The P-47D (or the 'Jug' as it was affectionately known) was one of the heaviest fighters of World War 2, with a fully laden P-47 topping the scales at a portly eight tonnes, which required a very powerful engine - the same engine that powered the F6F Hellcat and the Vought Corsair, the Pratt and Whitney R2800. Coupled with an impressive load-out capability and very capable 50-calibre machine guns, the Thunderbolt was a very capable medium-range escort fighter and an excellent ground attack fighter.
But there was an issue: visibility. The Razorback, whilst strong (some returned safely with very large amounts of the plane damaged), had an issue with rear visibility. The fix was found by a visit to the RAF. The RAF also had this issue on some of their aircraft and had in fact lent their canopy design to another famous USAAF aircraft, the
P51-D Mustang. In this case the answer lay in the Hawker Typhoon with its all-encompassing all-round-vision 'bubble top'. And the Razorback was retired from production in favour of the Bubbletop.
P-47s were operated by several Allied air forces during WWII. The RAF, for example, received 240 Razorback P-47Ds, which were designated Thunderbolt Mark I. Since there wasn't a need for a high-altitude fighter in the RAF (the superb Supermarine Spitfire filled that role admirably) the RAF used their Thunderbolts as ground attack aircraft, rather like the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt used today. And yes, the A-10 takes its name from its WWII grandfather - the P47-D Thunderbolt.
Innovative features
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All-new high-fidelity models with superb detail, including gear wells and the brutal Pratt and Whitney engine
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Beautifully crafted exterior and interior models built over contemporary detailed plans and drawings
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Authentic cockpit detail includes many bespoke animations and effects
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Full PBR materials and textures include realistic 'pillowing' of metal surfaces
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Animated authentic US military pilot figure and your choice to remove for Asobo stock pilot
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Choice of gunsights/GPS, clean stores or pylons
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Highly accurate flight dynamics and performance based on real flight tests.
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Specially authored Wwise Hi-Fidelity sound package
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Unique code to iron out poor simulator tail-dragger performance
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Load-out choice and armaments
12 authentic liveries
This package includes a variety of colourful liveries from WWII fighter squadrons:
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Two factory liveries
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'Button Nose', 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group
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42-25829, from 2/5 Lafayette, Alto (Corsica), 1944
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'Zombie', 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group
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'Kansas Tornado II', 510th Fighter Squadron, 405th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force
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'The Turnip Termites', 47th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group, 7th Air Force
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'Daring Dottie III', 342nd Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group
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'Tony' 5F-A, 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
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Tuskagee red tail, 302nd Fighter Squadron from the 332th Fighter Group
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'Bonnie', 348th Fighter Group
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'Bugs', 405th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force
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'Lady Ruth', 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group
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USSR lend lease programme livery
System Requirements:
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Microsoft Flight Simulator
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Windows 10/8/7
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RAM: 2GB+ free (minimum)
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Hard drive: 6.85GB
The Republic P-47D for MSFS has been built with the SDK as shipped with version 1.36.20 (post System Update XIV) of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
When the sim is updated Areoplane Heaven will retest the aircraft and issue fixes (if possible or required) and/or notifications of this update or the lack thereof.
It is not known at this stage what (if any) change may or may not be required for the next version of MSFS.
Remember to check the installation directions PDF that should be found in the Zip file of your purchase with regards to where the files will need to go.
Information about updates and upgrades will always be emailed to the email address you used to purchase.
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