Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Turbo-Supercharger

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
05/06/2016 at 16:18 • Filed to: planelopnik

Today’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! post featured the P-47 Thunderbolt, and MonkeyPuzzle shared this photo and diagram of the Thunderbolt’s turbo-supercharger which I thought deserved some wider attention. It’s pretty amazing to see just how big it is. In fact, the turbo-supercharger was designed first, and the aircraft was designed around it. This helps to understand just why the Jug was such a huge aircraft.

H/T to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for finding the images

DISCUSSION (14)

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ttyymmnn
05/06/2016 at 16:51

Imagine the homemade turbine engines you could make with that turbo.

ttyymmnn > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
05/06/2016 at 16:52

I’m going to see if I can fit that in my ‘03 Odyssey.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ttyymmnn
05/06/2016 at 16:52

In the back where the seats are supposed to be.

ttyymmnn > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
05/06/2016 at 16:54

Exactly. I’m not worried about where the kids will sit. That’s no longer the point.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn
05/06/2016 at 17:01

I think aside from the size, what is remarkable is how all encompassing it is. How little of the aircraft is actually there to accommodate the human

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle
05/06/2016 at 17:15

I’m not sure your stick figure pilot is quite the right scale. There’s plenty of room left for the pilot, and the P-47 had a generously roomy cockpit.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn
05/06/2016 at 17:19

right, sure. I guess I meant the fact that the cockpick is jsut surrounded by this engine in all respects.