About F6F FM and others

[Jigster]

Originally posted by StSanta:
LOL "should it be perked".

4k ROC and otherwise performance on par or better than the F4U's we have.

Give the A5 a ROC of 4.1k/min and that kinda top speed, and you'll see why it'd be a good idea to make it a perk plane.

It'd outperform the ta-152 bigtime at all but above 20k altitudes, and let's face it; 90% of fights are below that alt.

Yeah! Perk the Dorka!

[Westy MOL]

I know where the XF4U-4 is and can go take pics if needed. Sat in a bit and talked to guys who flew it in Korea. (pic below) Sweet roomy bird. Not as roomy as a P-47. And that long nose is a squeak to see around. But the 6 view is excellent.

   

(that is a TBM turret in the fore ground)

  -Westy

[ 06-16-2001: Message edited by: Westy MOL ]

[juzz]

Note the 2 Hispano shells in front of the F4U!  

[Torgo]

Originally posted by Ripsnort:

I would assume we're getting the .50 cal version, or Pyro would have been specific with 4B or 4C model?
[ 06-15-2001: Message edited by: Ripsnort ]

This was a long, long time ago, so I hope I have the story right, but I was involved in the debate...

Pyro added the F4U-4 to Warbirds with cannons....it was later discovered after much debate, research, and wailing and gnashing of teeth, that there were no cannon F4U-4s in WWII, and that a number of sources were incorrect on this manner. So he took the cannons off.

So I doubt he'd do it again :-)

[hazed-]

lol juzz  

[Hamish]

Found this info, dunno how accurate it is, but it seems to me that there **Might** have been some cannon- 4's before the end of the war  

F4U-4 1944 = Upgraded 2350hp R-2800-18W, new cowl design, four-bladed prop; armament: six .50 guns, eight wing rockets, two 1000# bombs; length: 33'8" load: 3215# v: 446/215/89 range: 1005 ceiling: 41,500'. Production also scheduled by Goodyear as FG-4, but contract was cancelled and none built.

F4U-4B 1945 = POP: 287 scheduled for RNAS as Corsair I, but cancelled with the end of hostilities.
F4U-4C 1945 = Four 20mm cannons. POP: 297.

F4U-4E 1946 = Night fighter with APS-4 radar. POP: possibly only 1.

F4U-4K 194? = Radio-controlled target. POP: 1.

F4U-4N 1946 = Wing-mounted APS-6 radar. Might have been an upgrade of -4E. POP: 1.

F4U-4P c.1946 = Photo-recon modifications; POP: 9.

Alos found this at :Marine Corps Historical Reference Series


249. F4U-4   Fighter, 1-engine,  1945  Vought      Pratt &       33'8'  41'
             1-crew, land/carrier,     "Corsair"   Whitney    
             inverted gull-wing                    R-2800-18W
             monoplane                             2200 to 2400 h.p.

250. F6F-5E  Fighter, 1-engine,  1945  Grumman     Pratt &       33'7"  42'10"
             1-crew, land,             "Hellcat"   Whitney        
             low-wing monoplane                    R-2800-18W
                                                   2200 to 2400 h.p.

251. F7F-2N  Fighter, 2-engine,  1945  Grumman     2 Pratt &     31'2"  51'6"
             2-crew, land,             "Tigercat"  Whitney
             high mid-wing                         R-2800-22W
             monoplane                             2200 to 2400 h.p.


I'll take the tigercat pls!   tank you!


Hamish!

[Tac]

I second the motion for the Tigercat