P 47 Cockpit Floor

It was one of the feature of rearranged bubbletop cockpit.

P 47 cockpit floor.

An inside look of a p 47 thunderbolt. Surviving p 47s and contemporary photos show a dark green shade in the cockpit similar or possibly equal to dull dark green. Upon reading the review regarding trumpeters p 47 bubbletop it is mentioned that the corrugated floor changed roughly after the 25 to the flat version 26 and on. 4 aug 13 2020 2.

The subject of cockpit colours of the p 47 seems to have thus far defied conclusive analysis. Looking through factory drawings i found that all bubbletop models had smooth floors wasn t corrugated one for early bubbletops and the last one p 47 fitted with corrugated floor was d 23 razorback. I own quite a few books on the p 47 and only. The republic p 47 thunderbolt is a world war ii era fighter aircraft produced by the american aerospace company republic aviation from 1941 through 1945.

Ive also read on this site in the past that it was from the 27 28 and onwards. P 47 thunderbolt cockpit instrument panel pictures only wanted all models and types including cockpit diagrams from manuals interesting how they change between models i ll start with a few last edited. However schilling s aircraft was a d 25 so it was necessary to add corrugations to the cockpit floor. In early production p 47 s the vast majority of the cockpit section was taken straight from the p 43.

However for some unknown reason the mock up prototype and the first three production p 47b aircraft were built with an unusual and difficult to use fixed canopy equipped with a forward opening door not greatly unlike the p 39 and early hawker typhoon. When fully loaded the p 47 weighed up to eight tons making it one. Its primary armament was eight 50 caliber machine guns and in the fighter bomber ground attack role it could carry five inch rockets or a bomb load of 2 500 lb 1 100 kg. Below is the factory smooth floor drawing mark where we can clearly see that it was installed beginning from d 25 model it was one of the feature of rearranged bubbletop cockpit.

Looking through factory drawings i found that all bubbletop models had smooth floors and the last one p 47 fitted with corrugated floor was d 23 razorback. Been trying to research which model p 47 s had corrugated cockpit floors and which had flat or smooth floors. The cockpit in the hasegawa kit has a smooth floor characteristic of the p 47d 30 and later models.