From another website… the part in bold????
P-47 Thunderbolt. Armor not only behind but underneath the pilot, 8 Browning .50s, a P&W R-2800 with an intercooled GE CH-5 turbosupercharger, water-methanol injection, built in crash skids in the lower fuselage, maneuverability that nearly matched or exceeded its rivals despite its enormous size and weight,, mind-boggling speed in level flight(56th FG pilots reported 500+ mph with their P-47Ms) the ability to take an unparalleled amount of punishment(see Robert S. Johnson) and of course, the all-important ability to dive away from a fight while in trouble or reel the enemy in when they tried the same.
Huh???
By: bentwingbomber - 22nd April 2009 at 19:48
Correct.
They do have such an item.
Mounted below the main fuel tank on the bottom of the fuselage.
regards
bwb
By: ZRX61 - 22nd April 2009 at 19:29
He now says:
It’s incorporated into the airframe, under the skin. Have a look at Squadron / Signal Publications’ P-47 Walk Around and P-47 in Combat.
Is he refering to the longerons? or possibly the exhaust run to the turbo?:confused:
By: BSG-75 - 22nd April 2009 at 17:12
Reads like something out of “Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow”…..;)
Looked over a few cutaways and the image of the “skinless” P-47 at the factory, can’t see anything – mixed up with the A-10 and its semi retracted wheels maybe?
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April 22, 2009 at 4:27 pm