The best restoration of a P-47 I've ever seen! Amazing craftsmanship!

She's stunning!

So nice to see a P47 D with the correct Curtis paddle bladed propeller. Most of the flyable ones you see today have been converted to the Hamilton Standard hydraulic. Thanks for such a beautiful restoration of the greatest fighter of WW2.

@markphillips1692

11 ай бұрын

Yes. Most are using a Corsair nose case so that they can use the much more common Corsair prop

@bair8655

Ай бұрын

Greatest? Piece of shit, as I know - heavy, slow and unmaneuverable. Bf-109G was better in everything

Bonnie, a gorgeous beast. Hope that more Razorbacks are restored to flying condition. Thanks for posting this beauty.

Stunning piece of engineering 😮

Beautiful. About 20 years ago the P-47 Tar Heel Hal was based at a GA field just five miles from me. It would fly over my house often. I also worked at the same airline as Warren Pietsch and we would talk airplanes when we flew together. His Mustang is my new favorite but I love all the razorbacks of any make. Thanks for the video.

2:45 - Ah, I've had problems with .50 shells jamming the ailerons on my '47, thanks for the tip! But seriously, ridiculous restoration, absolutely beautiful bird. If I recall, only a few '47's out there with working turbos too.

@patrickshaw8595

5 ай бұрын

I can always spot the ones with the much newer DC-6 engines. There are two rows of bolts around the nose case and they have twin magnetos. Older engines had a more graceful bullet shaped nose case and its twin magnetos were built together in a single larger housing. There is no reason the later C Series engines could not be turbocharged if time effort and money were thought by the owner to be practical. Going out on a limb I would say the original titanium exhaust manifolds would have to be modified or new ones made to spec. $$$$$$. Realize the C Series engines were a LOT stronger internally in every way, actually did not need rubber vibration isolators in the engine mounts, and made the same takeoff power as the turbo engines. Only a fiend for historical accuracy would restore a Jug all the way down to it's General Electric turbosupercharged original state. Did I mention I love fiends?

Beautiful bird. My favorite as well.

This was awesome. Thank you for sharing!

Dude you're the first person that gave a reason for those dull stripes! That's a lot of spot welds!!

@markphillips1692

Жыл бұрын

That is why I post these. I want people to understand the why.

@Flyingcircustailwheel

Жыл бұрын

@@markphillips1692 are you a mechanic by chance?

@markphillips1692

Жыл бұрын

@@Flyingcircustailwheel yes A,&P

Beautiful machine

Those ladies sure knew how to build an airplane!

Friend of mine flew a P-47 back in the 70's, said it was the HOTTEST aircraft he's ever sat in! The cockpit temperatures are PUNISHING to the pilot, the exhaust running below the pilots floor board cooks the pilot in warm climates!

@markphillips1692

10 ай бұрын

That was always a complaint. We sealed the cockpit floor too to prevent exhaust fumes if there was a leak. Knowing they run hot I put insulation in exhaust ducts to minimize heat in the cockpit

@glennevans5331

16 күн бұрын

Interesting. Exhaust leaks must have taken their toll on some pilots. Hope you have some kind of carbon dioxide detector in the cockpit.

This is the only D model, the Collings and Chino P-47'S are G models using the Hamilton Standard 13' prop, this D model uses the Curtiss electric. So nice to see this beauty in Major Dunham's livery from the Philippines invasion.

Thank you so much. My favorite Warbird!

Beautiful job on the restoration, and thanks for the walk-around. If I may make a suggestion; Please slow down with the camera... leave it held in one position, without movement at all, when you pan, pan very very slowly, don't wobble it back and forth, or up and down.

@radiobikini6429

Жыл бұрын

Yes, made me sick.

saw it at Reno. super cool.

Looks better than when Republic rolled it out...

My favourite jug 🤠🤘🇬🇧🇺🇸🙏

Magnificent rebuild

Thanks for the walk around. I’m so impressed and learned a few things I never knew. Spot welds!? Wow! Aluminum to aluminum? Is that original method? Just surprised to learn they spot welded aluminum back then. What did you use to spot weld? And a working turbo supercharger system!!! So glad to see that! My father was a P-47 mechanic with the 9th AAF and supported operations all the way to Germany. He said it was very impressive when that turbo kicked in during power runs. Question: I suppose you use 100LL gasoline. Since the original fuel used was 130 octane does using 100LL cause any problems? Especially with high manifold pressures? I’d be worried about detonation in the cylinders.

I didn’t know about the fence under the wing. Also didn’t know about the spot weld lines. This is the type of stuff I crave to know.

@markphillips1692

9 ай бұрын

Almost nobody knows about the fence on bottoms of wing

@glennevans5331

16 күн бұрын

You certainly did your research.

Looks great! Hope they'll feature it at Osh flying with the other warbirds.

@markphillips1692

Жыл бұрын

Should fly on Tues

@taofledermaus

Жыл бұрын

@@markphillips1692 Awesome!

@taofledermaus

Жыл бұрын

@@markphillips1692 I saw it was scheduled to fly in the show on Tuesday, but looks like the plans changed and that blue P51 flew instead. I honestly was excited and hoped to see this plane in the show!

@markphillips1692

Жыл бұрын

It flew Wednesday and Thursday morning. Should fly again some time this week

@taofledermaus

Жыл бұрын

@@markphillips1692 Saw it fly in today's afternoon show. Well worth the wait!

I know it's asking alot, if you have access to this aircraft. Can you video the main and tail wheels. I'm recreating this beauty in 1/32 scale. I cannot find that tire tread pattern in any of the main suppliers that I normally get my parts from. I will have to design and 3d print my own. Such a lovely aircraft.

@markphillips1692

Жыл бұрын

Check out other videos on my channel. Lots of details

What is the eyelet / bracket on the outboard tip of the right forward horizontal stabilizer? Antenna wire?

The other razorbacks are Curtis built G models

Greetings Mark, thank you for this sneak peek! I have a couple of questions about the new P-47: Has this P-47D-23 undergone flight testing? If so would like to know about its stall speed. Specifically the calibrated stall speed, altitude and the mass of the aircraft at the test. Alternatively what is the maximum lift coefficient at stall? This specific data has been very hard to come by and technical report servers/archives leaves an incomplete picture. Would be very grateful for any information or pointers to find it.

@markphillips1692

Жыл бұрын

Everything is pretty much by the book

What’s the difference between the R2800 23 and later R2800 59?

@markphillips1692

8 ай бұрын

Minor differences, mostly with the water injection

Will she be arriving during the monday show?

@markphillips1692

Жыл бұрын

No. Probably arrive Saturday, today.

Seems Planes of fame have a razorback and what about Snafu ? No likes here .

Looks perfect as we all expect from Aircorps The only republic razorback flying,.. planes of Fame has two Razorbacks that i saw last year ? Snaffu and another green one both not made in Evansville i am guessing, I am sure it will win 1st place at Oshkosh easily