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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: whels on July 20, 2005, 04:47:48 PM
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i tested it off line
25% fuel( fuel burn .001), full ammo, no ord
used E6B for true airspeed.
328 mph
365 mph WEP
30K
431 mph
472 ! mph WEP
still climbs 2.0 @ 30k wep climb
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I noticed that the RoC was rather low, compared to some planes, and that the WEP was rather short (and had a long cool down time). I haven't done any major P47 flying in a long time, so I can't be a judge as to whether it's more nimble than the others, or not.
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Originally posted by Krusty
I noticed that the RoC was rather low, compared to some planes, and that the WEP was rather short (and had a long cool down time). I haven't done any major P47 flying in a long time, so I can't be a judge as to whether it's more nimble than the others, or not.
wep lasted along time on mine. all US and Brit planes only have 5 mins wep, with 10 mins cool down time.
it should climb as good or better then D40. 2.0 ROC @ 30k is very good.most planes can barely do 1k or even less .
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And thats why they say, if your at 20K and see a 47 of any type - consider yrself in serious trouble.
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In the TA, I took 25% gas and a belly tank, with 267 rounds per gun (6 guns). I took off climbed to 38k. Now with about 18-20% fuel I eased down to 30k and hit WEP while doing 470 mph. The P-47N stablized at 476 mph. I ran several minutes of film just in case anyone doubts it. Speed was taken from E6B.
Here's the Fast Jug film (http://home.att.net/~c.c.jordan/FastJug.ahf)
Climb: With just over 20% gas, it was climbing at 2,450 fpm at 30k in WEP. Weight is a big factor in terms of climb and (to my surprise) speed.
Roughly same fuel load but 8 gun, 267 round load, I got 366 mph on the deck.
Now, I flew just over 12 sectors with 25% gas and a drop tank, including climbing to 38k. Fuel burn in the TA is 1.0, so in the MA you would need 50% and the belly tank to fly about half that distance. In other words, there's hardly any reason to take more than 50% gas internally.
Power-on stall was 66 mph with full flaps, 79 mph clean.
Handling wise, it is more stable than the other Jugs at all speeds, right down to stall. Turn rate and radius is about the same as the D-11, but it requires less effort to prevent wing drop at the limit.
Roll rate wasn't measured but seemed faster than its siblings. Did a full power dive from 30k and at 591 mph, I engaged auto-level and it pulled out without damage.
I tested acceleration on the deck and at 20k. My test is to stablize speed at 200 mph and then apply max power (WEP) and measure the time required to reach 300 mph. It did this in 33.71 seconds at 100 feet. That's faster than the Ki-84, P-38s, P-51s, etc. At 20k it required 29.21 seconds, which is better than the 109G-10 (at 29.28 seconds). The SpitXIV does it in 28.90, the F4U-4 in 28.59 and the Dora requires 30.78 seconds. In contrast, the Tempest needs 39.63 seconds and the La-7 requires 40.10 seconds.
With a max speed between 472 and 476 mph at 30k for the P-47N, I can see no justification for having a perk price on the Ta-152 any longer.
My regards,
Widewing
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umm what was the TA used for again??? Never used it or heard of it...
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Is the P47N perked?
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Is the P47N perked?
no
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no, it has an eny of 10, but doesnt need a perk tag.
people still use the others (i saw more people land kills in a d11 than an n)