Thunderbolt P-47 D-40, the Ultimate D model
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This video covers some, but not all of the specifics of the P-47 D-40 as well as some other things I haven't seen discussed before.
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So grateful for DCS, and the P-47D module. I fly AT402s during the crop-dusting season, and when I'm spraying, I'm always pretending that I'm flying a Jug strafing Nazi convoys. DCS lets me fly my favorite WW2 bird in virtual reality...
That's awesome, it really is!
So that's what you're thinking about on them easy fields with no obstacles on the end.😂 I couldn't do that I'd forget to keep a eye on the GPS and miss a spot😂
Switching careers to aviation right now, and flying crop-dusters (later aerial firefighters hopefully) is what I want to do. Also, the P-47 is my favorite aircraft of all time.
Sometimes when I'm turning final in my 182, I pretend I'm in an Air Tractor about to start dusting crops!
@@pwr2al4 Get working on your tail-dragger qual, 'cuz there's a big shortage of crop-duster pilots! So. Much. Fun!
I am a Greg fanboy. And by that I don’t mean that I think Greg is the be-all and end-all, or that he’s always right. But I do find that every video like this teaches me just how much I did not know about these aircraft. For that, I am very appreciative.
I've been trying to convince my wife that I'm always right for about 30 years. I have not succeeded.
I can me too you on that subject, holy doodles!😆
@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobilesProbably hard to get her to agree that the waitresses at that restaurant were all super attractive 😉
@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles Did she catch the comment about the waitresses at the end? That might be the cause for the pushback! :D
@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles I hope she don't see that comment because I really like having you here.
How much y'all wanna bet in a week all the "popular" TH-cam channels will come out with p47d videos and hit random highlights Greg covers with a sprinkling of common misconceptions and falsehoods. Thank you sir for sharing your passion of aviation in a way that is endlessly interesting and covering things literally no one else does your the only channel I truly look forward to the next video I try to comment as often as I remember and I always leave a like when I get back on my feet you definitely deserve thank you on patreon
It's understandable, in that this is a professionally run history resource, where all sources are specified and verifiable. In other words, legit.
Mr. Greg, you are a most extraordinary communicator. I love airplanes, but I am always amazed that I can enjoy these fairly lengthy technical lectures (or series of lectures, as in the case of the p-47)! And I appreciate that you clearly, explicitly differentiate between your opinions, beliefs, speculations and facts.
I agree. I tend to enjoy longer-firm videos on technical subjects , but even well researched and knowledgeable creators can be tedious and unenjoyable.
What prevents Greg’s videos from falling in that bin is the logical progression from point to point, and the balance between terse and complete.
I helped build some of those oil trays many years ago as a volunteer-IIRC the mechanics said that the oil system drains through even without the engine running something like every 24 hours. It’s a great museum and I hope you had a great time there.
I had a great time, and I was thinking about how nicely made those trays are. That's some nice work you did.
I knew a man who owned a -47D model. He showed me how to prep it for flight and even let me start it. That was a thrill I've never forgotten. He would always say "If you want to fly a plane that excites all the girls, fly a -51. If you want to get home to your girl, fly a Jug!"
when i was a kid around 10, i started a helicopter inside Weymouth Naval base hanger. pretty sure that was the last time my uncle took me and my brother to work with him LOL i think it was a Huey, it was the 80s.
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I grew up in Marshfield and the man with the -47D flew out of Col Whitebrechs Marshfield Airport. @@TRUMP_WAS_RIGHT_ABOUT_EVRYTHNG
Did he show you how to pump an entire barrel of oil into the P47 tanks. Those engines guzzled oil.
The jug was more durable, but the 51 would outfly the German fighters...either way, you'd still get home to your gal...
P47 is such a beauty, always been top on my list of WW2 warbirds. Absolute brute of an airframe!
It's the engine and turbocharger that does it for me!😎
Anything with an R-2800 for me
Great looks combo with the Mustang too!
I think beauty is not exactly it, handsome perhaps.
Must be something American. I acknowledge the P 47ˋs toughness, it is a good airplane, but to my eye it’s plain ugly. My eye is pleased by a P 51, a Spitfire, a Me 109, even y a Hurricane or a FW 190, but the jug? ugh!
I have seen *this exact aircraft* when I went to this same museum a couple years ago, but I had no idea that it was such a unique beast!
The whole time I was growing up, I was only interested in the P-38 and the P-51. I saw the P-47 as an old cow. Now that I know more about aircraft of the era, I have a respect for the P-47 I never thought I'd have before.
(Edited because I had a typo, I typed out P-39 instead of P-38)
Something interesting about the P38, look up how much the pilot has to do if he is flying in cruise mode and suddenly has to go to combat mode as, say, he’s been “bounced” by the enemy. Let’s say it’s about 30 seconds of switch flicking starting with turning the gun heater on. He’s dead meat.
The pilots begged Lockheed to put it all on one switch, like every other manufacturer did, but they refused.
Have u ever played war thunder? It's got multiple p47 models in many different nations. The aircraft is absolutely amazing. A hot rod in the sky to be sure. After dropping ur payload u can then start climbing in order to go book n zoom. One of the few planes that earns the title "multi-role".
In 2020 I attended the Museum of WWII Aviation and my first takeaway from the staff is that all of the aircraft there are not only flyable, but literally get flown at least yearly. I was especially intrigued to find a F3A-1 Corsair---- Built by Brewster--- in their collection. I learned, via Greg's narrative that that particular aircraft was the subject of "Blueprinting" and that it's otherwise disasterous build was being rectified by meticulous fitters and mechanics.
The museum is spectacular and I recommend it to anyone remotely interested in WWII aviation. I was particularly impressed with the staff, who are all volunteer, who were very accommodating regarding photos, etc. as well as general knowledge of the exhibits.
As an aside, when I introduced myself as a submariner, the staff immediately bombarded me with questions about my career and experiences underwater.
I thought it a bit surreal, as I looked around at the aviation history surrounding us...............................
Thanks, and that's exactly right about their Brewster Corsair. It's essentially what I would call a blueprinted airplane and is probably as good or better than any production Corsair from WW2.
Absolutely love this bird. The P-47 is a real beaut. I can't imagine how few must be left in such meticulous condition. Thanks for sharing your find with us.
Yeah!!!!!! More P-47 stuff. No one really covers the P-47. And of course, no one covers aircraft with as much great details like Greg. I’m so glad I found this channel. The original P-47 series made me realize right away that Greg was the real deal!!!
Agreed. I have revisited the P-47 series a couple of times.
I toured this museum last Saturday and was extremely impressed with their aircraft displays. What's more they are all flyable. If you go, take the tour of their facilities. The docent guides are older gentlemen, most if not all, are veterans. Johnny our guide was very well informed on history and operation of each of the aircraft.
One of the most interesting, besides the P-47 is their P-38. That plane was found buried off a runway on a pacific Island. They brought it back and the museum completely rebuilt it to flyable condition in their shop. Highly recommend a visit to the museum if you are in the Colorado springs area.
Also, be sure and see their immaculate Douglas AD5 Skyraider that has a cockpit for a crew of 2.
The pilot escaped the fall of Saigon by flying it to Thailand. ---- He had 15 close friends also crammed on board.
Is this the museum that has the internals of the P-47 on full display ? From the engine back.....all the different plumbing that it has ??
I visited this place about 6 hours ago and the catalina was taxiing back. It was cool to see someone in the flight engineers position. Also speaking of those two Tigercats, do you have any plans on making a video talking about some features or quirks regarding it?
I saw the Catalina as well, but it was in the Hangar, not flying that day. I do plan to make a Tigercat video as a part of my superprop series.
@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobilesA-26 has always been on my list too!
I live just south and east of Peterson/Colorado Springs Airport and the Catalina flew over the house this morning.
I think the "Manual meshing control" is for using the hand-crank inertial starter. The flywheel is cranked up to speed (about 80 rpm on the hand crank) and then engaged to the engine jaw with the manual meshing control.
"Notice the inside of the gear doors. This is going to be a significant discussion." Only on this channel and that's why we love it. (As a software engineer I've written multi-line comments as to why certain variables should be exactly the order they're in in a structure or class: e.g., to avoid false sharing in the cache, or to avoid structure holes.)
Hmmmm. Is that a F7F back behind the P-47?? Yet another fascinating late WWII airplane!
Yes, and they have TWO of them!
I love this plane. P-47 is my favourite plane ever, it just looks right. Thanks Greg, you can never know enough about these beasts.
And it's leakin' oil... so I know it's got oil.
What a beauty.
That's exactly right. Old aircooled radials leaked oil when new, it was they way they were designed.
Greg, those antennas on the vertical stabilizer are VOR antennas. My Cessna has those same antennas. Definitely a post-WWII implementation.
I think so too, but what was there before? It's not the antennae, but the square they are mounted too.
Always a good day when Greg drops a video
I really want to have an in-depth style video of the changes of each version and how the are improved or better
That would be 29 versions of the D model alone, it would be a really long video
@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobileslong form videos are the best. I would enjoy it all. Maybe not that deep of a dive then?
The dorsal fin was definitely retrofitted to earlier models, up to the D-25. The reason was loss of yaw control, probably at low speeds and max power. The tail warning radar was also retrofitted to earlier models. I know this because I read a article about the P-47 in the FAB (Brazilian Air Force) service, during and after WW2. If memory didn't fail me, the fin was retrofitted during the war (although not all units got it) and the tail radar after, in a effort to bring all the units to a common standard, equivalent to the D-40.
The fin does not provide a measurable increase in area.
And what few extra square feet of area it adds, it's located much closer to the centers of gravity and aerodynamics than the rest of the tail.
So, it's not only too small to be effective but its leverage is also significantly hampered as well simply because its not located far enough aft to do much. To exasperate the issue, its of exceptionally low aspect ratio, and therefore its lift-curve slope (dCL/da) is going to be very shallow and develop little if any side-force at shallow side-slip angles.
Therefore, it does not appear it will provide additional yaw-stability in the way you envision.
It actually creates a very strong vortex-lift at extremely high sideslip angles encountered during a spin.
It generates this lift by developing a strong vortical flow due to its extremely low-aspect ratio. The aft end is truncated in a sharp angle, where the vortex is shed at steep sideslip angles and that vortex more easily follows the contour of the rudder when its deflected against the sideslip.
E.g. when the aircraft is in a fully developed spin to the right, nose going right, the rudder is deflected to the left to counter the spin in order to recover.
But the vertical stabilizer could and likely did stall at that sideslip angle. Or at least become ineffective at creating additional side-lift by increasing camber (rudder deflection) alone. By generating a vortex flow at that juncture, the vortex cuts the vertical stabilizer in half, effectively quartering its aspect ratio, which almost doubles its stalling angle of attack. It also allows airflow to follow the contour of the deflected rudder, instead of separating.
Its the phenomenon that allows the F/A-18 to attain 60*Deg AoA with an medium (4.0) Aspect Ratio wing. The F-16, various Sukhois, F-22/35 and others also use this for improved lift at high AoA.
There is a beautiful P47 N, the first thing you see as you enter the Elgin Air Force Museum near Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Don’t miss it! My uncle flew P47’s and was shot down and thrown from his plane when he crashed. Locals secreted his body from the German’s just 17 miles from Omaha Beach. This happened late July 1944 and we still were just 17 miles inland? Scary.
Little bit of trivia about the bubble top canopy: According to Green (Fighters Vol.4. p175) the original conversion was done with a bubble canopy from a Hawker Typhoon.
Greg, fellow Tulsan and may have overlapped your visit to WWII aviation museum. They had a layout of the P-47 intercooler/turbosupercharger system of the “Jug” in a different building that gave me a new level of appreciation, thanks to your earlier videos. The plane was built around this system and it explains why the airframe is so HUGE! Thank you for all that you do!
It's nice to hear from a local. I did see the stuff in the other buildings, the museum is just amazing.
I was gonna mention the turbo system they have displayed too - I wish Greg had included a picture of it as well as you really don't get a sense of the scale of just how much that whole thing took up until you see it by itself.
Even without it though, Greg, great video. I live about a half an hour away and this is making me feel like it's time to visit the museum again soon.
@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles What is your favorite air museum so far?
There's an interesting display at the Kalamazoo "Air Zoo" with a P-47 across from a BF-109. The contrast is striking.
You are sure that ALL D-25 were Bubbletops? Squadron writes "the first Production Version of the Bubbletop Thunderbolt was designated P-47D-25 RE and, with previous Farmindale built aircraft, retained the Hamilton Standart Prop. There were 385 D-25 RE built.
The P-47D-26RA was the first Evansville built Bubbletop.............."
Republic had two factorys Farmingdale (suffix RA) and Evansville (Suffix RE) and it looks like Productions wasnt sychronised for a while, Squadron Aircraft in action also writes:
" Republic at Farmingdale could not keep up with the Orders for Thunderbolts and decided to built a 2nd plant at Evansville Indiana. With 2 plants building the Thunderbolt, the war department needed a way to tell the aircraft apart. It was decided to designate all Evansville aircraft with the suffix of RA.
Thus the first aircraft from Evansville were P-47D-RA. They were identical in every way to the Farmingdale built P-47C-2`s "
You have better sources maybe you can clarify the Things, iam not sure anymore if Squadron Aircraft in Action is correct.
Anytime you're talking about large production WW2 stuff, there are bound to be some exceptions. I can say this, the pilot's manual for the D-25 through D-35 makes NO mention of a razorback version anywhere in that mix. The previous manual which covers D-4 through D-25 says that prior to the D-25 they were razorbacks and that bubbletops were on D-25s and subsequent. Does that leave room for a few D-25s with razorbacks?
Wow I lived there in Castle Rock for years and never saw this museum. If you ever drop in near wings over the Rocky's, I think their B-18 Bolo is being worked on to get it airworthy. They also have a pretty interesting exhibit about the Alexander Aircraft Company which apparently was where Al Mooney got his debut making a little biplane that found decent success. If you haven't seen it I recommend checking them out but I figure you likely have seen it before.
Hey, I saw that exact P47 in Colorado Springs, small world 😂, do they still have the 2 tigercats on display
It is a small world.
The P-47 at Flying Heritage (the late Paul Allen) has the whole Turbo-Supercharging system working. When it Buzzes the field, it is a LOT louder than t h e rest. Macho sound!
I'm an aircraft mechanic by vocation. I have since childhood been fascinated with WW2 aircraft. I've been as much of a fan of the P47 and P-38 as the Mustang and have appreciated your extensive coverage of the P-47 and the blame it took for the bomber mafia's blunder.
I find it interesting that in spite of the "superiority of Mustang, Corsair and others, the highest scoring American ace was a P-38 pilot.
Bong.Good ol' Wisconsin boy.
Wow, great video! Lot’s to unpack here. I’m going to need to watch multiple times! Beautiful Thunderbolt
FANTASTIC!!! Have you seen Bonnie,theD model razorback that belongs to the Bemidgi museum?? She also has a working turbo supercharger. She was showcased doing aerobatics at Oshkosh this year. THANK YOU for doing so much for the JUG!!!!!
No, I haven't seen that one.
I donated a part used on that plane. It was the fairing around the waste gate exhaust. I had bought it off of Etsy. They were very kind and sent me other parts like a P47 fuel gauge and a P51 piston. I’d love to see the plane fly some day.
Those antennae on the tail are indeed the AN/APS-13 tail warning system. According to Republic drawings, the system was in use starting with the P-47D-35-RE and up. Great video!
Greg, don't get discouraged by your wife's apparent dislike of the Browning coffee table- maybe she's an Hispano fan and is gently guiding you.
I dunno if someones already commented. But i think the manaul mesh unit is basically, the old hand crank type coupling. I guess on the warbird is its a last ditch if you have nothing in the field. Way if getting the planes in the air, how often was it used? Probably not at all, but always good to have multiple backups.
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@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles Thank you so much for the reply Greg.
That was unexpected, and very nice of you.
Your channel is one of the best and I truly enjoy to watch it, learn so much about WW2 and the planes and engines of that era.
@@shaunybonny688 It's good advice. I just need to get my head straight and actually do something majorly different.
Can you do a video on the Yak-3U? For me it looks like a ultra light-weight Fw-190.
Thank you!!!! My favorite fighter of all time. I have about 10k in airliners and private aircraft. I’m ex Navy…… love the Corsair but given the opportunity to fly in WW2 in the European theater this aircraft would be my choice.
If I were a Brit pilot it would be the Hawker Tempest.
I know the Pacific saw some P-47 use. Truthfully, I’d be inclined to choose the P-38 in the pacific. There were a lot of pilots lost to engine failure over water operations. Having that second engine would be at a minimum reassuring.
Well… I digress from the informative video. What a wonderful flying piece of history… I wish there were as many P-47 as mustangs still flying.
Interesting - I actually hadn't heard of the D-40 until this point, should be an interesting watch as always!
Greg, I love the P47 stuff you really changed my mind about that aircraft. Have you considered doing any B24 videos? I think the B24 always gets forgotten in relation to the B17.
Greg, I've been going to the airplane restaurant for nearly twenty years in my travels. Great people and good food! Cheers...
Hi Greg, the Hamilton Hydromatic props were installed on the D-22 and D-25 from the factory. There might have been a few loose planes with this propeller like the one with the pressurized cabin, and maybe a few converted on the field. The rest before the D-22 and after the D-25 used the Curtiss Electric props, from the skinny 12' 2" diameter prop and the two different size paddle 13" diameter props.
1) That KC-97 restaurant is gorgeous!
2) If the table is NOT at the museum, shall we expect news of your death at the hands of a wife-swung skillet when the purchase is discovered?
LOL, I'm not going to buy it, but it is awesome.
It seems there is alot more on the P47 around since you did your videos and this just adds to its appreciation. That restaurant looks amazing such an imaginative use of living history.
These videos are always incredible. Your exceptional technical knowledge exceeds that of most pilots and many engineers, and your commitment to historical accuracy is a unique combination.
I recently saw Area Diesel Service channel do an overhaul on a Cat D8 Turbocharger from the 1950's. It was eye opening just how similar and different it was from the modern example. ADS said that the Cat D8 turbo traces its design to WW2 aircraft turbochargers. Thanks again for some great close up shots, myself I have been fortunate to see some great military museums and exhibits while visiting Russia, there are always unexpected gems on display which are worth the effort.
The flaps were also a kind of Fowler flaps. As they went back and down adding wing area. Not as good as Cessna's Fowler flaps but close.
I always thought WW2 aircraft would be kind of 'hollow' behind the pilot with only maybe a radio and control wires but the Jug is full to the brim with gizmos and contraptions galore!
Thank you Greg for everything you do, I never thought I'd be so engrossed by grognard nerdy techno talks about aircraft but hotdamn here I am!
Thank You Greg What a Wonderful Surprise 😀😊😊😊😀😎👍🏼
Ummm P47... No better aircraft from WW2. Maybe I am wrong but you would never convince me of it.
I just saw this video, and appreciate how hard it is to see a p-47 with turbo intact. I know you are familiar with Chris at Planes of Fame who flies one, with the supercharger for weight balance only. If you are ever in Palm Springs you must visit our Air Museum! I am a docent there on most Sundays in the European hanger where we fly two P-51s, a P-63, C-47, AT-6, a non flying P-47 and Spitifire MK IV. THe Pacific hanger has a full complement of carrier planes as well as a P-40 Would love to meet up and give you a tour!
Anyone interested in this amazing warbird, needs to read: THUNDERBOLT: MEMOIRS OF A WORLD WAR 2 FIGHTER PILOT. Definitely one of a FEW books written by a WW2 (combat veteran) ""that puts you there"" !
HI GREG !--CAN YOU GIVE YOUR DOG A PAT FOR ME,??--AND A "P-51-SQUEEKER TOY"-TO CHEW ON ??--THERE WAS A "P-47-D, "RAZOR-BACK"-AT "PLANES OF FAME"-CAL.,AT ONE TIME.--
Greg, can you do a video, or series of videos, on the B-25 Mitchell bombers used in the Pacific war? I'd really enjoy your thoughts, particularly on the B-25 "Commerce Destroyers" modified by Paul "Pappy" Gunn.
I believe the Planes of Fame P-47D in Chino California has its turbo, but I’m not entirely sure… I’ll have to ask next time I’m there.
That museum does incredible restoration work, I got to watch them mount an R2600 in a B-25 and disassemble the P-51 Voodoo race plane in their restoration hanger. I also saw their restored Bearcat fly a few months ago, it was incredible!
There are a handful of places that can do that sort of work. I'm in awe of what some of these artist/mechanics can do.
Nope. I work for Planes of Fame. While our P-47G has some turbo parts installed to look correct, ours in not operational.
@@cfzippo Interesting, there’s usually oil pans going all underneath the aircraft. Thanks for the info!
You likely know this but the B-50 from which the KC-97 and 377 were actually developed was a very different bird from the B-29 with numerous changes. It was certainly a B-29 derivative but at the same time truly a new airframe. I’m not certain but would be willing to bet that the degree of parts commonality between the 29 and the 50 was between low and zero and limited to minor sub systems.
Ahhhh, contentment. I have never met your dog(s) but I am fluent in canine. Said dog was expressing it’s disgust in the hookahs effort at spoiling. Too bad about the coffee table, I’m just gonna warn you to not ask about the V-12 engine block coffee table. CinC wife’s aren’t even impressed with the table’s ability to serve as a wine rack/cooler. 😥 Enjoyed the video, Thanks.
You know what would be great ?- a clear bodied see-thru plastic model P47 kit (1/24th ?? 1/12th? ), with with all the turbo / piping / intercoolers laid out .. Take my money now ;)
Hi, just guessing here, but wouldn't the signal lights be used very similar to the 4 coloured signal flares used to communicate with ground control in case of radio failure?
True WW II aviation fans learn to spin their eyes fast enough to read the Curtiss or Hamilton Std emblems while the engine is running.
Seriously, thanks again Greg!!
Do not hear dog even with headphones on. At least your output volume is up. Most aren't. 47s are my #4 in favorites. Thanks for posting some very interesting facts about this cool fighter.
I don't know anything about WW2 tail-warning radar antennas, but to my eyes that looked like a VOR antenna. Maybe that plane has a VOR receiver, or maybe radar and VOR both have antennas that look like that... ?
Imagine 5 or 6 of these chewing up the "8 mile stalled convoy"in Ukraine...
James Goodson, in his memoir "Tumult in the Clouds", mentions dropping a few degrees of flap while being out-turned by a FW-190. I think he was still flying P-47s at the time, though I'd have to check to be absolutely sure. Incidentally, in regards to that dogfight (the FW escaped), he quotes a few lines from Adolf Galland in "The First and the Last", which suggest that Galland might have been the enemy pilot.
vid of this P47 in flight just 5 days ago: th-cam.com/video/0L-UYx_nDH8/w-d-xo.html
My great great uncle flew a p47m I learned about him in 2021 he died I 2020 of covid
For two full seconds I thought it said $150.00. Oh, the humanity.
I was a P-51 fanboy as a kid, and I want to say that at some point in my reading on the aircraft, I saw a comment that the reason the inboard gear door went up was to avoid having it obstruct the airflow into the radiator intake duct. I enjoy your stuff very much, btw.
I am not an expert on P-47 props but at different points in past decades I had knoen the different designs and dedign numbers. There were atleast three, maybe four different Curtiss elrctric designs and the Hamilton Standard shown here. Of the Curtiss designs, the diamrters grew atleast one resulting in atleast two sizes. However the chord also grew several times and a late version had a wide, asemetrical blade shape.
How effectiv was the german 13mm compared to the amercan 12.7mm?
The bubble canopy obviously aided visibility. How much drag penalty did it add?
it still irks me when i play War Thunder and a 109 outperforms me at 15,000 feet +
i found a video of this exact p47 doing an engine runup spewing lots of high speed exhaust out the rear tailpipe indicating the turbo is functional, also a little bit of flying. look up; p-47 kcos. should be the first result
When I was 10 years old, I had built about a dozen or so plastic model airplanes. And ultimately each was heroically destroyed using bottle rockets plus other small fireworks leftover from the 4th. Suddenly one day, my destructive and immature behavior ceased once unpacking new model while pre-reading assembly instructions for a model of the "Hun Hunter", a historic Thunderbolt from WW2, Korea and more.
It was my first high quality model with fine detail all the way
down to the 2 Schrader valves within landing main gear wheel hubs. Everything about that model building experience helped me to gain an appreciation for vintage warbirds and the harrowing stories told by flight crews both up above and below. Thank you for all the time and effort you spend producing the aviation videos. The "P-47" was my first favorite prompting a serious appreciation for aviation and grows evermore. Thank you again.
With that huge prop arc you had to fly this plane off the ground from slightly off 3 point. if you lifted the tail up, as most tail draggers required,
you would surely get a Prop Strike.
My wife has a $1500 limit, I wouldn't be seeing that table either..
That’s a fantastic museum. They have a very capable Ham Std prop shop onsite, so I wonder if that has something to do with the prop installation.
I suspect the plane was built with a Curtis Electric, but they switched to the Hamilton Standard for reliability and parts supply. It's what I would have done. They certainly do have a capable prop facility on site.
Pretty sure the antenna on the tail is actually an old Non Directional Beacon antenna for crude IFR navigation.
Hi Greg, great video as usual.
As to the manual mesh external device, I suspect a review of your patreon aircraft manual electrical diagram may show that the cockpit "mesh" switch position was not energized during battery cart engine start, thus being unable to electrically engage the inertia starter to the engine with the battery off. Apparently the external tool port would allow mechanical engagement of the inertia flywheel. Seems odd that the "engage/mesh" switch could not be energized by the cart-start bus. But, this is just an educated guess.
Again, very informative video!
The cat wisker antenna on the tail look like a VOR \ ILS antenna. You see the same thing on many GA planes.
That museum also has the P47 turbo duck work display
18:31 Small vocabulary detail: Ventral (abdominal) fins are underneath the fuselage, dorsal (back or upper) fins are on top.
Yeah, I mis-spoke there. That's what I get making an unscripted video when I'm sick.
@@GregsAirplanesandAutomobilesit was clear from the fact that you called it a dorsal fin earlier in the video.
When im out and about flying my horten 229 i pretend to be in the cocpit of a p47 strafing nazis
Greg,
I hope you are able to bring back the t-shirt line you had awhile back. I purchased a couple from you the 190 and Catalina.
Take care
Yeah, I need to do that.
Greg,
Thank you !
I know you’re very busy.
i some in some video that germans used flare gun when approach airfield at night. my guess is that sequence of lights changed every night or something and not much of it remains
I believe another reason to close gear door in gear extended mode was to keep the gear bay clean.
Nice video, I really love their Thunderbolt. I didn't realize there were so many variants of the D Model, I just thought there were razorback D's and Bubble canopy D's. Thanks for sharing
Greg is The authority on all things aircraft. Your vids are like a college class with your fav professor. Thanks for the excellent work!
Thank you very much for this detailed information!
Sir, I visited the Co Springs museum 1-2 years ago. I especially enjoyed a P-47 turbo charger that was open, on display, showing the amazing size of just this piece of hardware. As for the KC-97 restaurant, try the steak sandwich next time, you will not be disappointed. Love your work. Don't spare the sidebars, they always make connections to other topics.
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Great video. One thing, though. The N model wasn't just used in the last few weeks off the war. They began operating out of Ie Shima in April of '45. Four groups were operating over Japan before the war ended. One P-47N pilot, Oscar Perdomo, became an "ace in a day" over Japan. His unit, the 507th, was also the only P-47 outfit in the Pacific to be awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.
I recently made a video discussing Oscar Perdomo. You are right about the earlier use of the N.
Nice video Greg. Would love to see this P-47 in person.
Thanks Andrew, well it's about a two hours drive from Denver so with the right layover you can do it.
I’ve learned so much from this channel and my interest in WW2 aviation was re-kindled. Thanks Greg. No one does research like you except for maybe lazer pig😂
only 15k?
Hmm, wonder if its still there.
great video. never heard about lights before... ever. nice details.
The antenna on the fin looks similar to a typical VOR antenna.
I recently saw the Hoosier Spirit II in Evansville IN. It’s in flyable condition and was built in Evansville at the end of the war. It has a Hamilton Standard prop and you can get up close to nearly everything on the plane.
Used to volunteer at that museum. Every single plane is flying condition and one flys pretty much every month. Got to up in the Catalina for volunteer appreciation. Highly recommend the museum