D30 and I start to scream for help to Ammo when he forces me to fly the D25. It's probably habit, superstition and fetishism. Dive flaps, I don't really care, maybe the square gunseight, maybe the manifold pressure who's higher... who knows.
One thing is sure, when you fly the P47, u need to think ahead, and more over if you need to disengage. No point nose down and run, no I outturn you anyway.
The p47 is awsome as a trainer, when I fly other planes like P38s, P51s, yaks, LAs ...wohooo they feel so light!!! You have the feeling you can do anything. The other day I couldn't hit with a P38 in a turnfight, the nose was too sensitive for me. I'm not even talking about fighting in a niki/spit, it's "point and click" compared to P47 (no insult there, just a comparaison).
Anyway, maybe if the D25 would had been with Gabresky's camo, I would had cherish the D25 instead of the D30
