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The Navy entered into a letter of intent on 3 March 1941, received Voughts production proposal on 2 April, and awarded Vought a contract for 584 F4U-1 fighters, which were given the name Corsair inherited from the firms late-1920s Vought O2U naval biplane scout which first bore the name on 30 June of the same year. This improvement greatly increased the ability of the Corsair to shoot down enemy aircraft.

The problems clearly meant delays in getting the design into production. The spin recovery standards also had to be relaxed as recovery from the required two-turn spin proved impossible without resorting to an anti-spin chute. In full-power dive tests, speeds of up to 550 miles per hour (890 kmh) were achieved, but not without damage to the control surfaces and access panels and, in one case, an engine failure. The maiden flight proceeded normally until a hurried landing was made when the elevator trim tabs failed because of flutter. The first flight of the XF4U-1 was made on, with Lyman A. When the prototype was completed it had the biggest and most powerful engine, largest propeller, and probably the largest wing on any naval fighter to date. These small bombs would, according to thinking in the 1930s, be dropped on enemy aircraft formations.Īfter mock-up inspection in February 1939, construction of the XF4U-1 powered by an XR-2800-4 prototype of the Pratt Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp twin-row, 18-cylinder radial engine, rated at 1,805 hp (1,346 kW) went ahead quickly, as the very first airframe ever designed from the start to have a Double Wasp engine fitted for flight. Provision had to be made for anti-aircraft bombs to be carried in the wing. The fighter had to carry four guns, or three with increased ammunition. Its 19421953 production run was the longest of any U.S.įor the single-engined fighter the Navy requested the maximum obtainable speed, and a stalling speed not higher than 70 miles per hour (110 kmh).Ī range of 1,000 miles (1,600 km) was specified. Instead, the Corsairs early deployment was to land-based squadrons of the U.S. All trade names, trademarks and manufacturer names are the property of their respective owners.Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II and its naval aviators achieved an 11:1 kill ratio.Įarly problems with carrier landings and logistics led to it being eclipsed as the dominant carrier-based fighter by the Grumman F6F Hellcat, powered by the same Double Wasp engine first flown on the Corsairs first prototype in 1940. Reference herein to any specific commercial products by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, is not meant to imply or suggest any endorsement by, or affiliation with that manufacturer or supplier. The information is for reference only and we do not guarantee the completeness, accuracy or currency of any manuals.

#F4u corsair blueprints pdf manuals

For proprietary reasons we generally only provide civil manuals and blueprints on obsolete Aircrafts / Engines / Helicopter.

#F4u corsair blueprints pdf update

This manuals and blueprints are not meant to be used for current update material for certification / repair, but make an excellent reference for the scholar, collector, modeler or aircraft buffs.

These are either ORIGINAL or COPIES of manuals and blueprints used when these aircraft were in active duty, now transferred into electronic format. This set of drawings are not complete or exhaustiveĭisclaimer: This item is sold for historical and reference Only.

#F4u corsair blueprints pdf pdf

This are collection of F-4U-1 Airframe Assembly Drawings ( Blueprints ) grand Total of 285 engineering drawings sheets in PDF and Tiff Graphic format