War Birds

[_AH_z5o]

Heres some pix I thought yall would enjoy.
~S~ Zulu


United States Navy SBD Dauntless
General characteristics

Crew: Two
Length: 33 ft 1¼ in (10.09 m)
Wingspan: 41 ft 6⅜ in (12.66 m)
Height: 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Wing area: 325 ft² (30.19 m²)
Empty weight: 6,404 lb (2,905 kg)
Loaded weight: 9,359 lb (4,245 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 10,700 lb (4,853 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Wright R-1820-60 radial engine, 1,200 hp (895 kW)
Performance

Maximum speed: 255 mph (222 knots, 410 km/h) at 14,000 ft (4,265 m)
Cruise speed: 185 mph (161 knots, 298 km/h)
Range: 1,115 mi (970 nmi, 1,795 km)
Service ceiling: 25,530 ft (7,780 m)
Rate of climb: 1,700 ft/min (8.6 m/s)

Armament


Guns:

2 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) forward-firing Browning M2 machine guns in engine cowling
2 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) flexible-mounted Browning machine gun in rear
Bombs: 2,250 lb (1,020 kg) of bombs

Role Dive bomber
National origin United States
Manufacturer Douglas
Designed by Ed Heinemann
First flight 1 May 1940
Introduced 1940
Retired 1959 (Mexico)
Primary users United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
United States Army Air Forces
Free French Air Force
Produced 1940-1944
Number built 5,936
Developed from Northrop BT



Douglas A24 USAF


SBD-5 Royal Navy


Douglas SBD Production Line 1943


SBD-3 CV-4 Norway 1943

The Best for last,,


SBD-2 Recovered Lake Michigan 1994

[_AH_z5o]

Grumman TBF Avenger


General characteristics
•   Crew: 3
•   Length: 40 ft 11.5 in (12.48 m)
•   Wingspan: 54 ft 2 in [18] (16.51 m)
•   Height: 15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)
•   Wing area: 490.02 ft² (45.52 m²)
•   Empty weight: 10,545 lb (4,783 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 17,893 lb (8,115 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Wright R-2600-20 radial engine, 1,900 hp (1,420 kW)
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 275 mph [19] (442 km/h)
•   Range: 1,000 mi (1,610 km)
•   Service ceiling: 30,100 ft (9,170 m)
•   Rate of climb: 2,060 ft/min (10.5 m/s)
•   Wing loading: 36.5 ft•lbf² (178 kg/m²)
•   Power/mass: 0.0094 hp/lb (0.17 kW/kg)
Armament
•   Guns:
o   1 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) nose-mounted M1919 Browning machine gun(on early models)
o   2 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) wing-mounted M2 Browning machine guns
o   1 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) dorsal-mounted M2 Browning machine gun
o   1 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) ventral-mounted M1919 Browning machine gun
•   Bombs:
o   Up to 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs or
o   1 × 2,000 lb (907 kg) Mark 13 torpedo

Role   Torpedo bomber

Manufacturer   Grumman
General Motors

Designed by   Leroy Grumman

First flight   7 August 1941
Introduced   1942
Retired   1960s
Status   Retired
Primary users   United States Navy
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Number built   9,837


Avenger in the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum


TBF-1 dropping a torpedo.


Grumman TBF Avenger aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10), circa late 1943


TBF-1 Avenger early in 1942. Note the red spot centered in the US national insignia, which was removed just before the Battle of Midway


TBM-3Ds of VT(N)-90 January 1945.

[_AH_Col._Hogan]

Very Nice! Keep'em commin.

S!

[_AH_Archie]

Sweet pics



The formation of TBM's must be AH pilots...so nice and straight

[Foxbat]

S~ I think that SBD they pulled from lake Michigan is being restored at the shop on board U.S.S. Lexington.
They have a couple WWII planes under restoration there.

[_AH_z5o]

REPUBLIC P47 Thunderbolt
"Jug"


Role   Fighter-bomber

Manufacturer   Republic Aviation

Designed by   Alexander de Seversky
Alexander Kartveli

First flight   6 May 1941
Introduction   1942

Retired   1966, Peruvian Air Force

Primary users   United States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force

Number built   15,686
Unit cost   US$85,000 in 1945

Variants   Republic XP-72



General characteristics
•   Crew: 1
•   Length: 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
•   Wingspan: 40 ft 9 in (12.42 m)
•   Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
•   Wing area: 300 ft² (27.87 m²)
•   Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,536 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg)
•   Max takeoff weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 twin-row radial engine, 2,535 hp (1,890 kW)
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 433 mph at 30,000 ft (697 km/h at 9,145 m)
•   Range: 800 mi combat, 1,800 mi ferry (1,290 km / 2,900 km)
•   Service ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m)
•   Rate of climb: 3,120 ft/min (15.9 m/s)
•   Wing loading: 58.3 lb/ft² (284.8 kg/m²)
•   Power/mass: 0.14 hp/lb (238 W/kg)
Armament
•   8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns
•   Up to 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) of bombs
•   10 × 5 in (130 mm) unguided rockets




In-flight view of a prototype of the Republic P-47N Thunderbolt


P-47D-22RE 42-25969
8th AF / 361st FG / 376th FG
flown by Capt. John D.Duncan


P-47B-CU 41-5905
assigned to the 56th FG at Teterboro Airport


USAAF P-47D "Razorback" configuration


Republic P-47D-40-RE in flight firing rockets (S/N 44-90386)


Republic P-47N-5 in three ship formation

~S~
Zulu

[_AH_Gonzo]

I like! Keep the posts coming Z!

[_AH_Moby]

Love these posts Zulu!!!   Ditto per Gonzo!!!!!

~S~!

Mobes.

[_AH_z5o]

F4F Wildcat




Role   Fighter
National origin   United States

Manufacturer   Grumman

First flight   2 September 1937
Introduced   December 1940
Retired   1945
Primary users   United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force

Number built   7,885 [1]
Specifications (F4F-3)
Data from The American Fighter [49]

General characteristics
•   Crew: 1
•   Length: 28 ft 9 in (8.76 m)
•   Wingspan: 38 ft (11.58 m)
•   Height: 11 ft 10 in (3.60 m)
•   Loaded weight: 7,000 lb (3,200 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-76 double-row radial engine, 1,200 hp (900 kW)
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 331 mph (531 km/h)
•   Range: 845 mi (1,360 km)
•   Service ceiling: 39,500 ft (12,000 m)
•   Rate of climb: 2,303 ft/min (11.7 m/s)
Armament
•   Guns: 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns with 450 rounds per gun
•   Bombs: 2 × 100 lb (45 kg) bombs and/or 2 × 58 gal (220 L) drop tanks
General characteristics
•   Crew: 1
•   Length: 28 ft 9 in (8.8 m)
•   Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.6 m)
•   Height: 9 ft 2.5 in (2.8 m)
•   Wing area: 260 ft² (24.2 m²)
•   Empty weight: 5,760 lb (2,610 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 6,630 lb (3,010 kg)
•   Max takeoff weight: 7,950 lb (3,610 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-86 double-row radial engine, 1,200 hp (900 kW)
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 320 mph (290 kn, 515 km/h)
•   Range: 770 mi (670 nmi, 1,240 km)
•   Service ceiling: 39,500 ft (12,000 m)
•   Rate of climb: 1,950 ft/min (9.9 m/s)
•   Wing loading: 25.5 lb/ft² (124.5 kg/m²)
•   Power/mass: 299 w/kg (0.181 hp/lb)
Armament
•   Guns: 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns,



F4F-3 in non-reflective blue-gray over light gray scheme from early 1942


XF4F-3 in 1939


F4F-4s on Guadalcanal, 1942


Grumman F4F-3S "Wildcatfish", a floatplane version of the F4F-3. Edo Aircraft fitted one F4F-3 with twin floats.


Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats on USS Wasp 1942


F4F3 in Guadalcanal Diorama at the Pacific Aviation Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii USA


Grumman Martlet/Wildcat preserved at the Imperial War Museum Duxford

~S~
Zulu

[_AH_Col._Hogan]

Didn't know they made a floaty!

S!

[_AH_z5o]

F6F Hellcat



Role   Fighter aircraft

Manufacturer   Grumman

First flight   26 June 1942
Introduced   1943
Retired   1960 Uruguayan Navy[1]

Primary users   United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
Royal Navy
French Navy

Produced   1942–1945
Number built   12,275
Unit cost   $35,000 in 1945[2]


General characteristics
•   Crew: 1
•   Length: 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
•   Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13.06 m)
•   Height: 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
•   Wing area: 334 ft² (31 m²)
•   Airfoil: NACA 23015.6 mod root; NACA 23009 tip
•   Empty weight: 9,238 lb (4,190 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 12,598 lb (5,714 kg)
•   Max takeoff weight: 15,415 lb (6,990 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10W "Double Wasp" two-row radial engine with a two-speed two-stage supercharger, 2,000 hp (1,491 kW[41])
•   Propellers: 3-blade Hamilton Standard
o   Propeller diameter: 13 ft 1 in (4.0 m)
•   *Fuel capacity: 250 gal (946 L) internal; up to 3 × 150 gal (568 L) external drop tanks
•   Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0211
•   Drag area: 7.05 ft² (0.65 m²)
•   Aspect ratio: 5.5
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 330 kn (380 mph, 610 km/h)
•   Stall speed: 73 kn (84 mph, 135 km/h)
•   Combat radius: 820 nmi (945 mi, 1,520 km)
•   Ferry range: 1,330 nmi (1,530 mi, 2,460 km)
•   Service ceiling: 37,300 ft (11,370 m)
•   Rate of climb: 3,500 ft/min (17.8 m/s)
•   Wing loading: 37.7 lb/ft² (184 kg/m²)
•   Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (260 W/kg)
•   Time-to-altitude: 7.7 min to 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
•   Lift-to-drag ratio: 12.2
•   Takeoff roll: 799 ft (244 m)
Armament
•   Guns:
o   either 6× 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns, with 400 rpg, (All F6F-3, and most F6F-5)
o   or 2 × 20 mm (.79 in) cannons, with 225 rpg
o   and 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns with 400 rpg (F6F-5N only)
•   Rockets:
o   6 × 5 in (127 mm) HVARs or
o   2 × 11¾ in (298 mm) Tiny Tim unguided rockets
•   Bombs: up to 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) full load, including:
o   Bombs or Torpedoes:(Fuselage mounted on centreline rack)
   1 × 2,000 lb (907 kg) bomb or
   1 × Mk.13-3 torpedo;
o   Underwing bombs: (F6F-5 had two additional weapons racks either side of fuselage on wing centre-section)
   2 × 1,000 lb (450 kg) or
   4 × 500 lb (227 kg)
   8 × 250 lb (110 kg)


U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat


Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats in tricolor camouflage, red outline on US insignia indicate picture was taken circa June–September 1943


F6F-3 on the USS Yorktown, May 1943. Non-specular blue-grey over light-grey scheme



Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat on the flight deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10) prior to take off, having its wings extended


F6F-5P of VP-23 crashes on USS Princeton


F6F-3N night fighter with AN/APS-4 radar

~S~
Zulu

[_AH_z5o]

North American Aviation's P51 Mustang





Role   Fighter

National origin   United States

Manufacturer   North American Aviation

First flight   26 October 1940
Introduction   1942
Status   Retired from military service 1984, still in civil use
Primary users   United States Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force, numerous others (see below)
Number built   16,766
Unit cost   US$50,985 in 1945[1] ($616,360 in current value)
Variants   North American A-36
North American Mustang Mk.X
Cavalier Mustang

Developed into   F-82 Twin Mustang
Piper PA-48 Enforcer


General characteristics
•   Crew: 1
•   Length: 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
•   Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
•   Height: 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
•   Wing area: 235 ft² (21.83 m²)
•   Empty weight: 7,635 lb (3,465 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 9,200 lb (4,175 kg)
•   Max takeoff weight: 12,100 lb (5,490 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Packard V-1650-7 liquid-cooled supercharged V-12, 1,490 hp (1,111 kW) at 3,000 rpm;[106] 1,720 hp (1,282 kW) at WEP
•   Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0163
•   Drag area: 3.80 ft² (0.35 m²)
•   Aspect ratio: 5.83
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 437 mph (703 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
•   Cruise speed: 362 mph (580 km/h)
•   Stall speed: 100 mph (160 km/h)
•   Range: 1,650 mi (2,755 km) with external tanks
•   Service ceiling: 41,900 ft (12,800 m)
•   Rate of climb: 3,200 ft/min (16.3 m/s)
•   Wing loading: 39 lb/ft² (192 kg/m²)
•   Power/mass: 0.18 hp/lb (300 W/kg)
•   Lift-to-drag ratio: 14.6
•   Recommended Mach limit 0.8
Armament
•   6× 0.50 caliber (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine guns with 1,880 total rounds (400 rounds for each on the inner pair, and 270 rounds for each of the outer two pair)
•   2× hardpoints for up to 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs
•   10× 5.0 in (127 mm) rockets
P-51H Mustang
General characteristics
•   Crew: 1
•   Length: 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
•   Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
•   Height: 11 ft 1 in (3.38 m)
•   Wing area: 235 ft² (21.83 m²)
•   Empty weight: 7,040 lb (3,195 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 9,500 lb (4,310 kg)
•   Max takeoff weight: 11,500 lb (5,215 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Packard V-1650-9 liquid-cooled supercharged V-12, 1,490 hp (1,111 kW) at 3,000 rpm, 2,220 hp (1,655 kW) at WEP[107]
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 487 mph (784 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
•   Range: 1,160 mi (1,865 km) with external tanks
•   Service ceiling: 41,600 ft (12,700 m)
•   Rate of climb: 3,300 ft/min (16.8 m/s)
•   Wing loading: 40.4 lb/ft² (197.4 kg/m²)
•   Power/mass: 0.23 hp/lb (385 W/kg)
Armament
•   6× 0.50 inch (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine guns with 1,880 total rounds (400 rounds for each on the inner pair, and 270 rounds for each of the outer two pair), or 4 of the same guns with 1,600 total rounds (400 rpg)


The restored P-51C Mustang associated with the Tuskegee Airmen now flown by Red Tail Project as described in Red Tail Reborn


Early P-51 Mustang on a test flight. Note the 20 mm cannon armament


P-51Cs and P-51Ds of 118 Tac/R Squadron, Laohwangping, China, June 1945 (Fred Poats photo)




F-51 Mustang taxis through a puddle in Korea, laden with bombs and rockets


P-51D My Girl at Iwo Jima, where fighters were based to escort B-29s on bombing missions to Japan in 1945

USAF F-51D dropping napalm on a target in North Korea



P-51B in flight showing wing planform


Miss Helen, a P-51D in its wartime markings as flown by Capt. Raymond H. Littge of the 487 FS, 352 FG, on aerial display in 2007. It is the last original 352 FG P-51 known to exist


N3B gunsight with A-1 head assembly (in this case mounted in a PBJ-1H)


P-51 Mustangs of the 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, summer 1944. The aircraft second from the camera has the recently introduced dorsal fin.
~S~
Zulu

[_AH_DarkWolf]

That F-51 is taxiing through the mud with his flaps slightly down, get em TD!!

DW

[_AH_z5o]

Vought F4U-1A



Role   Carrier-capable fighter aircraft

National origin   United States

Manufacturer   Chance Vought

First flight   29 May 1940

Introduction   28 December 1942
Primary users   United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
Royal Navy
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Produced   1940-1952
Number built   12,571
Developed into   F2G "Super" Corsair


General characteristics
•   Crew: 1 pilot
•   Length: 33 ft 4 in (10.1 m)
•   Wingspan: 41 ft 0 in (12.5 m)
•   Height: 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
•   Wing area: 314 ft2 (29.17 m2)
•   Empty weight: 8,982 lb (4,073 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 14,000 lb (6,300 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8W radial engine, 2,250 hp (1,678 kW)
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 425 mph (369 kn, 684 km/h)
•   Range: 1,015 mi (882 nmi (1,633 km))
•   Service ceiling: 36,900 ft (11,200 m)
•   Rate of climb: 3,180 ft/min (16.2 m/s)
Armament
•   Guns: 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns, 400 rpg and 2 × 0.50 in Browning M2 machine guns, 375 rpg
•   Rockets: 4 × 5 in (12.7 cm) High Velocity Aircraft Rockets and/or
•   Bombs: 2,000 pounds (910 kg)

F4U-4
General characteristics
•   Crew: 1 pilot
•   Length: 33 ft 8 in (10.2 m)
•   Wingspan: 41 ft 0 in (12.5 m)
•   Height: 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
•   Empty weight: 9,205 lb (4,174 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 14,669 lb (6,653 kg)
•   Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-18W radial engine, 2,450 hp (1,827 kW)
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 446 mph (388 kn, 718 km/h)
•   Range: 1,005 mi (873 nmi (1,617 km))
•   Service ceiling: 41,500 ft (12,649 m)
•   Rate of climb: 3,870 ft/min (19.7 m/s)
Armament
•   Guns:
o   6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns, 400 rpg or
o   4 × 20 millimetre (0.79 in) AN/M2 cannons
•   Rockets: 8 × 5 in (12.7 cm) high velocity aircraft rockets and/or
•   Bombs: 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg)



F4U-5NL, previously of the Honduran Air Force, at the Geneseo Airshow, with air intercept radar pod on right wing


2,000 hp (1,500 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8 in a Goodyear FG-1 Corsair


XF4U-1 prototype in 1940/41, showing its more forward cockpit location


F4U-4 of VF-1b on board USS Midway, 1947-1948.


F4U Corsair takes a wave-off on approach to the Essex as a second plane enters the groove


F4U-2. The radome on the starboard outer wing is just visible.

[
F4U Cockpit   looky looky, I spelled it right this time.


Corsair fires its rockets at a Japanese stronghold on Okinawa


F4U-4 of VF-1b on board USS Midway, 1947-1948.


Marine F4U Corsair being launched from the Essex for strikes on Iwo Jima
(Photo by Bill Wade, AG-4).

~S~
Zulu

[_AH_Archie]

A very wise man once said  "The Corsair is Big and Blue and...it's Blue."


Again he is proven right.....thanks for posting

Arch

[_AH_z5o]

Lockheed P-38 Lightning




Role   Heavy fighter

Manufacturer   Lockheed

Designed by   Kelly Johnson

First flight   27 January 1939
Introduction   1941
Retired   1965 Honduran Air Force [2]

Primary users   United States Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
Free French Air Force

Produced   1941–45
Number built   10,037[3]

Unit cost   US$ 97,147 in 1944[4]

Variants   Lockheed XP-49
Lockheed XP-58


General characteristics
•   Crew: One
•   Length: 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)
•   Wingspan: 52 ft 0 in (15.85 m)
•   Height: 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
•   Wing area: 327.5 ft² (30.43 m²)
•   Airfoil: NACA 23016 / NACA 4412
•   Empty weight: 12,800 lb[86] (5,800 kg)
•   Loaded weight: 17,500 lb[86] (7,940 kg)
•   Max takeoff weight: 21,600 lb (9,798 kg)
•   Powerplant: 2× Allison V-1710-111/113 V-12 piston engine, 1,725 hp [87] (1,194 kW) each
•   Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0268[86]
•   Drag area: 8.78 ft² (0.82 m²)[86]
•   Aspect ratio: 8.26[86]
Performance
•   Maximum speed: 443 mph (712 km/h) on War Emergency Power: 1,725 hp at 64 inHG and 28,000 ft (8530 m)[88][89]
•   Stall speed: 105 mph (170 km/h)
•   Range: 1,300 mi combat (1,770 km / 3,640 km)
•   Service ceiling: 44,000 ft (13,400 m)
•   Rate of climb: 4,750 ft/min (1,448 m/min) maximum
•   Wing loading: 53.4 lb/ft²[86] (260.9 kg/m²)
•   Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.27 kW/kg)
•   Lift-to-drag ratio: 13.5
Armament
•   1× Hispano M2(C) 20 mm cannon with 150 rounds
•   4× Browning MG53-2 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns with 500 rpg.
•   4× M10 three-tube 4.5 in (112 mm) rocket launchers or:
•   Inner Hardpoints: 2× 2,000 lb (907 kg) bombs or drop tanks; or 2× 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs or drop tanks, plus either 4× 500 lb (227 kg) or 4× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs; or 6× 500 lb (227 kg) or 6× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs
•   Outer Hardpoints: 10× 5 in (127 mm) HVARs (High Velocity Aircraft Rocket); or 2× 500 lb (227 kg) or 2× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs






P-38H-5-LO, AAF Ser. No. 42-66923, of the AAF Tactical Center, Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, carrying two 1,000 lb bombs during capability tests, March 1944


Reconnaissance P-38 with bold black and white invasion stripes participating in the Normandy Campaign


P-38G cockpit


P-38s of the 370th Fighter Group


Col. MacDonald and Al Nelson in the Pacific with MacDonald's P-38J


P-38 at sunset


P-38s of 449th Fighter Squadron, Chengkung, 1945


Pilot and aircraft armorer inspect ammunition for the central 20 mm cannon


P-38J-10-LO, 42-68008, flying over Southern California.

~S~
Zulu

[_AH_Olander]

Is it me or has anyone else noticed that it takes the corsair a MONTH OF SUNDAYS just to reach an appreciable speed?  z5o shows a VERY impressive top end speed.    Yeah, she IS speedy but once you engage and maneuver even slightly, getting that airspeed back takes FOREVER, even when you point the nose down.      

This is very dis concerning when multiple bogies appear close to you all of a sudden.    I think I'm gonna have to reevaluate my bent wing tactics.  Tired of getting chased down by Spits and Gustavs in my 1D, even in a dive.  :unhappy-059: :help2:  TD....gimme 'sumthin  good to work with.   Any ideas?  


And YES,  I do trim.... like a madman.... constantly!   

[_AH_z5o]

Here's a site, or two,  with alittle more info on the F4U Corsair, hope it helps. 
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/F4U.html
http://www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html

[_AH_taldrg]

~S~ Olander: Keep it, if at all possible, a vertical fight with the big blue. None of this round, and round stuff. You dive to a point where you think he will be to take your shot. If, while in your dive, to that point, you have to change your dive direction more that 4 degrees left or right, break off and go back up to altitude, which is money in the bank, and set it up again on your target or pick a new one.
Respectfully:   TD

[_AH_Col._Hogan]

Oooh, I like that TD...

S!

[_AH_z5o]

~S~, So your saying the Corsair is more a zoomer and a boomer. That explanes alot. Good stuff TD. S!

[_AH_Olander]

~S~ Olander: Keep it, if at all possible, a vertical fight with the big blue. None of this round, and round stuff. You dive to a point where you think he will be to take your shot. If, while in your dive, to that point, you have to change your dive direction more that 4 degrees left or right, break off and go back up to altitude, which is money in the bank, and set it up again on your target or pick a new one.
Respectfully:   TD

4 DEGREES !!!???   Well that may explain quite a bit.  I NEVER venture off more than 30 degrees but now it appears that may be a bit too much.  I realize the big blue can turn with the best of them at high speed and I've frequently made those hard turns while at warp speed.  But, that comes with the severe penalty of reduced velocity.   I guess from now on, I'll refrain from those hard, fast turns.  Usually THAT is when the bad guys will run up on me before I can get that good speed back. 

4 degrees..... I'll remember that.  Thanks a million TD. 

NOW, if I can just stay out of those NOOB servers, my blood pressure may decrease a bit.   :thinking-008:

[_AH_taldrg]

~S~ Big "O". You are correct in saying that the big blue has a great turn rate but it cannot 'sustain' that turn rate which means that in order to hold altitude you will have to shallow out your bank angle thus widening your turn radius and letting the enemy saddle up on your 6 quicker. All of that 'turn and burn' stuff is NOT for Big Blue. You 'turn'..yes but, you 'burn' speed. Don't do it.  TD...out.

[_AH_Col._Hogan]

This "TD" guy talks like he has actually flown a real airplane....