It's also the first account of an F4U with good departure characteristics.
They musta been flying on a thimble full with pressurized oil tanks.
F4UDOA, you are partly right about carrier landings and that designation. But it also did have relevance to torque induced ground loops. But that's nothing new. A P-51 will ground loop if you gun it. So will most other high-preformence fighter planes. The Corsair was only noteworthy because it had to do it all the time, due to the situations on carriers, and had more incedents because of it.
Gun jamming, blah. If there's going to be gun problems, barrel overheating would be alot better. No need for random calculations. You fire to long, the barrel warps, then melts if you keep at it.
Btw, I've seen a F4U-4D armed with 4 20mm. I've also seen an Avenger with twin 20mm's, and a F4U-1A armed with 4 20mm's. The 4D had Mark V barrels, and the 1A had Mk II.
None were correct. The F4U-4D at the LSFM had them put in because they couldn't get the M2 wing mounts. It was either use the 20mm banks or use pipes (like in the P-47D "Tarheel Hal")
Don't put to much faith in resoration planes.
- Jig
