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Offline Kongkyuk

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« on: January 31, 2007, 12:59:42 AM »
In 1944 the F4u4 had the C option available. I would love to see the C added to the F4u4 roster in AH.

What an AWSOME combo that would be.

Any comments
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2007, 01:28:03 AM »
F4u-4 arrived so late in the game it only saw a few months' service before the war's end. The F4u-4b with 20mm cannon was a post-war plane, and saw service in Korea, but not in WW2.
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Offline Kongkyuk

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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2007, 01:43:02 AM »
All the different info out there is amazing. The book I have states the f4u4c (cannon) was in service in October 1944.
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2007, 01:44:37 AM »
No, the F4u-1C was in service in '44. The f4u4 didn't come out til '45, so the f4u4b wouldn't come out til after the war ended in Japan, and the C wouldn't come out til after that. FYI the -4B has the 20mm, not the -4c, which had 50cals (I think).

I think your book made a typo.
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Offline Kongkyuk

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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2007, 01:50:03 AM »
F4U-4
As XF4U-4, 6 wing guns, rocket pylons, later aircraft
had flat windscreen panel, forward mast deleted.
1753 as F4U-4.
297 as F4U-4B, 4 wing mounted M3 cannons.
300 as F4U-4C, 20mm wing cannons.
9 as F4U-4P, photo reconnaissance version.
Produced 1944 - 1945
Vought Stratford, Connecticut (U)


Just a quick cut and paste from the Vought web site.

Make the perk cost close to the 262 if need be. I think that would be an easy addition to the roster and a fun plane to fly.
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2007, 01:52:54 AM »
See the -4b? 4 M3 cannons. That's the name of the 20mm cannon.

It was post war. It won't ever make it into this game. Sorry. The f4u1c is pretty capable, though, and it's not like the 50cals are weak (I just landed 6 kills in a p51d without reloading tonight).
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Offline Kongkyuk

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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2007, 01:57:53 AM »
Alot of info on the web about the f4u4c (cannons) being in service in 1944. too much to copy and paste, The B was much later and produced in low numbers.
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Offline Kongkyuk

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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2007, 02:00:24 AM »
Wtg on ur 6 kills , 50cals can do the job just fine. I just like the power of cannons.
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Offline Debonair

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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2007, 03:07:26 AM »
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Originally posted by Krusty
See the -4b? 4 M3 cannons. That's the name of the 20mm cannon....


lol the FAA got US made hispanos on their Corsairs? PWNT!!!11:rofl:rofl:aok
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Offline Saxman

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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2007, 08:21:24 AM »
Well sorry, but that info is wrong. 4B and 4C did NOT see service in WWII.
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« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2007, 09:33:10 AM »
need some hellkitty variants, got enuf corsair ones...  :cry
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Offline Bronk

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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2007, 10:43:19 AM »
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Originally posted by Krusty
See the -4b? 4 M3 cannons. That's the name of the 20mm cannon.

It was post war. It won't ever make it into this game. Sorry. The f4u1c is pretty capable, though, and it's not like the 50cals are weak (I just landed 6 kills in a p51d without reloading tonight).


Not according to Dean. F4u-4b   297 dec. 1944.
Sounds like a bit more than the Ta152 don't it?

Bronk

Edit: Unless I read it wrong it's listed in the production run along side -4 and -4n.
« Last Edit: January 31, 2007, 11:00:10 AM by Bronk »
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2007, 11:18:31 AM »
The -4 (with no letter) barely saw any action at the end of the war, as it was. The -4B came later, after the war's end. There were a couple of threads on the matter prior to this, with the same outcome. I even quoted a few book references at the time, but I don't know where those threads went.

EDIT: The -4bs were allocated to the Royal Navy, but none were ever sent, so they probably weren't used or built (normally orders precede production, is my thinking)
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Offline Saxman

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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2007, 12:59:18 PM »
Think I remember that, Krusty.

Something about how originally, the 4B was the designation for the British export variant, similar to the F4U-1B. However the idea was scrapped. The 4B designation was later reused for the cannon-armed variant that flew during Korea.
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« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2007, 01:00:26 PM »
That's something along the lines I remember. I don't know much about the -4C history, though.
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