Air show
Jan 13, 2016 19:48:06 #
Jan 13, 2016 20:58:14 #
Great work :thumbup:
And, I learned something this evening,,,a straight wing Corsair and I thought they were all bent wing bastards like the Black Sheep flew.
And, I learned something this evening,,,a straight wing Corsair and I thought they were all bent wing bastards like the Black Sheep flew.
Jan 13, 2016 21:06:43 #
Jan 13, 2016 21:40:29 #
No such thing as a straight wing Corsair. It's probably a Hellcat or another Grumman bird. All the Corsair's had bent wings to allow for prop clearance & shorter landing gear.
Jan 13, 2016 21:54:31 #
gjeff
Loc: Chicago Metro Area
Beg to differ, there wee the gull wing design used by the Marine corps and a straight wing version used by the NAVY . Any body out there that can confirm this!
What I have photographed is the straight winged version. Memory ain't what it used to be but Im; fairly certain of these facts.
What I have photographed is the straight winged version. Memory ain't what it used to be but Im; fairly certain of these facts.
Jan 13, 2016 23:39:16 #
I believe you have photographed a Grumman 4F4 Wildcat. The prototype Corsair was gullwing from the beginning. See wikipedia as it has a photo of the prototype XF4U-1.
Jan 14, 2016 07:05:07 #
usn ret wrote:
I believe you have photographed a Grumman 4F4 Wildcat. The prototype Corsair was gullwing from the beginning. See wikipedia as it has a photo of the prototype XF4U-1.
You are correct, a Grumman wildcat! No such thing as a straight wing corsair. I am a former Navy pilot.
Jan 14, 2016 14:55:13 #
Jan 18, 2016 23:43:59 #
I think your straight wing Corsair is actually a Vultee P-66 Vanguard:
http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vultee_P-66_Vanguard_-_Karachi_1942.jpg
http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vultee_P-66_Vanguard_-_Karachi_1942.jpg
Jan 25, 2016 02:02:58 #
Dan821 wrote:
I think your straight wing Corsair is actually a Vultee P-66 Vanguard:
http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vultee_P-66_Vanguard_-_Karachi_1942.jpg
http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vultee_P-66_Vanguard_-_Karachi_1942.jpg
Look closely at the cowling of the P-66 below. Gjeff has indeed taken a detailed photograph of a beautifully restored Grumman 4F4 Wildcat. Compare the lines of the cowling of the attached P-66 photo to Gjeffs. Then look under the wing at the F4Fs landing gear that retracts flush with the fuselage behind the cowling. The P-66 gear retracts inwards to lie flush with the underside of the wings.
P-66
F4F
Jan 25, 2016 02:19:19 #
gjeff wrote:
Beg to differ, there wee the gull wing design used by the Marine corps and a straight wing version used by the NAVY . Any body out there that can confirm this!
What I have photographed is the straight winged version. Memory ain't what it used to be but Im; fairly certain of these facts.
What I have photographed is the straight winged version. Memory ain't what it used to be but Im; fairly certain of these facts.
As already stated, the WWII F4U Corsair was designed from the onset with an inverted gull-wing so the landing gear could be shorter while still using a large diameter prop. The straight wing Corsair was a 1927 Navy biplane.
O2U-4 Corsair
Jan 27, 2016 20:44:55 #
gjeff
Loc: Chicago Metro Area
I stand humbly corrected. Did research and found my info to be incorrect!!!
Thank you for pointing this out to me.
Thank you for pointing this out to me.
Feb 25, 2020 16:51:11 #
Number 3 is a Grumman Wildcat. Just check the landing gear. Extended from just aft of the cowling not from underwing as in the Hellcat.
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