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

[Elbee]

f4u ausie Aros

Amen, Brother(s).

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

For those who need to know.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[f4u ausie]

That pink chromate looks awesome in the wheel wells grossman

[Grossman56]

Thanks, I was going for authenticity and this is pretty unique. We actually used some 'pink' zinc chromate on our DC3, couldn't figure out why it was this color, now we know.

[chabd]

That's a great period video taken in 1945. By that time the landing sequence for getting aboard the boat in one piece had been pioneered by the Brits before and additions like the stall strip on the right wing helped both wings to stall at the same time (instead of its nasty tendency to stall the left wing first and a deadly torque roll off the fantail of the ship), just before they touched the deck for a safe "trap." I believe they got the airplanes down to an approach speed of about 80 knots with full flaps, did a continuing 180 degree turn to the deck from a left downwind leg, and kept the LSO (Landing Signals Officer) in sight all the way to the deck. It was very tricky, but you can see when done properly, it was possible to get this aircraft on the deck somewhat safely, although there were a lot of crackups in late WWII and Korea.

Brits devised this method of approach for Seafires in '42, I think. Another first is we were the first to use the Corsairs on carriers. The Seafire, though a good fighter, could not really take carriers ops as the undercarrige wasn't robust enough and it didn't really have the endurance, so we used the Corsairs, Hellcats and Avengers. All good aircraft.