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

[jetfool]

Friends,

Not a warbird but a scale relaxing putt-around for these hot lazy days of June. FMS 1400mm J-3 Cub, 55" wingspan and comes with floats.3 club members live on a lake nearby, so we plan to try our hand at water flying. Will be a first for me and they have boats to rescue any mishaps. A quality plane and has a lot of scale features. Slow posts lately so I'm just jawing with all of you. I have the summer blues on building.
Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

I ordered the nomenclature decals from Callie…is there a guide for placement ?

F4U Corsair Markings Placement Sheet.pdf

Jack,

I've attached a PDF file of a reference I used for most of the markings.

I used photo references as well, let me know if you have any questions.

Best, LB

[jackdcannon]

I ordered the nomenclature decals from Callie…is there a guide for placement ?

[davegee]

Hey team finally got couple new spektrum rx.. so now can get spit and corsair airbourne again... wind this weekend is nothingso will fly something was hopeing corsair.. but after sitting idle in the pacific with no mantenence she is not quite right,,, but here is couple pics of the old dog

Let's see that bad boy back up in the air again soon!

Davegee

[jetfool]

Fantastic looking plane

[Elbee]

corsair airbourne again...:

Craig,

Your Corsair looks great.

Best, LB

[f4u ausie]

Oh ok just one pik mydevice is saying memory full,, im so not clevor

[f4u ausie]

Hey team finally got couple new spektrum rx.. so now can get spit and corsair airbourne again... wind this weekend is nothingso will fly something was hopeing corsair.. but after sitting idle in the pacific with no mantenence she is not quite right,,, but here is couple pics of the old dog

[davegee]

davegee

https://www.printables.com/model/618812-flightline-1600mm-corsair-cowl-flap-modification-b/files

Dave,

Download the STL files to "Slice" and go from there.

Could be resized, modded, or redesigned to fit most any radial engine cowling.

Best,, LB

Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a go! BTW, although the wind came up this morning to nix continuing my cuff tests on the CE prop mods, I have much more confidence now that they will work. I think your sending a V2 file with thickened cuffs and then my getting more liberal with the glue and sealing the ends of the cuffs with CA, has made them virtually like a part of the prop itself. I may have to wait for Sunday or Monday to really wring them out with more test flights, but I think they have a good chance of staying on the airplane at this point. And with all the tests I did for about a year with my own design, I know that they don't negatively impact the airplane's flight characterisitcs, even if one or more pop off in flight. But I think these will stay on the airplane, hopefully. Will report back results next time I fly.

[davegee]

Ye Dave that was it. Sorta like a shot gun blast.. I think their was a place on the side of the cowl general area. To place maybe 4 or 6 cartridges..

Yes, Craig. It got the engine turning over enough to where you could add the fuel and ignition and get the engine started. Pretty common practice, especially on the remote islands where they operated.

I don't know if you have seen the 1965 version of Flight of the Phoenix with Jimmy Stewart or not, but here is a clip of them using the cartridge to try and get the engine started on their rebuilt airplane in the desert. Great action clip!

https://www.google.com/search?q=Flight+of+the+Phoenix+movie+starting+the+engine&oq=Flight+of+the+Phoenix+movie+starting+the+engine&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTEyMzM0ajBqN6gCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:0b7e627d,vid:IACjOvyx5hs,st:0

[Elbee]

davegee

https://www.printables.com/model/618812-flightline-1600mm-corsair-cowl-flap-modification-b/files

Dave,

Download the STL files to "Slice" and go from there.

Could be resized, modded, or redesigned to fit most any radial engine cowling.

Best,, LB

[f4u ausie]

Ye Dave that was it. Sorta like a shot gun blast.. I think their was a place on the side of the cowl general area. To place maybe 4 or 6 cartridges..

[davegee]

Outstanding looking Corsairs, exceptional work guys. The only thing it needs now is the Elbee operating engine cowls. You both have the expertise to do the operating cowls, but if you want to take a quick and cheap shortcut, you can do something like I did (the cheap shortcut King ). Used some .060 polystyrene sheets and made my own engine cowls and inlaid it into the foam. After I finished, my only regret was that I didn't make them big/long enough, but for now, it was sufficient.

Those look good, Hugh. I have thought about doing cowl flaps for my Corsair. Would look better wtih them than the OEM look. I have done functional cowl flaps on two of my larger scale P-47 gassers back in the day that were on the contest circuit. They were very popular and it was nice having control of them with a servo to put them where I wanted during flight or ground operations.I haven't closed the door on that for the Corsair, but might try them on a different fuselage to test it out. Not sure if I'll get around to doing that at this stage of the game, though...

[davegee]

My brother sees me on the squark regularly..
We got talking about the old WW2 movies we used to watch.
.. the subject of shotgun starts came up.. so thought ide ask the team if it was a real thing... Sure it was.. anybody no anything

Hi Craig: If you're talking about using a special cartridge to fire to get the prop turning to start, absolutely they did! I know some earlier models of the Spitfire had them, and the Corsair did, especially in the far-flung reaches of the South Pacific islands. I had a good friend who has since passed, but his dad was a marine Corsiar mechanic in the Solomon Islands during WWII. According to him, they used the cartridge strarts on their land-based Corsairs on a regular basis. Hope that helps if I understood your question.

G'Day!

Davegee

[f4u ausie]

As always my good friend (the early riser. Elb). Came to the party...have not heard of anything about Coffman.. just remember the almost goes then bang it's going.

Reckon it was a black and white we had in mind( movie). As always thanx. Elb. Maybe Ronald Reagan

[Elbee]

My brother sees me on the squark regularly..
We got talking about the old WW2 movies we used to watch.
.. the subject of shotgun starts came up.. so thought ide ask the team if it was a real thing... Sure it was.. anybody no anything

Craig,

What that might refer is 'cartridge' charges used to turn over radial engines.

I googled it and found this: A Coffman Starter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffman_engine_starter

Best, LB

[f4u ausie]

My brother sees me on the squark regularly..
We got talking about the old WW2 movies we used to watch.
.. the subject of shotgun starts came up.. so thought ide ask the team if it was a real thing... Sure it was.. anybody no anything

[Hugh Wiedman]

A few more just 'cause. These were taken by Dave Gee!


Love them!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Outstanding looking Corsairs, exceptional work guys. The only thing it needs now is the Elbee operating engine cowls. You both have the expertise to do the operating cowls, but if you want to take a quick and cheap shortcut, you can do something like I did (the cheap shortcut King ). Used some .060 polystyrene sheets and made my own engine cowls and inlaid it into the foam. After I finished, my only regret was that I didn't make them big/long enough, but for now, it was sufficient.

[jetfool]

Flew my Parkzone Corsair w/e-flite retracts. After a few years of not flying it, it still is a beautiful flying bird. When lowering flaps for landing the left flap foam hinge gave way and snap rolled left into mother earth. It was slow enough not much damage but reminded me that the FL Corsair has plastic hinges and don't think they would fail. Just sayin.

Best Regards, Rex

[Grossman56]

It serves you correctly, I just cropped it a bit to try and match it. Reminds me of how much work went into it, just as all the guys did with theirs as well. Funny how this airplane inspires this modder madness!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)