Official FlightLine F4U-1A Corsair 1600mm (63") Wingspan

[Elbee]

f4u ausie, I, too, would love to see a 1600 mm "Zeke".

But alas, I think we are at the mercy of "EPO" the god of foam designs.

Your Corsair is 'a beaut' and I need to 'weather' mine up a bit, too.

Glad to hear from you, Craig.

Best, Steve

[f4u ausie]

My baby (got me into rc) ready to hit the air again ,,, its been a bit,,.. she always asks about some excersize with a zero,, but i look blanckly,, fline wont do a zero,,,,, anyway replaced a retract all good.. thought it needed 2 but one.... changed one from a left to a right retract not hard,, only diff is the trunnion... so sunday my fly day,, up she goes..... will report,,

[davegee]

I think it was. Very difficult and challenging work. People come from all over the world to dive in Palau’s pristine tropical waters. But where we were searching often was near mangroves where visibilities were sometimes poor, next to zero. On the land, we searched for remains of executed POWs in areas where there is still unexploded ordnance (UXO). We had to have paths cleared for us in the thick jungles for us to do our work.

[f4u ausie]

Clearly would have been a life changing experience

[davegee]

Daveegee,, i always thought truk (chuuk) lagoon would b an awe inspiring place to go, for bit of a dive,, wrecks of all types😃

Yeah, I always dreamed of diving at Truk. But in 2014 I was part of an expedition to Palau where the team found the remains of a F6F Hellcat and its pilot, and a TBM Avenger, with two of the three crewmembers onboard. They were eventually returned to their relatives in the USA and got proper military burials. Others have been found over the years, too. It had a tremendous amount of aircraft that got shot down in 1944, I think about 80 aircraft. It was an amazing experience to be a small part of this expedition.

[f4u ausie]

Daveegee,, i always thought truk (chuuk) lagoon would b an awe inspiring place to go, for bit of a dive,, wrecks of all types😃

[davegee]

Lots of good books about the English carrier pilots with the Corsair. Much different attitude than the Americans.

Right! I believe they were the first to figure out how to get a Corsair safely on the deck using a continuous descending 180 degree turn from downwind leg and set up to landing attitude at the last second while they still had "some" forward visibility with that long nose! Quite a feat to accomplish that!

[Evan D]

Lots of good books about the English carrier pilots with the Corsair. Much different attitude than the Americans.

[davegee]

Its an old thread,, but i dont care,, always watchin stuff( utube) on this awsome craft..... my brother and i always heard about end of of ww2 f4u,s being pushed off carriers.. lend lease bla bla...... im not going to post the vid but here is its name from 2 weeks ago(why did britain use american f4u corsairs the full story) anyway the f4u s that were pushed off carriers,,, were off the coast,, here in northern australia.. in 1946.. around 720 of them(godforbid) in the nineties we raised a couple but salt had done its job just a fun fact for me( as an aussie) and all have fun b safe

cool but sad story, f4u aussie. I was not aware of that!

I spent a couple weeks several years ago looking for USA MIAs in the Palau area. There was a F4U that was hit by enemy fire and had to ditch in the ocean. He did a perfect job, and fortunately was rescued by friendly forces before the Japanese could get him. That Corsair has remained there all this time relatively undamaged. It is in about 45-50 feet of water, sitting on a sand bottom. The canopy is locked open and the controls are just as you'd expect them for an emergency ditching. All the paint is off the plane now, it is silver, and the fabric covered parts on the wings, elevators, and rudder are now "skeletons" of a framework where the fabric once covered them. It was an amazing thing to see.

[f4u ausie]

Its an old thread,, but i dont care,, always watchin stuff( utube) on this awsome craft..... my brother and i always heard about end of of ww2 f4u,s being pushed off carriers.. lend lease bla bla...... im not going to post the vid but here is its name from 2 weeks ago(why did britain use american f4u corsairs the full story) anyway the f4u s that were pushed off carriers,,, were off the coast,, here in northern australia.. in 1946.. around 720 of them(godforbid) in the nineties we raised a couple but salt had done its job just a fun fact for me( as an aussie) and all have fun b safe

[f4u ausie]

We will get better, im sure,, thanx davegee

[davegee]

It's been hard work too get help . Mind my son's swear word.. but finally hear is my baby. His fone was low and I was hoping 4 good landing.. never mind

Hi f4u aussie: I think your son did a fine job with the videos, especially if he used a cell phone camera which isn't the easiest thing to do to track a fast moving object like your Corsair! Your flying looked very nice, I liked the closer up shots as it flew past the camera. The plane looked great while you were flying it. Keep up the good work!!👍👍👍

Cheers

Davegee

[f4u ausie]

It's been hard work too get help . Mind my son's swear word.. but finally hear is my baby. His fone was low and I was hoping 4 good landing.. never mind

[f4u ausie]

https://youtu.be/ld2YHlSz66Y?si=wZCRkCGOPBZzJTBK

[davegee]

Thanks, Elbee. That mountain to the north is called Heart Mountain. Summit elevation is about 8,500 feet MSL. I have not climbed it yet as at some times of the year there are grizzlies up there. But it is a goal of mine to climb it someday. In the meantime, it makes for a nice backdrop for pics at our flying field!

[Elbee]

davegee, beautiful photo. Sir; like a picture from a magazine. Best, LB

[davegee]

Sorry about the gear incident, f4u aussie. But you’ll be back to flying soon, I know it. Would love to see a video from your son of one of your flights!

davegee

[f4u ausie]

Still looks like a real one.. specially with that beautiful mountain background. My corsais up on jackstands,, waiting for new gear,,( again).. was at the industrial park,, and was too lazy to walk the 100 yard to my normal runway.. needless to say,did not see the little pot holes where i landed ,, and bang 2 gear gone... boy ive some fun with it over a long period.... my son did a u tube vid for me ,, so over the wend will get him to post on here for me(cause im dummy) by for now

[davegee]

I hadn't flown my Corsair for couple of months due to other projects I was swamped with and the holidays. I took advantage of some great weather this week to get my Corsair up for a couple of flights. This really has to be one of my best, favorite, and scale-looking foamies that I have or have had over the past several years. It flew beautifully from the get-go, and came back safely after a couple of flights. I could have lost it when I "dumb thumbed" one of the sticks while trying to change the aileron rate from low to mid rate, but somehow I recovered and continued to an uneventful landing. Snow and rain are coming tomorrow, so this is a good time to pack things up for a few days until it passes. But Punxsutawney Phil says it is going to be a short winter, so we'll see...

Cheers

Davegee

[Aros]

Thanks ya'll!