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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: SgtPappy on October 16, 2007, 11:19:22 PM
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Just can't wait for the Hellcat to have its model remade into AHII standards...
no more instability problems.
But while HTC is away working hard on it, it'd be good to have the F4U-1 slightly remodeled. It doesn't have the wing spoiler and should be more unstable than the F4U-1A and subsequent models.
Also, I'm not sure if it had much effect but I heard the F4U-1 had wooden ailerons with fabric skinning. Maybe that made a difference with the metal ones utilized by subsequent Hogs.
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Originally posted by SgtPappy
Just can't wait for the Hellcat to have its model remade into AHII standards...
no more instability problems.
But while HTC is away working hard on it, it'd be good to have the F4U-1 slightly remodeled. It doesn't have the wing spoiler and should be more unstable than the F4U-1A and subsequent models.
Also, I'm not sure if it had much effect but I heard the F4U-1 had wooden ailerons with fabric skinning. Maybe that made a difference with the metal ones utilized by subsequent Hogs.
I too like the F6F. It's a fantastic bombing platform. One-thousand pound bombs make easy work of a tank and the rockets are helpful for everything else. It turns well but I wish it was a little faster. I fly it a lot and haven't had any instability issues. Could you expand on this?
Given that the internet is what it is, this site F4U (http://www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html) proclaims that all F4U's had fabric covered ailerons until the F4U-5.
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Originally posted by SgtPappy
Also, I'm not sure if it had much effect but I heard the F4U-1 had wooden ailerons with fabric skinning. Maybe that made a difference with the metal ones utilized by subsequent Hogs.
I'm not entirely sure on this, but I believe that all the wartime corsairs including the -4 had some fabric covering part of the wing and control surfaces. Maybe someone like Bodhi could shed some more light on this.
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Correct. F4Us didn't get all metal covering on the wings until the -5.
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Gotcha. Thanks.
Scca,
The way it is now, the F6F seems to feel a lot more unstable than any of the Corsairs. It seems to have that high speed/high AoA stall more often thatn the Corsair... but that's just me. I remember reading about it in one of the threads though. Some of WW's info backs that up.
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Originally posted by SgtPappy
Gotcha. Thanks.
Scca,
The way it is now, the F6F seems to feel a lot more unstable than any of the Corsairs. It seems to have that high speed/high AoA stall more often thatn the Corsair... but that's just me. I remember reading about it in one of the threads though. Some of WW's info backs that up.
Ah, I see.. I have been spending a lot of time in the F6F, mostly for the JABO role, which has treated me fairly well.
When the situation requires, I have also been forced into an A2A fight. I just don't know why they won't leave me to bomb the GV's??? Anyhow, I have had MUCH better luck in the F6F than I ever have had in an F4U especially when slow. I have had trouble in the F4U with the one wing dropping when low and slow creating an unrecoverable spin. With the F6F, I have had the same thing happen, but it recovers quickly for me.
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Being the CO of VF-31 Tomcatters, i would love to see the Hellcat redone. The Hellcat is our front line fighter and our guys love the plane to death. Really looking forward to getting it all reworked!!
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It probably won't happen due to the whining about how most hellcat pilots didn't fly this loadout, but I would love to see the 20MM option as a perked ride. It was an option from Grumman but US pilots preferred the 50 cals.
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My understanding was that they preferred the 20mm, but teething problems with the US-built Hispanos kept them from being produced in sufficient numbers
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I'm all up for the Hellcat being re-modeld, right beside the zero. That way my shiny new plane can shoot down yours in style into our big blue cartoon sea. :D
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F6F is just fine. Only need to fix the dang glass tail.
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Originally posted by Saxman
My understanding was that they preferred the 20mm, but teething problems with the US-built Hispanos kept them from being produced in sufficient numbers
Teething?
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US-built Hispanos had reliability problems. Jams mostly, I think.
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Originally posted by Clifra Jones
Teething?
If wikipedia can be considered a reliable source, it says US made Hispano's were poopy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano-Suiza_HS.404 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano-Suiza_HS.404)
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Originally posted by Wadke
F6F is just fine. Only need to fix the dang glass tail.
Well, it does suffer a roll axis instability at high AoA, especially with flaps. In comparison, under the same circumstances, the F4Us are rock steady. Inverse to the historical reality.
My regards,
Widewing
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Well the F6F can eaily be a dangerous plane, but it's not historically accurate in terms of stability... I'm assuming it has something to do with misplaced lift points.