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| View Poll Results: Which of the following did you like | |||
| F4U |     | 189 | 45.32% |
| F4F3 |    | 20 | 4.80% |
| F4F4 |    | 23 | 5.52% |
| F6F5 |    | 63 | 15.11% |
| Dautless |    | 33 | 7.91% |
| Avenger |    | 28 | 6.71% |
| Other | | 61 | 14.63% |
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10-17-2005, 02:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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 | Favorite US Naval (carrier) bird Which one did you like the most? Post your reasons with the vote. If you say "other" tell which one, and why.
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10-17-2005, 02:13 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| I picked the Corsair. Besides it performance being excellent in most catagories, it looked cool!
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10-17-2005, 02:14 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| F4U and SBD
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10-17-2005, 02:43 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | F4U Corsair.
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10-17-2005, 03:45 PM
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| I like the F4F3 and the Dautless. I like the F4F3, because the lighter armament and non-folding wings gave it a better top speed and a better turn rate (/radius). As for the Dautless, it was a great bomber, and SHOULD have been given a more powerful engine from the get-go, so it cold feasibly run away from fighters when it was in a shallow dive.
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10-17-2005, 04:02 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England
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| F6F...Like the F4F but kicks more ass  |
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10-17-2005, 04:17 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2005
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| I chose the F4U as it had the best peformance capability. Thanks to the British the Americans could opperate it effectively off carriers. |
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10-17-2005, 04:41 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boise, Idaho
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| I'd choose the F4U as well, it had the performance and time in service. wmaxt |
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10-17-2005, 04:45 PM
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| Quote:
Prior to that, it was called the "Ensign Eliminator" for a reason.
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10-17-2005, 05:14 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boise, Idaho
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It was always called the "Ensign Eliminator" and many other names, you could tourque roll the plane at low speeds and quick throttle movements making it a dangerous plane to land for the uninitiated. wmaxt | |
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10-17-2005, 05:53 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| I've read it could be a bitch on take-off too, for the same reasons. A few marines found that out the hard way when they first launched from a carrier. But once the plane's quirks were figured out, they did pretty well with it. I chose the Corsair as my favourite for the same reasons syscom did.  |
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10-17-2005, 05:55 PM
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| Because the loud raw of the Corsairs engine turns you on? Oh wait ...that's my reason. Yes ...yes ...my choice is the Corsair.
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10-17-2005, 06:06 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Corsair all the way.... The Hellcat is a close second....
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10-17-2005, 06:10 PM
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| I picked the hellcat. It was the most important fighter in the pacific theater. Simple, robust, able to take lots of battle damage.
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10-17-2005, 06:13 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| While I still love the Hellcat, the F4U was the best.
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