Author Topic: All these corsairs that i nvr Knew about !! (Read 750 times)

327thBS · « **on:** June 14, 2003, 02:25:18 PM »

F4U-5N,F3A-1,XF4U-3B well can any tell me wit what the F4U-5N and F3A-1 was made for ?????????

MajorDay · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2003, 03:29:00 PM »

All I know is F4U-5N is a night fighter and I never heard F3A-1.

327thBS · « **Reply #2 on:** June 14, 2003, 05:20:39 PM »

why is the F4U-5N a night fiter and not a day fiter ??

straffo · « **Reply #3 on:** June 14, 2003, 05:30:28 PM »

The N stand for night fighter so the F4U-5 is the day fighter and the F4U-5N the night version ...

after a little seacrh on the net
The F3 were made by brewster like the FG were made by Goodyear

MajorDay · « **Reply #4 on:** June 14, 2003, 06:06:54 PM »

I can't explain everything about Chance Vought F4U Corsair and I found this link that you might like to know about.
http://www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html

Arlo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 14, 2003, 09:04:34 PM »

Variant List:

F4U-1B Designation given to aircraft supplied to UK.

F4U-1C Version with four 20mm cannon in place of wing armament.

F4U-1D Version with R-2800-8W engine and revised armament (also built by Brewster as the F3A-1D and by Goodyear as the FG-1D)

F4U-1P Photo Recon variant

F4U-2 Night fighter variant.

F4U-3 Very high altitude prototype. 13 built by Goodyear as the FG-3 and used by the U.S. Navy for research flights.

F4U-4 Second major variant. Equiped with either R-2800-18W or R-2800-42W powerplants

F4U-4C Version with four 20mm cannon in place of wing armament.

F4U-4E Night fighter variant with APS-3 AI Radar.

F4U-4N Night fighter variant with APS-5 or APS-6 AI Radar.

F4U-4P Photo Recon variant.

F4U-5 Post-WWII Fighter bomber variant with R-2800-32W powerplant.

F4U-5N Night fighter variant of F4U-5.

F4U-5P Tactical recon variant.

XF4U-6 Low-Altitude prototype with R-2800-83W engine with additional armor and weapons stores capabilty. 110 built under designation AU-1

F4U-7 Final production variant based on AU-1 but with R-2800-18W, total of 90 built and supplied French Aeronavale through MAP.

Corsair Mk. I Fleet Air Arm designation of F4U-1.

Corsair Mk. II Fleet Air Arm designation of F4U-1A.

Corsair Mk. III Fleet Air Arm designation of F3A-1D.

Corsair Mk. IV Fleet Air Arm designation of FG-1D.

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/NARG/corsair.html

acepilot2 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 15, 2003, 10:15:00 AM »

thats interesting. Never knew there were so many f4u's. I am learning so much about aircraft from AH.

MajorDay · « **Reply #7 on:** June 15, 2003, 12:19:59 PM »

Using F4U-1C can shoot down the plane easily and it has cannon.

F4UDOA · « **Reply #8 on:** June 15, 2003, 02:20:54 PM »

The F3A-1 was a F4U-1 license built by Brewster A/C.

Two very interesting facts about this.

1. Brewster holds the distinction of being the only A/C manufacture to actually go out of business during WW2.

2. Virtually all of the F3A-1 manufactured were delivered to the British. Amount these were the clipped wing varient and the "double clipped wing" which was a wing reduced even more the the standard 18" off of each wing.

The F4U-5, -5N, -5P and -5NL were all varients of the fastest production version of the F4U ever built. This varient could outclimb a Spit XIV. Quite the Hog.

Tumor · « **Reply #9 on:** June 15, 2003, 03:11:44 PM »

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Originally posted by 327thBS
why is the F4U-5N a night fiter and not a day fiter ??

Cuz they used it to take off and fly around and night.

MajorDay · « **Reply #10 on:** June 15, 2003, 07:43:24 PM »

I found this picture and this is what F4U-5N look like

ViFF · « **Reply #11 on:** June 16, 2003, 06:19:06 AM »

Anybody know what was the differance between the F4U-1 (Corsair Mk. I) and the F4U-1A (Corsair Mk. II) ?

Thanks

Furball · « **Reply #12 on:** June 16, 2003, 06:38:06 AM »

anyone know how the clipped wing RNAS Corsair performance differed from the standard Corsair?

Im guessing its similar to the clipped wing spits where low altitude performance and roll rate is better?

F4U-1A or Mk.II had the bulged canopy

humble · « **Reply #13 on:** June 16, 2003, 04:47:52 PM »

Turns out my "nephew in law"(father in laws uncle)...flew hogs primarily the -5 in Korea...he did see action in WW2 and had 2 1/2 kills in an earlier hog...think the 1D. Anyway basically said the D out performed the pony hands down and the -4 & -5 were much better still. Only thing out there was better was the the F-8 (by a wide margin)...also mentioned the F-7...but didnt get the feeling he ever was up close and personal with one...he actually had 40 hrs or so in bearcat (non combat). Did 151 total "combat sorties" between the two wars...but apparently very little actual combat...maybe 10-12 sorties in WW2...never saw an enemy plane up close in Korea (lot of contrails up high). Never been in a plane since (as a pilot)...amazed he could just walk away and never give it another thought.

Reschke · « **Reply #14 on:** June 16, 2003, 10:36:20 PM »

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Originally posted by ViFF
Anybody know what was the differance between the F4U-1 (Corsair Mk. I) and the F4U-1A (Corsair Mk. II) ?

Thanks

If I remember correctly the difference between the -1 and -1A is the oleos for the landing gear and an addition to the wing. While it was sufficient for landing on the carrier the -1 bounced a bit to much and stalled really quickly at low speeds under 90 mph and the right wing dropped quickly. Also the canopy on the -1 was the "birdcage".

The -1A had a "rounded" canopy but this actually started with some -1 aircraft (it has been said from the 759th aircraft onward) and the seat was raised ~ 7 inches (18cm) for better forward visibility. I think a different oleo that allowed better control with the landing and had a wing strip added to all better low speed control and correction of the stall that was encountered on both take off and landing.