Then F6F Hellcat is small to you as well Steven?
No, I do not consider the Hellcat a small airframe and I do not consider the Corsair as being a small airframe either. However, the idea behind the Corsair was an attempt to match a large engine to a small airframe. This is supposedly the idea the Bearcat copied from the FW as you sometimes state, but I differ and say this idea has been around for a long time. It was there with the Corsair, with the GB racer and even harking back to WW1. Otherwise, the physical similarities between the Bearcat and FW aren't there more than with any other aircraft. Had the Bearcat not needed the strength for CV operations, it would've probably been even smaller than it is or an attempt to make it smaller.
You argue furny. Yes, the Corsair's wings were bent so as to avoid the prop from hitting the ground. The answers were either longer landing gear which is a bad idea for a CV aircraft or bend the wings. It's funny that you say the wings were bent to shorten the landing gear...which is a truth but not the whole picture.
Kurt tank didnt invent F8F, but he invented the plane that F8F was based on.
Ever since you made this statement, you've been dancing all around. Basically, no... the FW is not the basis for the Bearcat.
