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P-47D Thunderbolt
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This is a beta module.
This module is still being developed and may still be missing some features and equipment options. It is playable and most of the content is there, but some final touches and fixes for minor bugs are still in the works. It is probably safe to buy unless you crave absolute fidelity and/or very few bugs. |
Before the A-10 Thunderbolt II with its famous survivability and ridiculously large gun, there was the original: the P-47 Thunderbolt, famed for its survivability and ridiculously numerous guns. Also for its… ample frame, giving it the nickname the “Jug”. It is sometimes picked out as the beginning of the “bigger, faster, more heavily armed” trend that would characterise post-war aircraft developments for the next half-century, in spite of attempts (such as the F-16) to reverse course.
Very much unlike the A-10, however, the P-47 put a large focus on the fighter part of the equation, working double duty as a high-altitude escort aircraft, where it slowly supplanted the earlier P-38. This legendary aircraft is represented in DCS World with its bubble-canopied fighter-bomber ‘D’ variant.
Features
Flying the P‑47D Thunderbolt
Cockpit overview
Getting into the air
Like all full-sim aircraft, it has the RWinHome “cheat” keyboard shortcut that runs through the startup process for you, and the manual and Chuck's guide, linked below describe it in full.
The short version of it all is:
Shooting something
Links and files
- Vehicle Size Chart for sight adjustments.
- Chuck's P‑47D Thunderbolt guide at Mudspike.
- DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt in the DCS shop.
More information
- P-47 Thunderbolt on wikpedia.
- Taming taildraggers — an essay, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.