Cockpit historical authenticity

[Invader]

Hi there,

From the first look I can see devs made a great VR cockpit with lot of effort.

No doubt about this and I love it.

As far as for the historical authenticity I would like to point out some flaws.

From the VR perspective I can clearly see the corrugated fuel tank wall behind the front instrument panel has horizontal profiling.It seems that such a profile belongs to the razor back version. Bubble top has the vertical one. See the photo.

Rudder pedals looks like the early version too.

On the right side wall I can see the radio equipment has been attached directly to the wall instead mounted first to the bracket.

Would be nice addition if maps bag could be opened by the mouse click.

On the left wall next to the pilot shoulder there should be some decals.

Cheers,

 

P47 bubble top cockpit front wall

 

 

Edited December 13, 2020 by Invader

[Invader]

I would like to come back to the subject and point out another feature that is typical for the early Razorback version. Front instrument panel flexible arm lights.

They are beautifully rendered in our D30/40 cockpit but somehow historically not belong in it.

See another view of the right cockpit wall and how radios and map bag are mounted. Officially came from the airplane manual.

I think these details are not up to the standard set by the rest of the module.

I have a feeling that P-47D project started as Razorback and later changed to Bubble-top for some reason. Maybe we will have Razorback version in the future ?

       

Edited December 11, 2020 by Invader

[Slegawsky]

Should Early variant have metal gunsight on the left side?

Edited December 11, 2020 by Slegawsky

[Invader]

Correct, early variant have metal gunsight too. The anti glare shield is also missing. There are razorback images without metal gunsight though.

Unfortunately for that photo I don't have any information so it could be the bubble top early.

Definitely not the late 30/40 version.

Here is the photo of bubble top early 30 version. Note the cockpit light is the same type as one used on the side wall.  

 

Edited December 13, 2020 by Invader

[catchforusthefoxes]

I’m curious about that yellow line separating some of the instruments. Was that on a specific variant like the N or M, or was that on the D-40 as well?

[Invader]

That yellow line is to distinguish/separate flight instruments gauges from the rest of the system.

For the P-47 in particular I'm not sure when and on what models has been implemented.

Maybe someone else has more info on that matter?   

[saburo_cz]

This line, which separates flight instruments, is on picture where is unrestored P-47D-30-RA, S/N 44-32691.

Very early D-30 from Evansville.

 

But the line is in white colour, not in yellow.