![]() ![]() ![]() The Turbo used a turbine to compress air, relying on exhaust gasses to spin the compressor, feeding it through an intercooler, to the engines carburetor, then the internal blower, going into the manifold, and maintaining manifold pressure.Ĭapable of taking under wing fuel pods, the P-47 had an incredible range for escorting bombers.The Turbosupercharger: Master Of The Skies 1940 Army Air Forces Training Film: When at high altitude, there is enough room for the P-47 to out dive its opponents, but closer to sea level there is less time for the P-47 to accelerate.While enemy fighters lost HP as their engines struggled to get air for MP, the P-47 could continue to pull out its near max 2,000 HP. The P-47 has a Turbosupercharger ³ which has a MAXIMUM power at 27,000ft. Under circumstances this plane could lose a cylinder to its radial engine and still continue to function, over all this engine has a higher reliability than an inline engine. The P-47 has a massive Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp Radial Engine, the power of this engine is the reason for the 4-blade prop ⁴, in order to absorb the energy from the high RPMs at high altitude. The Radial¹ engine was air-cooled ², where as other fighters like the P-51 had a liquid-cooled system, a puncture of this system drained it and would cripple the aircraft, where as a air-cooled system will continue to function. It was a long-range bomber escort before being replaced by the North American P-51 Mustang, providing high altitude air support. When it's not on the deck bombing ground targets, its operational fight zone was 30,000ft, or roughly 10,000 meters of elevation. The D-28 was rated 120HP higher than the D-25 due to better water injection system in wep. P-47D-28 used the Curtis Electric Propeller.P-47D-25 used the Hamilton Standard Hydromatic Propeller.The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (WartHog) gets its name from the P-47 Thunderbolt. With a range of 800-1,000 miles, and a service ceiling of 43,000 feet, it provided long range high altitude escort for bombers. They were not used to the high alt escort fighter style that it was, as it was not a close-support dog fighter. One of the most criticized planes during the war, and in War Thunder, the P-47 was an A-Typical fighter that most were and are not used to.
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