XP-72 Super Thunderbolt

Thanks for the update Milt.

I had a nice time perusing your web pages. All those aircraft represent hours of enjoyment for me and probably years of work for you. Thanks!
 
Like so many of our esteemed modellers, he does good work, doesn't he.
Keep it up Milton - it sure is appreciated
 
Jagdflieger said:
Thanks for the update Milt.

I had a nice time perusing your web pages. All those aircraft represent hours of enjoyment for me and probably years of work for you. Thanks!
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Yes, 12 years to be exact. :)

SPman said:
Like so many of our esteemed modellers, he does good work, doesn't he.
Keep it up Milton - it sure is appreciated
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Thank you Sir, and as always, if anyone is interested in converting any of our work to CFS2, I can make it available.

Hurricane91 said:
Wow Milton! I know you are working on an XP-47J, but a 72 too? Awsome!
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Actually, it all started with the "72", but moved on to the "47J", and possibly the "H" later.
 
Well, I got the xp47j out of the back of the hangar and started the serious mods necessary to get her up to date.

Still working on the VC interior and panel/gauges.
 
Engines for the long nosed P-47s

All these shots of experimental P-47s got me to wondering what was under the cowling of the long nose variants. I found this info about the P-47H.

It used an experimental Chrysler inverted V engine with 16 cylinders that was both turbo and supercharged. Like the other final piston engines of the late war period, it must have been an engineering marvel.

Here is a link to the Wikipedia info on the engine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_IV-2220

On the right is a photo of it from Wikipedia.

The XP-72 used the last of the P&W radials, the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engine. This was the same basic engine used in the B-50, B-36, C-119 and the C-124 Globemaster airplanes.

A link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_&_Whitney_R-4360

On the left is a photo of it from the Robins AFB museum.
 
Jagdflieger said:
All these shots of experimental P-47s got me to wondering what was under the cowling of the long nose variants. I found this info about the P-47H.

It used an experimental Chrysler inverted V engine with 16 cylinders that was both turbo and supercharged. Like the other final piston engines of the late war period, it must have been an engineering marvel.

Here is a link to the Wikipedia info on the engine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_IV-2220

On the right is a photo of it from Wikipedia.

The XP-72 used the last of the P&W radials, the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engine. This was the same basic engine used in the B-50, B-36, C-119 and the C-124 Globemaster airplanes.

A link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_&_Whitney_R-4360

On the left is a photo of it from the Robins AFB museum.
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I'm on it ... making headway. :)
 
It used an experimental Chrysler inverted V engine with 16 cylinders that was both turbo and supercharged. Like the other final piston engines of the late war period, it must have been an engineering marvel.
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Or an engineering nightmare.....depending on where you were looking atit from......
 
An engineer would see it as a marvel and the mechanic that would have to fix it would see it as nightmare...
 
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