August 3, 20241 yr Moderator I ran across this whilst following a thread on Quora this morning. I had no idea that the P47 Thunderbolt was shipped completely unassembled during WWII. Here is a fascinating old B&W training film on the uncrating and assembly of the aircraft! Note: As many as 50 men were required to lift and position major parts of the aircraft under the close direction of a Crew Chief. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 3, 20241 yr Administrators Great video, Bill! Now I can't decide if I want a lolly or biscuits for desert with my cuppa! 'scuse me, while I go to the loo! 🏴 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
August 4, 20241 yr My downfall would have occurred at 2:20 in the video, read the instructions. Read the instructions? My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
August 4, 20241 yr Author Moderator It's a good thing then that the crew chiefs did read the instructions, otherwise they would have royally screwed up the assembly. Just using all of the wood from the packing crates to build the "assembly platform" appears to me to be a really complicated task, a veritable jig-saw puzzle! 😮 Imagine if they didn't bother to cut out parts of the platform or dig the holes so the gear could drop down and lock... 😏 Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
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