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Offline W7LPNRICK

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F-4U recovered
« on: January 17, 2011, 02:02:39 PM »
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 03:03:16 PM »
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 03:29:20 PM »
Quote from: Babalonian on January 17, 2011, 03:03:16 PM
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/corsair-lake-michigan-waukegan-106904213.html

There we go.

That's really neat. I still can't believe that they used cloth coverings for the fuselage as late as 1943.
Thanks for sharing.  :salute


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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2011, 04:32:32 PM »
That is amazing! Thanks for posting :D  :aok
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2011, 06:30:22 PM »
Happened a while ago.  It's already at the Museum in pieces waiting its turn for restoration.  The model junkies are having a field day with the Salmon primer color.
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2011, 12:16:53 PM »
Quote from: Babalonian on January 17, 2011, 03:03:16 PM
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/corsair-lake-michigan-waukegan-106904213.html

From the - moronic - NBC Chicago page:

"...And despite the fact that much of the aircraft was covered in fabric, not metal, a great deal of the skin was intact and the insignia was still visible..."

Fabric.  Riiiiight.  <facepalm>
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2011, 01:49:18 PM »
There's LOTS MORE where that corsair came from, lots more
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2011, 02:10:51 PM »
Quote from: Spork on January 17, 2011, 03:29:20 PM
That's really neat. I still can't believe that they used cloth coverings for the fuselage as late as 1943.
Thanks for sharing.  :salute


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When I went in the service in 1977 they still trained parachute riggers to repair aircraft fabric skins. We still had a couple light observation aircraft with fabric. I think USAF OE-1/L-19 Bird Dog.  [urlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_O-1_Bird_Dog[/url]
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2011, 02:22:48 PM »
Quote from: Bino on January 21, 2011, 12:16:53 PM
From the - moronic - NBC Chicago page:

"...And despite the fact that much of the aircraft was covered in fabric, not metal, a great deal of the skin was intact and the insignia was still visible..."

Fabric.  Riiiiight.  <facepalm>


What is "much" and what is not can be debated but there actually is quite a bit of fabric covering in the outer wings of the wartime Corsairs.
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2011, 09:36:03 PM »
Quote from: Wmaker on January 23, 2011, 02:22:48 PM
What is "much" and what is not can be debated but there actually is quite a bit of fabric covering in the outer wings of the wartime Corsairs.

Yup, and the rudder and elevators; even the outer flaps, I think.
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Re: F-4U recovered
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2011, 10:31:11 PM »
There was good sound reasoning for making these fabric. They repair in minutes vs hours, Light weight so the pedals/stick is not fighting added weight, & bent metal along with air resistance.  :old:
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