Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech"

[RAM AIR IV]

I feel like it would make a good T4 premium or an event vehicle, maybe even for war bonds

[RAM AIR IV]

Originally posted by Major Blank:

Yeah nope. I have been around the real thing it's not worth it.

But 520mph prop plane

[Rabbit]

They should make it ear rape you.

From wikipedia:

The XF-84H was quite possibly the loudest aircraft ever built (rivaled only by the Russian Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" bomber), earning the nickname "Thunderscreech" as well as the "Mighty Ear Banger".On the ground "run ups", the prototypes could reportedly be heard 25 miles (40 km) away. Unlike standard propellers that turn at subsonic speeds, the outer 24–30 inches (61–76 cm) of the blades on the XF-84H's propeller traveled faster than the speed of sound even at idle thrust, producing a continuous visible sonic boom that radiated laterally from the propellers for hundreds of yards. The shock wave was actually powerful enough to knock a man down; an unfortunate crew chief who was inside a nearby C-47 was severely incapacitated during a 30-minute ground run. Coupled with the already considerable noise from the subsonic aspect of the propeller and the T40's dual turbine sections, the aircraft was notorious for inducing severe nausea and headaches among ground crews. In one report, a Republic engineer suffered a seizure after close range exposure to the shock waves emanating from a powered-up XF-84H.

[Eftwyrd]

Originally posted by RAM AIR IV:

Originally posted by Major Blank:

Yeah nope. I have been around the real thing it's not worth it.

But 520mph prop plane

except for the fact it became so unstable at 450 knots one of the test pilots refused to ever get in it again

[Frosty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YItexQxJS9U