F4U highest flap speed?

[SIK1]

ok fine

[Bodhi]

From what I understand of the Corsair's flaps, this is PRECISELY how it works: The springs are designed to allow the airstream to "blow" the flaps up above a certain airspeed.

It's a spring loaded arm that keeps the flaps down below a certain speed and the blow up device is supposed to be sensitive to pressure as well as equalize the flaps, as they have separate actuators.

[Bodhi]

Sorry, corrected the above answer as it was incomplete.

[Noah17]

Wow, this is good stuff. I'm glad I asked the question it's just like reading a book on the F4U!

See......everybody was going to groan and whine....."oh not another F4U magic hover flap posting." I can't hover in them anyway.......

Thanks guys!
 

[whiteman]

Hover class will be available soon as my connection is fixed at home.

[gyrene81]

Hover class will be available soon as my connection is fixed at home.

for lightning to strike your connection. I've been running into enough F4Us hovering in the air then magically following me in a high g turn to get a pilot kill when I'm E+ on them.

[jamdive]

for lightning to strike your connection. I've been running into enough F4Us hovering in the air then magically following me in a high g turn to get a pilot kill when I'm E+ on them.

Some of those f4u guys can cloak the E in that thing pretty good. If its mtnman it only looks like hes following you and there is no escape.

[FireDrgn]

hey jamdive did you win the lotto or something?  go to work....  ya it looks like the hydrolic lines are conected to the

[jamdive]

hey jamdive did you win the lotto or something?  go to work....  ya it looks like the hydrolic lines are conected to the

margarita blender?

[wgmount]

Here's what my Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions says.

"flap control shall not be place in position for lowering flaps at speeds in excess 200 knots even though the flaps are protected by an overload release mechanism."

The flaps on a corsair really do "blow up" like in the game. That is the overload release mechanism mentioned.

So no, a real corsair couldn't lower it's flaps at 300 mph at least not a -1, or -1A. (The models my book covers)

200 knots is not 300 mph. 200 knots is 230.116 mph.     1 knot = 1.15077945 mph

[whiteman]

Some of those f4u guys can cloak the E in that thing pretty good. If its mtnman it only looks like hes following you and there is no escape.

I'm pretty sure Mtnman is an F4U

[Noah17]

Hover class will be available soon as my connection is fixed at home.

I'm ready for that!
 

[SIK1]

200 knots is not 300 mph. 200 knots is 230.116 mph.     1 knot = 1.15077945 mph

Yeah I know this, Your point is?

[wgmount]

My point is 200 Kn is approximately where the flaps come out in game and where they could be deployed according to your manual.

[SIK1]

I never said the flaps should be able to be deployed at 300mph. Actually if the flaps come down at 250mph then they are coming out at a slightly higher speed than they should.