Author Topic: Which P-47 is best? (Read 862 times)

F4UDOA · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2002, 03:36:30 PM »

HoHun,

Where did you find that quote??

HoHun · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2002, 11:58:36 AM »

Hi F4UDOA,

>Where did you find that quote??

Flight Jornal Special "WWII Fighters", Winter 2000 issue.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Nilsen · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2002, 12:57:25 PM »

The P47 is awesome, and flown with a wingman (like OnePunch) its deadly. At high altitude this plane rules the sky. I prefer the d11 and the d30 depending on the job im gonna do. d30 for jabo and d11 for fighting. If you have experience in flying the 190's at high alt, the transition to the p47 should be fairly easy.

If you could sit in the "middle" of the d11 I would love it even more, but thats the price of realism.

Did any of the "Razorbacks" models have a "centered" cockpit ??

~~to Republic, Alexander Kartveli and HT for including it, and Ii hope we get more versions of it~~

Nilsen · « **Reply #18 on:** July 04, 2002, 01:05:20 PM »

How about this model that was tested on carrier

bozon · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2002, 06:59:03 PM »

I don't envy the fish there, getting a p-47 dropped on their head like a dept charge...

Bozon

Jack55 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 05, 2002, 02:53:49 PM »

P-47 is for destroying enmy fghtrs. I prefer the D-25 for the bubble and dark paint. I usually load half fuel and the belly tank.
Jugs need firepower. Take eight guns with maximum ammunition and an eager trigger finger.
Whenever you meet the enemy, you should be diving, for this is what jugs do.

Vector · « **Reply #21 on:** July 05, 2002, 03:16:34 PM »

Scootter · « **Reply #22 on:** July 07, 2002, 09:21:50 AM »

D-30 dive flaps are not dive brakes and do nothing to slow you down. They were added to change the flow of high Mach airflow that was encountered in a dive and was causing the elavator to (lock up) compress. It is my understanding the were also on the later P-38's for the same reason.

They will allow you to retain control at a higer speed speed in a dive (D-30 will out dive other jugs ... try it)

They will not act as dive brakes that you see on dive bombers.

Nilsen · « **Reply #23 on:** July 07, 2002, 10:02:59 AM »

It also makes it alot more stable in dives

F4UDOA · « **Reply #24 on:** July 08, 2002, 10:35:31 AM »

Nilsen2,

The P-47 was was never tested on a carrier. It was transported to the pacific on the but never tested by the Navy. The P-51B and D were tested as well as the P-39 but no P-47's.

Nilsen · « **Reply #25 on:** July 08, 2002, 11:26:46 AM »

you are wrong about that.. I found a pic where you see a P47 taking off from a CV.

Ill look for it and post it

Nilsen · « **Reply #26 on:** July 08, 2002, 11:29:24 AM »

See this link:

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/p47images.html

Nilsen · « **Reply #27 on:** July 08, 2002, 11:30:17 AM »

another

chunder' · « **Reply #28 on:** July 08, 2002, 12:36:32 PM »

They were not being tested for carrier service, that is how they were delivered to bases in the Pacific. The aircraft were loaded on the carrier at a port, transported near to the airstrip they would be based at, then flown off the carrier to the new base.

Sancho · « **Reply #29 on:** July 08, 2002, 12:41:24 PM »

P-47s often flew off carriers into combat missions. They dropped bombs, strafed a little, then landed at newly captured airfields near the fighting. I'm pretty sure they never landed on CVs, but they definitely took off from them.