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04-24-2005, 09:31 AM
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#391 | | Master of Ewes
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04-24-2005, 09:37 AM
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#392 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | The FAA at the time really didn't have a lot of choice. They were hurting for modern fighter aircraft, and the Corsair was available to them in quantity. Some of what they did was simple tricks that worked. Things like wiring shut some of the upper cowling flaps, to prevent oil from splashing onto the windscreen. They developed a unique landing approach, in order to deal with the poor visibility on landing.
In short, they made it work because at the time it was really all they had. They produced some good aces with it too. 
Btw lanc, the wing-tip was trimmed in order to fit it into the RN carrier hangar decks. The head space was less than that of US carriers. | |
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04-24-2005, 09:41 AM
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#393 | | Master of Ewes
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04-24-2005, 09:42 AM
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#394 | | He who does not skim
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04-24-2005, 09:55 AM
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#395 | | Master of Ewes
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sorry skim, i love you really
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04-24-2005, 09:57 AM
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#396 | | He who does not skim
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04-24-2005, 10:07 AM
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On the topic of which is the best Naval fighter can I go for the Shiden which wasn't used on a carrier but was originally a floatplane and was considered to be the best Jap Naval fighter. It had a significant advantage over the Hellcat and probably the Corsair.
As for the crab approach for the Corsair devised by the Royal Navy, it probably helped that it had always been the standard approach used on the Seafire.
PS this is the first forum of this type that I have joined as the standard of the debates by all concerned is very impressive. | |
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04-24-2005, 10:12 AM
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#398 | | Master of Ewes
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04-24-2005, 11:21 AM
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#399 | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass hey we also cut part of the wingtip off......... | Yep - cause the Brit carriers were too small for WWII aircraft! | |
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04-24-2005, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Glider Sorry folks but I am new to this site so be patient.
On the topic of which is the best Naval fighter can I go for the Shiden which wasn't used on a carrier but was originally a floatplane and was considered to be the best Jap Naval fighter. It had a significant advantage over the Hellcat and probably the Corsair.
As for the crab approach for the Corsair devised by the Royal Navy, it probably helped that it had always been the standard approach used on the Seafire.
PS this is the first forum of this type that I have joined as the standard of the debates by all concerned is very impressive. | The Shiden was competative with the Hellcat, which was designed specifically to beat the Zero, as long as the fight was below about 20K. Above 20k the Shiden (George) was in real trouble. However, it was not competitive with the F4U-1d and was no match for the -4. It simply was not fast enough.
We had a Japanese-American member of the FA community who said his uncle, a Zero and then Shiden pilot, used to prey every night before a mission that they would not run into Corsairs.
BTW: read what Sabaru Sakai has to say about the Shiden.
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04-24-2005, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Glider PS this is the first forum of this type that I have joined as the standard of the debates by all concerned is very impressive. | You obviously haven't seen me trying to debate anything Gilder I'm a complete plank I still think a B29 is some kind of tax return form. 
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04-24-2005, 02:23 PM
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#402 | | Master of Ewes
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04-24-2005, 04:07 PM
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