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Anybody with computer skills care of posting a Corsair done up in early olive drab over grey undersides, painted up like an early 56th group Thunderbolt!
Anybody with computer skills care of posting a Corsair done up in early olive drab over grey undersides, painted up like an early 56th group Thunderbolt!
I wonder how the P-47 would have turned out if it had been developed with the 2-stage supercharged engine rather than the turbocharged one. (not to mention if a tight engine cowling with large spinner and cooling fan had been considered earlier, like the Fw 190A -or any installation of the BMW 801, or the XP-47J)
Probably would've come out looking a lot like a bent wing version of the F8F.
Shorter landing gear = strength.Why bent wing? The P-47 had a conventional low wing configuration. (albeit the belly ducting made it look like a low mid-wing)
Shorter landing gear = strength.
Yep!!!plus shorter landing gear, but long enough for prop clearance, meant less weight than say a P-47 gear...
Shorter landing gear = strength.Originally Posted by kool kitty89
Why bent wing? The P-47 had a conventional low wing configuration. (albeit the belly ducting made it look like a low mid-wing)
Originally Posted by kool kitty89
I wonder how the P-47 would have turned out if it had been developed with the 2-stage supercharged engine rather than the turbocharged one. (not to mention if a tight engine cowling with large spinner and cooling fan had been considered earlier, like the Fw 190A -or any installation of the BMW 801, or the XP-47J)
Probably would've come out looking a lot like a bent wing version of the F8F.