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Why does the F4U Corsair have so many designations?
Unto the Breach ^
| July 10, 2023
| Chris Carter
Posted on 07/10/2023 11:20:00 AM PDT by fugazi
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To: GingisK
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posted on
07/10/2023 11:43:02 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: GingisK
I was told by a few Korean war vets the Corsair saved a lot of lives..and killed a few also:
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posted on
07/10/2023 11:44:22 AM PDT
by
Karliner
(Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
To: fugazi
The nose was so long because the engine drove a huge propeller. Elevating the prop is also why they gave the Corsair inverted gull wings. Agreed, but another reason why the nose looks so long is because the cockpit was moved rearward so the main fuselage fuel tank could be installed directly over the center of gravity, lessening trim changes as fuel was consumed.
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posted on
07/10/2023 11:49:44 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: fugazi
Isn’t that the plane Pappy Boyington flew?????
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posted on
07/10/2023 12:06:18 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: fugazi
Best looking prop plane ever.
Y’all do watch Black Sheep Squadron on H&I on Saturday nights, right?
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posted on
07/10/2023 12:10:27 PM PDT
by
gidewey52
(Jerry (I shoot birds with a Nikon))
To: fugazi; GingisK
Folk I know called them SpeedyD's - the only nickname I've ever heard for them. Pretty speedy when they were diving.
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posted on
07/10/2023 12:25:21 PM PDT
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: Yo-Yo
What’s that page from, Jane’s? I’ve got the 1945-46 reprint, but it doesn’t have the nice cutaway drawing.
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posted on
07/10/2023 12:31:33 PM PDT
by
fugazi
To: central_va
That’s because it was difficult to learn how to land the plane since on final, the pilot had to take the nose up enough to only see the landing strip from the side of the cockpit.
But once in combat, it was most definitely an enemy killer.
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posted on
07/10/2023 12:35:35 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Tucker39
I was in VMF(122) out of MCAS Beaufort. The squadron transitioned from F8U-2 to F8U-2NE. NE standing for Night Electronic. Beautiful plane; but radar was a big maintenance nightmare.
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posted on
07/10/2023 12:47:32 PM PDT
by
NTHockey
(My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
To: fugazi
What’s that page from, Jane’s? I’ve got the 1945-46 reprint, but it doesn’t have the nice cutaway drawing. I have no idea. I just Googled "F4U Cutaway Drawing" and found one with decent detail.
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posted on
07/10/2023 12:47:50 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: fugazi
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posted on
07/10/2023 1:03:45 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: PLMerite
Pappy and the Black Sheep?
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posted on
07/10/2023 1:09:36 PM PDT
by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Still praying.)
To: broken_clock
Yes. He is in front, third from the right.
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posted on
07/10/2023 1:17:25 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: PLMerite
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posted on
07/10/2023 1:18:55 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: PLMerite
That’s got to be Pappy with the white shoes in the front and the flattened nose.
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posted on
07/10/2023 1:22:26 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: doorgunner69
I never appreciated why the long nose on the plane until I saw a good visualization of all the supercharger plumbing in there. Yeah, that "butterfly" supercharger up front instead of the like the P-47s or P-38s that had the supercharger behind the pilot with the plumbing running back and forth from the engine up front.
To: Sirius Lee
"That’s got to be Pappy with the white shoes in the front and the flattened nose."
Yeah, he was a scrapper:
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posted on
07/10/2023 1:36:31 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: fugazi
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posted on
07/10/2023 1:52:18 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: fugazi
The prop and gull wing fix are a separate issue. There is a huge amount of super charger systems behind the engine and the main fuel tank is in front of the pilot.
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posted on
07/10/2023 3:57:30 PM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: central_va
The F-8 “Crusader” was the Ensign killer!
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posted on
07/10/2023 7:45:50 PM PDT
by
Taxman
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