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Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

FAA approach category B Payware (Aeroplane Heaven)

Target for the Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

Up to 75fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 75 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.

Vref reference
102ktat 6,001 kg
Tail-strike limit
13°the category's
Ideal touchdown zone
50 to 250mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Heavy single-engine fighter-bomber with a turbosupercharged Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, nicknamed the Jug, with 15,636 P-47s built from 1941 to 1945.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Light Warbird category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.

How its touchdown is scored.

The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points.
100≤ 75fpm
90≤ 144fpm
75≤ 249fpm
55≤ 388fpm
35≤ 526fpm
10≤ 700fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.26g
75≤ 1.49g
55≤ 1.80g
35≤ 2.11g
10≤ 2.50g

No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.

For reference.

Aircraft data

Manufacturer
Republic
Model
P-47D
Variant
Thunderbolt
FAA approach category
B
MTOW
7,938 kg (17,500 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Payware (Aeroplane Heaven)

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
  • P-47D Thunderbolt
  • P-47DThunderbolt

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.