interesting---well to me anyway...p-51 4360 ala republic
Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:11 pm
never seen this one before...the XP 72!
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/databa ... p?id=13784
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/databa ... p?id=13784
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:22 pm
Wasn't that the Bolt with the Chrysler engine in it? A real pain the tushy if I remeber correctly.
Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:34 pm
Jesse C. wrote:Wasn't that the Bolt with the Chrysler engine in it? A real pain the tushy if I remeber correctly.
XP-47H was the one that had the Hemi.
Robbie
Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:52 pm
Jesse C. wrote:Wasn't that the Bolt with the Chrysler engine in it? A real pain the tushy if I remeber correctly.
No, this is an experimental high-speed interceptor with an R-4360. The second prototype had contra-props.
The experimental XP-47H was powered with an invertered Chrysler V-16.
Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:15 pm
The New England Air Museum has one of the very few inverted Chrysler V-16 engines tha powered the XP-47H on display.
It is a massive S.O.B.!
Jerry
It is a massive S.O.B.!
Jerry
Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:27 pm
Thunderbolt had couple of very interesting variation in development. This topic present one of them.
Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:29 pm
With the 6 blade contra-rotating prop, the big beast did 490 mph !
And had a take off rate of climb that would make your eyes water - from sea level to 15,000 feet in 3 1/2 minutes.
Not bad for something that weighed in at almost 6 tons.
And had a take off rate of climb that would make your eyes water - from sea level to 15,000 feet in 3 1/2 minutes.
Not bad for something that weighed in at almost 6 tons.
Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:41 pm
Does anybody know how much of the XP-72 was common with the production Thunderbolts?
It looks like a lot, but then again, the P-51H and P-82 were of totally new construction, though similar in appearence.
Jerry
It looks like a lot, but then again, the P-51H and P-82 were of totally new construction, though similar in appearence.
Jerry
Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:09 pm
It would be sweet to see one of these around.
Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:14 pm
Hey, maybe someone with a lot of cash will build one, did it with the 262, why not this....It looks pretty tough
Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:00 pm
That's pretty neat, I've never seen it either.
B
B
Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:35 pm
That thing looks evil. Is it available on a T-shirt?
Canso42
Canso42
Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:15 am
Is it available on a T-shirt?
Could be made
Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:06 am
Jerry,
I'm pretty sure that the XP-72s were standard airframes pulled off the assembly line early and then sent to the Prototype Shops.
Scott
I'm pretty sure that the XP-72s were standard airframes pulled off the assembly line early and then sent to the Prototype Shops.
Scott