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the P47 "the Unbreakable"no more
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01-21-2011, 07:45 PM
JtD
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Early P-47 tail design broke in a wind tunnel at 468 mph due to control flutter.
Flight tests of P-47 regularly state that the elevator froze in high speed dives and that trim was necessary to recover from it.
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