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E-FLITE/HORIZON HOBBY P-47D THUNDERBOLT BNF

WORDS & PHOTOS BY DAVE WINDOM A BACKYARD FIGHTER WITH BUILT-IN STABILITY TAKE THE MASSIVE PRATT & WHITNEY R-2800 RADIAL ENGINE; hang it on a sturdy airframe; mount eight machine guns in the wings; and make provision for drop tanks, bombs, and rockets. You've just designed the P-47D Thunderbolt. E-flite's reproduction of the classic Jug uses Z-foam construction, and it comes painted in D-Day markings. Providing many of the scale details of the full-size warbird,...

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