Author Topic: Corsair (Read 4091 times)

racerx95 · « **on:** April 29, 2012, 08:51:51 PM »

Loud!

demon78 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2012, 04:06:29 AM »

Lovely!
bill the demon.

grcamna2 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2012, 05:28:31 AM »

racerx95,
Are you the pilot ? How does she handle ?

faux fiddy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2012, 09:53:01 AM »

My Dad said there was one of those that sat in Wichita for a few months after someone landed and couldn't afford the needed repairs and it was abandoned. No telling what happened with it.

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2012, 09:54:57 AM »

One of my favourite Airfix models as a child, still looks good.

racerx95 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2012, 09:58:58 AM »

I wish I was the pilot

cmonSTART · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2012, 10:49:00 AM »

Awesome!

CycleRanger · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2012, 10:57:05 AM »

Quote from: racerx95 on April 29, 2012, 08:51:51 PM

Loud!

The tips of the prop move fast enough to break the sound barrier thus producing tiny sonic booms.
Loudest prop plane I ever saw was a Grumman Bearcat.

Guns_Up · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2012, 03:03:27 PM »

Amazing picture and aircraft! My great Uncle Don was a mechanic on them in WW2, with VMA-214. Till the day he died he carried around a picture he took of Pappy Boyington in the cockpit while they were in the Phillippines.

BobbyR · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2012, 06:00:51 PM »

I love that plane

72 yellow · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2012, 06:40:13 PM »

Quote from: racerx95 on April 29, 2012, 08:51:51 PM

Loud!

Just curious, when and where was this pic taken ?

racerx95 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2012, 07:54:24 PM »

Has to be 4 or 5 years ago.

Short shins · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2012, 12:10:46 AM »

This one is based in Masterton (New Zealand). About an hours ride from home.
Shares a hanger with a P40 and some older stuff like this for example

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2012, 12:20:26 AM »

Beautiful plane, i am also a big fan of the P47D Thunderbolt, actually almost any plane from this era....

mick7504 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2012, 12:34:50 AM »

Is this the one?

F4U Corsair "Whistling Death" Flight Demonstration !

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:29:30 AM »

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Is this the one?

Yep, just like Pappy Boyington used to fly.....

faux fiddy · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:55:07 AM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on May 02, 2012, 12:20:26 AM

What was the other thing, a helldiver or something like that? Pacific theather, stubbier looking, big radial, real fast, wings that fold up for carrier stow away?

I Went to 'SAM' at the Smithsonian this summer. Can't seem to find the jpg files right now.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2012, 07:05:18 AM »

Quote from: Short shins on May 02, 2012, 12:10:46 AM

This one is based in Masterton (New Zealand). About an hours ride from home.
Shares a hanger with a P40 and some older stuff like this for example

Nice Camel! Here's a shot of a Spad XIII just for the heck of it. maybe we should rename this thread "Great Planes".

grcamna2 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2012, 07:16:55 AM »

Great Video of the Corsair on take off and in Flight Mick !

faux fiddy · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2012, 11:47:48 AM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on May 02, 2012, 12:20:26 AM

Beautiful plane, i am also a big fan of the P47D Thunderbolt, actually almost any plane from this era....

Oh yeah, I think the thunderbolt is the one that would come in and help when Dad was in a pinch on the ground. I bet he thought they were beautiful a few times.

curemode2002 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:47:24 PM »

I love the Corsair and the Thunderbolt. I have never seen a Bearcat in person but they did have a record attempt in one during the 1950's where it almost broke the sound barrier in a dive.
One that I have seen in person that sounds totally different than anything else is the Hawker Sea Fury they have two double wasp radial engines for a total of 32 cylinders.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #21 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:51:32 PM »

Quote from: curemode2002 on May 02, 2012, 01:47:24 PM

I have never seen a Bearcat in person but they did have a record attempt in one during the 1950's where it almost broke the sound barrier in a dive.

Yeah, that Bearcat was the only one I've ever seen in person.
Awesome prop plane, arrived too late for the war. They were used in Korea a bit. There's not many left flying I'm sure.

Really? · « **Reply #22 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:44:22 PM »

When I was in aircraft maintenance school, we learned the meaning for F4U = F**k for you.

I found it on a Voit site in the past but cannot find it now.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #23 on:** May 02, 2012, 03:34:59 PM »

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What was the other thing, a helldiver or something like that? Pacigic theather, stubbier looking, big radial, real fast, wings that fold up for carrier stow away?

Grumman Hellcat

grcamna2 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 02, 2012, 03:45:57 PM »

That one must Climb fast, NICE.

TwoTired · « **Reply #25 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:12:17 PM »

Quote from: curemode2002 on May 02, 2012, 01:47:24 PM

I love the Corsair and the Thunderbolt. I have never seen a Bearcat in person but they did have a record attempt in one during the 1950's where it almost broke the sound barrier in a dive.

The Bearcat may be my most favorite WWII era plane. Standing start to 10,000 Ft in 90 sec. Most definitely designed as an interceptor.
We recently lost another flying example along with a very good long time pilot, Howard Pardue, and his Bearcat (was) the only flying F8F-1, the rest being -2s with the taller rudder.

Quote from: curemode2002 on May 02, 2012, 01:47:24 PM

One that I have seen in person that sounds totally different than anything else is the Hawker Sea Fury they have two double wasp radial engines for a total of 32 cylinders.

The Hawker Sea Fury is a very nice airplane but had the Bristol Centarus 18 cylinder sleeve valve engine, in original form.
There are a few Sea Furies modified for racing that have the Pratt & Whitney R 4360 four row 28 Cyl engine. Dreadnaught was one of them.

The F2G Corsair also had the P&W 4360 in it. They called it the corncob Corsair
http://corsairs.4t.com/custom3.html

CycleRanger · « **Reply #26 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:24:43 PM »

Quote from: TwoTired on May 02, 2012, 04:12:17 PM

We recently lost another flying example along with a very good long time pilot, Howard Pardue, and his Bearcat (was) the only flying F8F-1, the rest being -2s with the taller rudder.

Oh, wow, that's the plane in my photo! I saw him in 2007. Damn, I didn't know he'd crashed.

Glad I got to see him fly his beautiful plane.

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