Recent content by gabbys

Me-262. Improve engine life and output. First flight was on 18 April 1941 using a Jumo-210G piston engine with 530 kW (710 HP) and a two-bladed prop because the engine development was slow. focus on engine development and get the plane into opperation by 42. Own the skies by end of 43.

Nice video of the thrust vectoring at the end. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7759393659372482987

See my post here http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/about3233.html some mostly other aircraft compared to F4U, great overall content. ..

Couple more Excellent site here http://www.enginehistory.org/engines.htm scroll to the bottom and download "No Short Days: The Struggle to Develop the R-2800 "Double Wasp" Crankshaft by Kimble D. McCutcheon" Bunch of different engines...

Like stated earlier, the swastika was a very old symbol, twisted by the nazi's. Here is a US Army Boeing P-12 with one.

I agree with you 100%

I'll try to dig it up, but here is a good write up on the p-47N Climb at 20K is 2550, still below the U-4. http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p47_13.html

the chart i posted on page 8 has the P-47D climb rate up to 30K. the F4U-4 still maintains a higher climb rate. Even the F4U-1 and F6F-5 maintained a very slightly better climb rate up through 30K.

That table is a little hard to read, I think that what you are looking at is RPM. BHP at sea level using WEP was 2450 The advantage of the P-47 Turbocharger was the ability to maintain BHP from sea level to its ceiling.

From: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/markw4/MSWF4UDATA.pdf -4 top speed about 446 max rate of climb (WEP) about 4500.

From http://users.skynet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin/faq/can_mil.txt From another board http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php...a7a0ee9c70c7b7e

thanks

This was posted on another forum as a mystery plane. any idea what it is?

I'll take a FM-2 Here is a good article on the "Wilder Wildcat" http://rwebs.net/dispatch/output.asp?ArticleID=22 Some more good reading http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/f4f.html

Download the F4U comparative analysis pdf it is excellent has tables comparing the F4U to the top USAAF aircraft of the day. The attached table is out of the report and shows the F4U-4's superior speed and climb at lower levels when compared to the P-47, F4U-1D, and F6F-5...