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None of them are fabric covered!

Posted by bdk on Tue Apr 20, 2004 03:55:44 PM

In reply top Re: Which fabric covering on the P-47? (ntx) posted by AndyG on Tue Apr 20, 2004 03:11:44 PM

That's my point. All the control surfaces are covered with metal, unless you have found an early model P-47B... I think the image on the dive site had a bubble canopy and was located in England, so a P-47B is out of the question.

: I was actually referring to the control surfaces only, com
: e to think of it I'm not sure which or if all the P47's ar
: e in fact fabric covered (aside from the clad flaps).
:
: I do understand though that some fabric can survive in a c
: old freshwater scenario (how completely?), although I woul
: dn't have though that that there was enough 'skeletal' str
: ucture under the fabric to generate an identical sonar ret
: urn to the solid clad structure of the wings for example.
: I?ll ask a friend in Thales (Subsea survey outfit)
:
: This is from the same schoolboy?s Photoshop rendering as t
: he Airfix Sunderland as far as I am concerned. If it is a
: fake, he did the Editor of the Times up like a kipper, for
: which he must be applauded! :-)

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