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Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: Citabria on April 18, 2002, 11:13:54 PM

shouldnt FM2 have the star only on left wing?

just wondering :)

the 2 stars w bars looks a bit funky :)

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: xHaMmeRx on April 18, 2002, 11:49:49 PM

good catch! didn't even notice when I looked, but you are correct.

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Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: Citabria on April 19, 2002, 03:27:53 AM

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g280000/g287594t.jpg)

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: Mitsu on April 19, 2002, 03:51:59 AM

Fester is wrong.
Citabria is correct.

lol

-Hermit

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: oboe on April 19, 2002, 07:48:18 AM

Come to think of it, does that tail on the F4F look a little tall?

The F4F's vertical empennage should be noticeably shorter and squatter than the FM-2's.   Its not entirely clear from the screenshots; the tails look pretty similar to me.

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: NATEDOG on April 19, 2002, 08:46:28 AM

thanks cit. I couldn't find a pic of the top of the wings....... and yes the tails are very different........ the screen shot doesn't do it justice.

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: Dr Zhivago on April 19, 2002, 09:55:16 AM

:p

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: fffreeze220 on April 19, 2002, 10:01:36 AM

ok,..... who took a photo from my last landin, who ?
:D

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: BenDover on April 19, 2002, 03:04:48 PM

looks like the cable got caught up in the prop

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: Viper17 on April 20, 2002, 03:01:42 PM

Wasnt the FM-2's Vert-stab taller than the F4F-4?, and the guns are backwards.
FM-2 had 6 .50cal+6 HAVAR rockets and 500lb's of bombs
F4F-4 had 4 .50cal

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: HeLLcAt on April 20, 2002, 11:52:24 PM

I agree with only 1 star on the wings. The F4F-4 did have a smaller tail and 6 x 50 caliber. FM-2 was faster because of a taller tail and only had 4 x 50 caliber.

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: Yeager on April 20, 2002, 11:54:54 PM

Last time I bounced really hard on the deck, my F4U shot up about 1000 feet from the deck and took about one minute to float back down to the water where I promptly sploded.

Title: NATEDOG! FM2 star left wing only!?
Post by: pimpjoe on April 21, 2002, 10:05:04 AM

thats lag yeager.


funny as hell to watch tho huh?:)