Build a better Sea Hurricane 1938

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No. In Italy a USN F4U jock took off with wings folded and realised it and came around, may have landed, as I can't remember the end of the flight. The amazing thing was, how could he not have noticed the wings overhead. General thought was, too much "night before".
 
Your fold proposal reminds me of the later Seafires. Any chance your Sea Hurricane can have hydraulic folding wings?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_2xd8zoFaM
 
Most probably what I remember. The time,1960, sounds right. However, the F4U with wings folded, reminds one of the Custer Channel wings.
 
It would, true. I wonder why they bothered with the Seafire.

As an aside, I found this folding setup interesting.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7AwbuNB3Q
Powered folding was only introduced early on in the Seafire 47 production run with its revised, stronger wing and much more power post WW2.

For the Mk.III weight additions from folding wing was bad enough without adding power folding. 15 & 17 simply carried over the Mk.III wing with minimum alteration.
 
Either a sea story that developed a life of it's own, or a typo ... hit a 4 when it should have been an 8.

I'll gladly eat my words (not the first time) if anyone is able to present good documentation ... not from a fictional article.

I know of at least three instances of F8U take offs with folded wings, all with reasonably successful landings. Photos exist of at least two, and Granpa Pettibone had a factual account in the official, vetted Naval Aviation News.

Finally, in the late '50s, surplus TBF/Ms were often used as fire fighting water bombers in SoCal, highly modified and stripped, removing all but front cockpit for simplicity and weight. I saw the aftermath of one at Hemet where the guy tried to take off in the gloom with the wings folded ... some what behind him, but not that far. It gained speed, torqued up on one wheel, and swerved into a rolling, aluminum destroying wreck. The immediately unemployed pilot survived.
 
Those F4Us folded wings would create a LOT of downforce. It would never get off the deck.
 
Question for our AP Mechanics, how did the control wires keep tension when wings were folded and unfolded?
This is how the F4U Corsair transferred aileron movement across the wing fold. (Red rectangle in top photo added to highlight)



We were rather lucky that as we were wandering past, some guy was wiggling the stick.
Photos taken at Oshkosh last week.
 
Obvious when you see it. The motion across the hinge line is transferred by linkages, and not wire rope. Thank you for sharing the photos! ( I design Satellites, not air craft)
 
There was also a Grumman Tracker there, it had two controls that crossed the joint. I assume that one was for aileron, but I have no idea what the second one would be for.


Edit: Maybe slats?
 

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