P-47 Thunderbolt ideas.

[Logan Hartke]

Here's an idea I recently had. Use a P-43 Lancer as the basis for a "what if" Reggiane development. Instead of going slimmer and sleeker, have Reggiane continue going down the radial route and make and Italian equivalent to the Bloch MB 157 or the Focke Wulf Fw 190. The best engines I can think of for this application would be imported BMW 801s from Germany, just as the Re.2001 used imported or license-built DB 601s. Maybe modify the canopy and/or landing gear to make it a little less "American"?



Reggiane Re.2004bis Lanciere

You might need a donor BMW 801 from a different kit like a Do 217 because of the Fw 190s wing root stuck in the BMW 801's cowling.



Anyway, just an idea, feel free to take it as your own or play with it.

Cheers,

Logan

[NARSES2]

Excellent idea 

[Dizzyfugu]

That will be quite difficult, the P-43's fuselage is quite deep and oval while the Fw 190/BMW 801 is rather circular. Grafting a BMW 801 onto a Bloch 152 for a "Germanized" version would be an idea, though?

[Logan Hartke]

That will be quite difficult, the P-43's fuselage is quite deep and oval while the Fw 190/BMW 801 is rather circular. Grafting a BMW 801 onto a Bloch 152 for a "Germanized" version would be an idea, though?

Yeah, it's not as bad as a P-47, but that's definitely an issue. You might be able to chop the fuselage underneath the wing to fair it all in better, but I'll admit it'd be some major work in plastic. Heck, it might even be easier in plastic to stick an inline on the front, though I don't think it'd have the same look at all.

Cheers,

Logan

[Old Wombat]

Easy fix: Intake for an oil cooler under the engine or forward fuselage.


And, if necessary, a carburetor intake above.

[Zero-Sen]

[Zero-Sen]

[Tophe]

  I love those Chainbolt and Thunderstang, congratulations!

[Zero-Sen]

[NARSES2]

I've got a few spare Sabre cowlings, wonder if they'd fit one of the P-47's in the stash ?

[Zero-Sen]

P-47 with a triple row R-2800 engine and a hybrid colling system?

[Dizzyfugu]

I've got a few spare Sabre cowlings, wonder if they'd fit one of the P-47's in the stash ?

I like the idea, too, but wonder about the operator of such a combo? RAF? 

[Tophe]

I like this aesthetic improvement!

[jcf]

P-47 with a triple row R-2800 engine and a hybrid colling system?

That would be the 27-cylinder R-4200. 

[NARSES2]

I've got a few spare Sabre cowlings, wonder if they'd fit one of the P-47's in the stash ?

I like the idea, too, but wonder about the operator of such a combo? RAF? 

Or perhaps Indian or Pakistan Air Forces post Independence circa 1947 ?