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Still at a stage they can fix it! What do you see?Neither the cowl flaps nor the belly look right to me.
OK, looking at the manuals, I think I see that the belly is bulged when it should be a flat keel line at this stage. I don't see the issue with the cowl flaps though.Neither the cowl flaps nor the belly look right to me.
Republic P-47C
The first Thunderbolt to be considered truly combat-ready was the P-47C-2-RE.
Perhaps the most important change introduced by this production block was the provision for shackles and
a release mechanism for a bomb or a fuel tank on the underside of the belly. When carrying a 200-gallon
belly tank the range was extended to 1250 miles at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
The P-47C-5-RE introduced revised radio, instruments, and antenna. Cockpit heating was also introduced.
The P-47C was the first Thunderbolts to see combat in Europe.
602 P-47Cs were delivered by February 1943, when the improved P-47D replaced it on the production line.
This photo shows the straight line on the cowl below the cowl flaps, no curve there.
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Here is a close up of the cowl on 41-6358, P-47C-RE-5
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The C had no provision for a drop tank from the factory, so the belly had a smooth curve all the way to the tail. When the drop tank was incorporated a slight bulge was produced so the sheet metal would cover the added plumbing. You can see a change in the curve just behind the cowl, and a second change near the trailing edge of the wing.