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Title: F4U-1 Roll Rate
Post by: F4UDOA on September 05, 2002, 11:56:12 AM

For anyone who is interested.

Title: F4U-1 Roll Rate
Post by: whgates3 on September 05, 2002, 01:49:17 PM

i've heard good things about the P-47's roll ability, you wouldn't happen to now how the Jug does in this test?

Title: F4U-1 Roll Rate
Post by: F4UDOA on September 05, 2002, 10:17:55 PM

I have a NACA doc that has been posted many times.

It does not seem to roll as well as you might expect. However the P-47N with clipped wings must have rolled better. However I have no data for it.

I have read about the P-47's rolling ability but have never seen anything to back it up. I would luv to get it myself.

Title: F4U-1 Roll Rate
Post by: illo on September 06, 2002, 06:07:09 AM

Those numbers for 190 are for one brits had with heavy ailerons.

Brits had also 2 other 190s with considerably lighter aileron control. One of those tests is somewhere around the net.

Peak roll was something like 180-190degr/sec.