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Title: paddle blade prop P-47
Post by: 1K3 on July 14, 2005, 01:47:33 PM

Looks like late D (25 and 40) and N models will get a paddle blade props. These props  increase rate of climb for P-47s

Title: paddle blade prop P-47
Post by: RightF00T on July 14, 2005, 02:07:57 PM

They were already modeled with paddle-blade 1K3...in fact if I'm not mistaken paddle-blade was standard on everything we have but D11

Title: paddle blade prop P-47
Post by: Nilsen on July 14, 2005, 02:18:04 PM

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Originally posted by RightF00T
They were already modeled with paddle-blade 1K3...in fact if I'm not mistaken paddle-blade was standard on everything we have but D11

yup

Title: paddle blade prop P-47
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 14, 2005, 10:45:16 PM

No quite, some liked to keep the toothpick as it was giving better performances on the deck, when ground attack missions became the daily bread.

Title: paddle blade prop P-47
Post by: Widewing on July 16, 2005, 12:45:25 AM

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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
No quite, some liked to keep the toothpick as it was giving better performances on the deck, when ground attack missions became the daily bread.

There were 4 different props installed on P-47s from the B model throught the N model.

The photo below shows a P-47B with the standard "toothpick" prop.

(http://home.att.net/~historyzone/HaywoodP-47B.JPG)

The next image shows the Curtiss-Wright narrow-chord paddle blade prop that was introduced with the P-47D-23-RA and was the propeller that was generally used to upgrade earlier P-47s already in the field.

(http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2000-001250.jpg)

This next P-47D-27-RE sports the Hamilton-Standard paddle prop. Requiring oil pressure to operate and having substantially different rigging and controls than the C-W electric propeller, H-S props were factory installed.

(http://home.att.net/~Historyzone/p-47d-27-re.JPG)

In this photo we see two versions of C-W props, with the upper P-47 having the early narrow-chord paddle type and the bottom Jug having the higher activity asymmetric type that began showing up with P-48D-28-RA.

(http://www.web-birds.com/9th/404/fritz506.jpg)

Some pilots did prefer the earlier narrow-chord C-W paddle propellers, but there were no early "toothpick" props in combat service by July of 1944.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: paddle blade prop P-47
Post by: Enduro on July 16, 2005, 07:33:44 AM

u got serrrrrrrrrrrrved, frenchy.  :D

:lol ... j/k.