And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In March 1944, Pratt & Whitney requested an F4U-1 Corsair from Vought Aircraft for evaluation of their new P&W R-4360, Wasp Major 4-row 28-cylinder "corncob" radial engine.
The F2G-1 and F2G-2 were significantly different aircraft.
F2G-1 featured a manual folding wing and 14 ft (4.3 m) propeller, while the F2G-2 had hydraulic operated folding wings, 13 ft (4.0 m) propeller, and carrier arresting hook for carrier use.
There were five pre-production XF2G-1s: BuNo 14691, 14692, 14693 (Race 94), 14694 (Race 18), and 14695.
There were ten production F2Gs: Five F2G-1s BuNo 88454 (Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington), 88455, 88456, 88457 (Race 84), and 88458 (Race 57) and five F2G-2s BuNo 88459, 88460, 88461, 88462, and 88463 (Race 74).
Five F2Gs were sold as surplus and went on to racing success after the war (indicated by the "Race" number after the BuNo), winning the Thompson trophy races in 1947 and 1949.
The only surviving F2G-1s are BuNos 88454 and 88458 (Race 57).
The only surviving F2G-2 was BuNo 88463 (Race 74).
It was destroyed in a crash September 2012 after having a full restoration completed in July 2011.
Robert Odegaard restored and was killed in the crash of 88463. Reason is not known, he was only at 1k feet practicing when something happened and didn't have time to do anything before impact.
It weighs almost 1,000lbs (depending on variant) more than the R2800. They must have installed ballast in the rear fuselage to keep the center of gravity within limits. I'll bet the pilots are cautious when applying the brakes to keep it from nosing over. Al_in_Ottawa
Those P&W Wasp's were an astounding manufacturing effort.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it weighs about the same as the rest of the plane from the wings back. Just guessing.
ReplyDeleteThe mechanics get all the nilla wafers they can eat for maintaining that beast!
ReplyDeleteThat engine is NOT original equipment.
ReplyDeleteI was wrong. They put the 4-row, corn-cob engine is a few after March of 44
DeleteQuadruple Wasp LOL
ReplyDeletePratt & Whitney R-4360 which weights around 3,700 pounds and puts out 4,300 horsepower.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like a lot of weight for the horsepower it generates. I'll need an aviation guy to explain how efficient that setup is.
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Had nothing to do with efficiency. It was all about power and speed. Kansas Kid above is correct--
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The photo is Race 57--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-1JZnyqfCs
I'm not sure I qualify as an "aviation guy". Just another Keyboard Komando who likes airplanes.
Hah! Ghostsniper beat me to it by five minutes.
Deleterht447, you mean been there,done that, know it all spookshooter? ANON.
DeleteIn March 1944, Pratt & Whitney requested an F4U-1 Corsair from Vought Aircraft for evaluation of their new P&W R-4360, Wasp Major 4-row 28-cylinder "corncob" radial engine.
ReplyDeleteThe F2G-1 and F2G-2 were significantly different aircraft.
F2G-1 featured a manual folding wing and 14 ft (4.3 m) propeller, while the F2G-2 had hydraulic operated folding wings, 13 ft (4.0 m) propeller, and carrier arresting hook for carrier use.
There were five pre-production XF2G-1s: BuNo 14691, 14692, 14693 (Race 94), 14694 (Race 18), and 14695.
There were ten production F2Gs: Five F2G-1s BuNo 88454 (Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington), 88455, 88456, 88457 (Race 84), and 88458 (Race 57) and five F2G-2s BuNo 88459, 88460, 88461, 88462, and 88463 (Race 74).
Five F2Gs were sold as surplus and went on to racing success after the war (indicated by the "Race" number after the BuNo), winning the Thompson trophy races in 1947 and 1949.
The only surviving F2G-1s are BuNos 88454 and 88458 (Race 57).
The only surviving F2G-2 was BuNo 88463 (Race 74).
It was destroyed in a crash September 2012 after having a full restoration completed in July 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair
Robert Odegaard restored and was killed in the crash of 88463. Reason is not known, he was only at 1k feet practicing when something happened and didn't have time to do anything before impact.
DeletePratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
ReplyDeleteEngines weighed 3,482–3,870 lb (1,579–1,755 kg), giving a power-to-weight ratio of 1.11 hp/lb (1.82 kW/kg).
It weighs almost 1,000lbs (depending on variant) more than the R2800. They must have installed ballast in the rear fuselage to keep the center of gravity within limits. I'll bet the pilots are cautious when applying the brakes to keep it from nosing over.
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I would like to see the weight and balance graph for that thing.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few electrically operable cutaways of that engine in air museums.
ReplyDeleteA study in internal combustion complexity.
The torque steering, significant on a regular Corsair, must be terrifying on that baby.
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