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Seems like the USAAF would do testing on the optimal velocity of the .50 caliber rounds and decide the best possible spread and convergence for maximum destruction.... and then the pilots would learn how to aim and dogfight to that specification. The last thing you want is for 2nd Lieutenant Joe Blow thinking he needed his convergence set to 2 miles... and then complaining that he was dogfighting with BB pellets! Also often times a plane was damaged and a pilot would have to fly someone else’s plane... they didn’t get to fly their own plane on a regular basis. It would be a pain in the butt to have to sight in new convergences every time you had to tail swap!

With a boom-n-zoomer you’ll want all 8 guns anyways... you wanna hit them hard and fast and start your zoom climb.

Yes we are getting the D-30 model. It’s hard to say which Thunderbolt model was more prominent. The “D” model was the most prominent... but there’s the D-5, D-10, 22, 27, 30, and 40.... and probably more in between. The Thunderbolt had a very unique production line. Republic incorporated improvements and changes as fast as they could and rolled the planes out non-stop. Even large changes, like going from the Razorback canopy to the bubble top canopy, only got a new number! P-47B’s, C’s and D’s were all Razorback until the Block -25... from there they were bubble tops. What made things worse was some of the newer changes were “retrofitted” in the field to some of the older blocks. For instance, I believe the P-47D-40 was the first to have a factory installed fin just before the vertical stabilizer to aid in yaw stability, but Republic also issued kits for mechanics to add the fins to older airplanes in the field. With the P-47... you almost have to pick a timeframe, and then figure out what block was being produced at that time.... but like I mentioned before... you could also say it’s a Block-30 that’s been retrofitted with block -40 improvements... so it gets a bit confusing!

Pretty cool to see the main spars! Looks like this plane will be a brand new Razorback! https://www.facebook.com/237373099636950/posts/3386613454712883?d=n&sfns=mo

Another interesting update on a P-47 rebuild. These guys are building a real P-47 faster than DCS can make a simulated one. https://www.facebook.com/237373099636950/posts/3162417980465766?s=100000872539921&sfns=mo

Here’s a P-47 update... on a real jug! https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/june-july-dakota-territory-air-museums-p-47-update-2/

It’s slow in here... with no updates to tide me over I’ve started watching VR videos. I’d like to one day fly the P-47 in VR so I kind of keep tabs on the technology and see how it’s coming along. WWII planes are better suited for VR because they usually don’t have a lot of buttons to fumble around with. One of the things that most people talk about is how “big” their aircraft feels. On a monitor everything has to be shrunk down to fit in the screen... but VR really emphasizes how big the aircraft is around you. I can’t wait to sit in a VR P-47 cockpit and see how big it is!

Grumman Goose!!! Can be used for present day Civilian use... can be used as a transport in WWII, can even carry a couple bombs or depth charges!

You and me both!!! Once pre-orders are taken we might actually get some updates on this module!

I love this dude’s videos!!! Very informative!

Mmmmmm.... I wouldn’t assume anything right now. Especially when you’re basing assumptions on two little red tick marks on a manifold pressure gauge. The guys doing the “art” for gauge faces are more than likely just artists trying to replicate the photos they’ve been given and have no real aircraft knowledge. Once flight model data is coded in they’ll have to go in and change the graphics. Also, just as a side note.... when the squadrons changed from 130 octane to 150 octane... they didn’t get a huge shipment of barrels full of 150 octane and a bunch of new manifold pressure gauges to compliment the new fuel... it would be up to the aircraft crew chiefs to go in and scratch off the old red marks that was previously painted on the gauge glass.... and paint the new red indicators for the higher octane fuel. Also missing from the screenshot is a “witness mark.” There should be a white stripe painted on the gauge glass that also extends onto the metal lip of the gauge. It’s purpose was so a pilot (or crew chief) could look at it and determine if the glass on the gauge had vibrated askew. A single white line meant the gauge glass was set in place and the red lines were accurate. If the white line was broken into two lines it meant the glass had vibrated around and the red lines were not to be trusted.... kind of like torque stripe paint on nuts. ANYWAYS..... I’m rambling... in short... I just think it’s too early to make guesses as to what we’ll get!

I can’t wait until Jester is sitting next to me helping me start up my Mosquito!

Maybe we can get a virtual tour of it in an upcoming weekly update!

I love that YouTube channel! Awesome episode... really interesting about the octane and it’s effects on climb rates!

Are you Greg? I love these videos!

Cool restoration project: https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/september-october-dakota-territory-air-museums-p-47-update/

So can P-47’s!!!

Saw this today and it made me chuckle:

Speaking of variants... I want a Razorback P-47, and P-47M, and when pacific maps and units are released, I want a P-47N! :)

Some pics from the latest update!!!

If all DCS is waiting on to finish this module is wind tunnel data.... does that mean the 3d model is complete? How about weapons load outs/configurations? Start up effects? I hope the other teams are still plugging away... but I kind of feel like they’ve all been diverted to other projects that will turn a profit faster.

In the latest weekend update, there was an excerpt from Yo-Yo about the Yak WIP: “First, I would like to emphasize that the Yak 52 module is currently being tuned using actual recorded parameters from an actual Yak-52. This is why we call this a new stage in PFM development.” I wonder if those “actual recorded parameters” are being used IN ADDITION to wind tunnel data.... or if the “actual recorded parameters” are being used INSTEAD of wind tunnel data... and how this would relate to the P-47 module! Maybe they can take what they learned about how to record Yak-52 parameters, and what parameters they need to create a fully realistic flight model... and apply that so they can attach the recording devices to a P-47 and get all the parameters in one flight to reduce costs. My only concern is I don’t think they currently fly P-47’s as hard as they did during WWII... so how realistic would the recordings be?

The P-47 was mentioned in the latest DCS update!!! I’ve included the pertinent text below: Although the Hornet and DSC World 2.5 have been in the spotlight lately, the Yak-52 is making great progress and will introduce some great new technologies that will benefit the future of DCS World. • We are creating a new radial piston simulation engine from the ground up with a highly-realistic engine cooling model. This will have great benefits for future DCS aircraft like the P-47D Thunderbolt.

We’ll probably get Leatherneck’s Corsair long before we get our P-47! http://leatherneck-sim.com/magnitude3-new-years-update/

All I want is 3 or 4 WIP screenshots.... I understand these things take time... I’d just like periodic updates. Strange that they’ll show WIP tanks, B-17’s and flak guns but wont show WIP screens of an actual module they’re working on.