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never seen this one before...the XP 72!
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/databa ... p?id=13784

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

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

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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.

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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

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Thunderbolt had couple of very interesting variation in development. This topic present one of them.

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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.

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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

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It would be sweet to see one of these around.

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Hey, maybe someone with a lot of cash will build one, did it with the 262, why not this....It looks pretty tough

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That's pretty neat, I've never seen it either.

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That thing looks evil. Is it available on a T-shirt?
Canso42

Could be made

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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