On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:04:44 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
What??? The 1,800 lb wing?



I used to be the only one who *didn't* disappear when Dave R. got his LAK-12

fuselage out of the trailer... So I moved!



"Tom K (ES)" wrote in message

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Reminds me of my Lak-12...

That P-47 wing had a self-sealing fuel tank, 4, .50 cal gun mounts with ammunition trays and numerous hard points for bombs and rockets. It also had a main gear leg to support all that weight. The fuselage had pilot armor and heavy vacuum tube avionics. "Civilianized" WWII fighters often weighed a ton less than the GI versions after they were stripped of the mil-stuff.

I was surprised to see so few men lifting the propeller. Those had steel blades with silver solder contouring the airfoil. They were seriously heavy.