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11-21-2007, 02:01 PM
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I am stealing this question from one of our members who expressed his opinion to me but here is a hypothetical question: In 1940, in the US, the Roosevelt administration decrees that all future development and production of fighters shall cease except for one fighter and that all development and production will focus on that one design for the duration of the impending war. Which fighter aircraft should it be? | 
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11-21-2007, 02:19 PM
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Country:  | seeing how one fighter will have to be a Naval bird also that leaves the Vought Corsair as the one and only choice
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11-21-2007, 02:22 PM
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Country: | I would have to agree with leadfoot... The Corsair really is the only choice when dealing with the naval requirement...
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11-21-2007, 02:39 PM
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11-21-2007, 02:50 PM
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| I'm not sure the Corsair was being though of as a carrier based plane in 1940. I don't think the first production dash one even flew until 1941, or was in 1942, either.
In 1940, it would have been too speculative to place all of one's eggs in a design that was not tried and true. In 1940, I say Spitfire. You would have seen development into longer range and carrier variants.
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11-21-2007, 03:15 PM
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11-21-2007, 03:19 PM
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Country: | Corsair... It's landing probs could have been worked out earlier if it were that necessary.
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11-21-2007, 03:28 PM
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Country: | Since it narrows the field too much, if I may, lets do away with the ship board requirement. | |
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11-21-2007, 03:32 PM
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11-21-2007, 05:00 PM
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Country:  | If there is a shipboard requirement I go with the Corsair.
If there is no shipboard requirement I go with the P-51.
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11-21-2007, 05:01 PM
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11-21-2007, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet  If there is a shipboard requirement I go with the Corsair.
If there is no shipboard requirement I go with the P-51. | Me too.
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11-21-2007, 05:04 PM
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Country: | and the 51 also and it barely makes the list with that date requirement now if the 51 had never shown up I go for the Belle of Niagara the P63
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11-21-2007, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by renrich I am stealing this question from one of our members who expressed his opinion to me but here is a hypothetical question: In 1940, in the US, the Roosevelt administration decrees that all future development and production of fighters shall cease except for one fighter and that all development and production will focus on that one design for the duration of the impending war. Which fighter aircraft should it be? | It would be the Corsair for me. Particularly in context of a single airframe/engine base of development. If all our egges ahd been put in that basket the resulting F4U should have been a very effective long range escort fighter by late 1942, in ops in Pacific as carrier fighter, at Guadalcanal, in China, in North Africa as air superiority *** Jabo fighter and capable of derivatives to go higher and faster as required to Approach P-51 and P-47 speen at altitude. | |
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11-21-2007, 09:39 PM
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Country: | With the Naval requirement, I'd pick the Corsair.
Without a Naval requirement, I'd pick the P-47. More versatile and rugged than the P-51.
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