Author Topic: Republic P-47 (and derivatives) Ideas and Inspiration (Read 56934 times)

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #100 on:** February 05, 2018, 01:25:57 AM »

Quote from: upnorth on February 04, 2018, 04:40:46 PM

My initial visualisations for the finished aircraft were something along the lines of a Spartan 7W:

Good choice.

Frank3k · « **Reply #101 on:** February 05, 2018, 02:46:30 AM »

Quote from: upnorth on February 04, 2018, 04:40:46 PM

I have a spare AZ Models 1/72 Let L-200 Morava that I'm going to see if I can make the cabin area fit to a Revell P-47 I've also got sitting around:
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The Morava cabin would give me a nice mid to late 50s 5 place arrangement and the Morava kit also has some nice other bits, like wing tip tanks, that I could use.

That's a great idea! The L-200's cockpit area may be just a little too wide for the P-47, unless you move it forward a bit.

upnorth · « **Reply #102 on:** February 05, 2018, 03:01:38 AM »

Quote from: Frank3k on February 05, 2018, 02:46:30 AM

That's a great idea! The L-200's cockpit area may be just a little too wide for the P-47, unless you move it forward a bit.

Thankfully, the way the Morava kit's parts breakdown goes, it shouldn't be to difficult to shim the P-47 a touch wider or to sand the Morava a bit narrower.

kitnut617 · « **Reply #103 on:** February 05, 2018, 03:03:47 AM »

Look at that, there's a 1/72 kit of the Spartan

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #104 on:** February 06, 2018, 01:35:37 AM »

If only it was 1/48...

jcf · « **Reply #105 on:** February 07, 2018, 12:21:40 PM »

It would be a neat tie-up to ‘family tree’ as the first in the line that lead to the P-47
was a civil aircraft.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seversky_SEV-3

Douglas studied an A-17 based executive aircraft pre WWII.

jcf · « **Reply #106 on:** February 07, 2018, 12:37:35 PM »

Induction system explained.

kitnut617 · « **Reply #107 on:** February 07, 2018, 06:53:59 PM »

Quote from: jcf on February 07, 2018, 12:21:40 PM

Now there's a neat way for an amphibian undercarriage, I'll have to keep that in mind for a couple of projects I've been pondering.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #108 on:** November 07, 2018, 09:37:51 PM »

For those builders who want to detail their P-47D razorback supercharger, there are many awesome shots in this article on an ongoing 1:1 scale restoration:

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – October, 2018

I cannot hotlink the images.

kill me now, put me out of pain · « **Reply #109 on:** November 07, 2018, 10:14:32 PM »

Story · « **Reply #110 on:** November 08, 2018, 06:10:17 AM »

Quote from: jcf on February 07, 2018, 12:37:35 PM

Induction system explained.

What's the exhaust on that look like? Asking for a friend.

Nevermind. I thought that was this, in which case I was never here and you never saw me.

tankmodeler · « **Reply #111 on:** November 09, 2018, 12:42:28 AM »

And the regular P-47 is considered tubby! Oy!

I wonder if the overall drag coefficient wouldn't have been less is they had raised the cockpit a bit and allowed the engine more room up inside the fuselage to streamline that belly a bit more. Which, I suppose, is really the F-84...

elmayerle · « **Reply #112 on:** November 09, 2018, 06:19:26 AM »

Quote from: tankmodeler on November 09, 2018, 12:42:28 AM

And the regular P-47 is considered tubby! Oy!

I wonder if the overall drag coefficient wouldn't have been less is they had raised the cockpit a bit and allowed the engine more room up inside the fuselage to streamline that belly a bit more. Which, I suppose, is really the F-84...

Moving the cockpit forward and raising the engine would work, too, and that is very much the F-84. Be interesting to do an "early concept" F-84 with P-47N wings.

Story · « **Reply #113 on:** November 10, 2018, 02:05:02 AM »

Quote from: elmayerle on November 09, 2018, 06:19:26 AM

Moving the cockpit forward and raising the engine would work, too, and that is very much the F-84. Be interesting to do an "early concept" F-84 with P-47N wings.

Group build?

I was never here, you never saw me...

kitnut617 · « **Reply #114 on:** November 10, 2018, 02:15:55 AM »

Quote from: elmayerle on November 09, 2018, 06:19:26 AM

Moving the cockpit forward and raising the engine would work, too, and that is very much the F-84. Be interesting to do an "early concept" F-84 with P-47N wings.

tail-dragger or tri-gear

elmayerle · « **Reply #115 on:** November 10, 2018, 05:47:33 AM »

Quote from: kitnut617 on November 10, 2018, 02:15:55 AM

Quote from: elmayerle on November 09, 2018, 06:19:26 AM
Moving the cockpit forward and raising the engine would work, too, and that is very much the F-84. Be interesting to do an "early concept" F-84 with P-47N wings.

tail-dragger or tri-gear

Could go either way; I suspect it might start as a tail-dragger and then evolve to tri-gear. I've been thinking of blending a straight-wing F-84 kit with bits (canopy and wing primarily) of a P-47N to do yet another iteration on the way to the F-84.

elmayerle · « **Reply #116 on:** November 10, 2018, 05:48:30 AM »

Can't remember if I've suggested this before, but how about a cross between the XP-47J and the P-47N?

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #117 on:** November 10, 2018, 06:01:34 AM »

My aficionado scale P-47/P-72 ideas:

XP-47H with bubble canopy
XP-47H with P-47N wings
XP-72 with P-47N wings

elmayerle · « **Reply #118 on:** November 10, 2018, 12:42:54 PM »

Quote from: The Big Gimper on November 10, 2018, 06:01:34 AM

My aficionado scale P-47/P-72 ideas:

XP-47H with bubble canopy
XP-47H with P-47N wings
XP-72 with P-47N wings

How about XP-72 with P-47N wings and 5-bladed prop? Doesn't look as cool as two three-bladed contra-props, but would be mechanically simpler and more robust.