The Enlightenment wrote in message ...
"Greg Hennessy" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:55:50 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:

The XP-47 was ordered in 1939, and the XP-47B with a PW 2800 engine in
January 1940. Did the USAAC even know about the FW-190 in January
1940?

As the P47 did not enter combat service till March 10 1943 as the P47C
perhaps they did by then.

Of course the idea the US could redesign (defined as something
as significant as water injection, most others define it as major
changes) a fighter and place it into production within a month is
the cornerstone of the claim. The wonder US production engineers
(swamped Germany with numbers claims) versus the wonder
German aircraft engineers (always a head in quality claims).
Cliche central returns, the P-47 was designed without input from
Germany.

I'd consider that unlikely, but facts like that have never stopped our
nazi loving BS merchant here.

Please appologise:

Ok we apologise that despite all our efforts you are going to
continually ignore reality.

"Originally designed to defeat the FW-190 series fighters, the XP-47J
certainly would have exceeded this requirement. In point of fact, with its
critical Mach of .83, it had the potential to chase down Me-262's by
utilizing a shallow dive, taking advantage of its superior service ceiling."

The XP47J entered service as the P47M.
http://home.att.net/~Historyzone/Sev...Republic7.html

Ah yes we now go from the P-47B and C models to the whole one,
1, single, only, XP-47J model. Backed by one person's opinion
since they mention the wonder Fw190.

J model approved in June 1943 as a lightweight version, only 6 guns
fitted with reduced ammunition for example, less fuel tankage, used
the sprint, 2,800 HP, engine, cooling fan fitted, flew in November
1943 and managed to do over 500 mph in Republic's hands in trials
in August 1944. A 70% retooling needed to put it into production.

Meantime the standard P-47D was modified to take the bigger
engine, with130 were built as P-47Ms, with minimal modifications,
in the final quarter of 1944.

So of course the XP-47J was not the prototype of the P-47M.

Oh yes the Spitfire had a higher limiting mach number, but rather
poor initial acceleration in a dive, for when it comes to diving onto
Me262s.



Geoffrey Sinclair
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