Official FMS 1500mm P-47D Razorback Thread

[jetfool]

Davegee,
30-40 years ago I wanted to compete with K Walters, A Johnson, Platt and all you other guys but raising kids and job didn't allow that. Now at my age I enjoy just being involved in the contests and fly-ins. There are a lot of scale meets in our area and it's fun to see if I can at least fly and not make a fool of myself. Scale people are great!
Best Regards, Rex

[davegee]

Davegee,
30-40 years ago I wanted to compete with K Walters, A Johnson, Platt and all you other guys but raising kids and job didn't allow that. Now at my age I enjoy just being involved in the contests and fly-ins. There are a lot of scale meets in our area and it's fun to see if I can at least fly and not make a fool of myself. Scale people are great!
Best Regards, Rex

Totally understand, Rex. Have a great day!

Cheers

davegee

[vrosi1963]

This is how the bottom frame outline should look per my opinion of all the real p47 images i have seen .i did scribe the lower outline into the plug ,we will see how defined it comes out for Dave soon

[Elbee]

davegee

You might find this video helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WGrk4mkJtM

CARF P-47 Bubble-Top Canopy Slide Build 2026.

Fairly straight forward and nothing new in technique, but a nice reference IMHO.

Best, LB

[davegee]

davegee

You might find this video helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WGrk4mkJtM

CARF P-47 Bubble-Top Canopy Slide Build 2026.

Fairly straight forward and nothing new in technique, but a nice reference IMHO.

Best, LB

Thanks, Elbee. Really helps to have a much larger airframe to get all this stuff to fit in! Since my fuselage doesn't have any openings to access the things like the linear servo, and since at this point I'd like to avoid cutting out a big hatch in the bottom of the fuse (subject to change if I need to) I'm going to look into putting my linear servo in the front of the canopy instead of pulling/pushing from the rear. There is more room and easier to access the servo if need be just removing the cockpit hatch that the servo is anchored to.

It is possible I might use the technique he used on his CARF with the servo behind the cockpit, but I'll play around with it once I get the canopy from James to see which way to go. For the time being, I plan on using a U-shaped wire that attaches the linear servo arm to each side of the sliding canopy in the front. I'll just have to play around with it to see which way works the best.

I had not thought of the idea of cutting a hatch in the bottom of the fuse like he has, but I'll keep that in my mind as one of the ways to do this.

Cheers

davegee

[Eagle15]

Although stormy, I took my P-47 Penrod and Sam out to the field for a brief test of the EFlite bomb/tank drop mechanism. I had close to 10 kts of crosswind but I took off anyway, a non event. Flew several passes back and forth my position including a couple aileron rolls to be sure the drop tank would stay in place, and it did. Then I dropped it as it passed my position at about 100 feet altitude. It cleared immediately from the airplane and did a rapid end over end tumble, and into the dirt/sagebrush. No damage.

I think we're supposed to have some winds that might make me pause my final test of the bomb drop system using my other P-47D "Ole Cock." Once I do one or two tests next week with that one, I'll call it good and next time I get to fly Hairless Joe when it gets completed, I can feel comfortable that this drop tank mechanism will work just fine on it, too.

A pic after the test flight today with Penrod and Sam.

quick question, I thought Robert Johnson served with the 61st, which had red cowls and red rudders. Was Pernod and Sam a borrowed p47 from the 62nd? Or perhaps I’m mistaken 😂

Also, where did you find photos of Pernod and Sam? I’ve looked for them but never found any. That’s why I chose to paint my p47 as lucky instead … lots of good reference photos for that.

[Grossman56]

https://www.google.com/search?sca_es...599&dpr=1Great place to staert

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

quick question, I thought Robert Johnson served with the 61st, which had red cowls and red rudders. Was Pernod and Sam a borrowed p47 from the 62nd? Or perhaps I’m mistaken 😂

Also, where did you find photos of Pernod and Sam? I’ve looked for them but never found any. That’s why I chose to paint my p47 as lucky instead … lots of good reference photos for that.

See Dan's timely addition. Lucky as you probably know is the plane he got most of his 27 kills in during WWII. At the very tail end of his deployment, he made a deal to try and fly just a few more missions. He got a new P-47D that he named Penrod and Sam. Penrod was the last name of his beloved crew chief, and his (Johnson's) middle name was Samuel, and he frequently preferred to go by "Sam." People of that age were well aware of an adventure book of the same name, Penrod and Sam, about two young English lads who have an eye for adventure and fun. It was a very popular book for that generation.

The airplane Penrod and Sam was used very briefly by Johnson and he got the last two kills in that aircraft, bringing his total score to 27 Johnson was the first American airman in the ETO to beat WWI hero Eddie Rickenbacker's total of 26 kills. Not to be outdone, squadron mate Gabby Gabreski topped him by one kill, bringing his score to 28, one more than Johnson. That stood as the top score for the 8th USAAF in Europe for WWII.

Cheers

Davegee