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05-27-2009, 01:24 PM
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| F4U-Series Corsair Main Gear I'm looking for the mechanical breakdown/operation of the Corsair's main gear 90 degree rotating mechanism. Anyone have any drawing or literature? Thanks. Joe |
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05-27-2009, 01:39 PM
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| Here Sweb how's this? |
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05-28-2009, 03:14 PM
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 | You got that from the Jane's Corsair book, correct?
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05-28-2009, 03:21 PM
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05-28-2009, 06:28 PM
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| I'm thinking the big yellow one with Kepford's bird on the front.  I have many of that series, they're great.
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05-28-2009, 06:34 PM
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| Yep that's the one they're light on hard data but lots of good, visual type information in those books though I guess that's their intent |
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05-28-2009, 06:38 PM
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| Yeah, you're right, they're not for somebody who's looking for data, more of a history and a good sense of what the planes look like. Good for kids like me who read them over and over and over over the years. 
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05-28-2009, 07:41 PM
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| I've got this book, must be 20 years old. It's got about 12 or 14 planes in it. Each plane has 5 or 6 triple foldouts. Maybe it's janes, it's about 4 inches thick & Buried in the basement. One big awesome book. All the illistrations are by a Japanese artist.
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05-28-2009, 07:45 PM
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I didn't realise Jane's had clubbed them all together in one book; if it's the same size as the separates then with the added dimension of 4" thick it must be some book to handle! | |
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05-28-2009, 07:52 PM
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| Just dug it out, It's called The Great Book Of World War 2 Airplanes and thats him. 1984, Man i'm gettin' old. About 21/2 inches thick.
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05-28-2009, 07:55 PM
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Apart from Catch22 that is  Just noticed, you're a noofie, I did a six-week stint in Alberta and got asked three times if I was a noofie by the Calgary folk, except the first time I was asked, I had no idea what he meant. Must be the northern accent... | |
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05-28-2009, 08:13 PM
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| LOL, Yea I'm a Newf, who want's to go to Debden and see the 336th home base. See that dam mound of clay that took away the love of my life.....Shangri-La+
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05-31-2009, 07:28 PM
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06-11-2009, 01:13 AM
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| Hello, Sweb... This post caught my eye, so I thought I'd pass along some info. Go to Odegaard Aviation Inc.. Look in the "Hangar" section. You will find a good picture of the landing gear "knuckle" fitting as well as a short Quicktime video of how it allows the gear to rotate while retracting. Cool stuff.... |
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06-11-2009, 01:32 AM
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Whereabouts in Alberta did you do your stint? And yes, I'm getting old! I'm 18 and feel like an old man, and it just hit me that I graduated High School a year ago, man time flies.
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