Experimental Vought Aircraft

[johnbr]

No info on them.

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[johnbr]

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[GrauGeist]

No info on them.View attachment 358345

Photos one and two:
Vought V-326 - flown in 1943
High altitude test bed for Pratt & Whitney, powered by a Wasp Major

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting shots!

 

[tomo pauk]

Stargazer's pic of te supposed YF-103A is 'photoshopped' pic of a real aircraft. site

 

[GrauGeist]

Yep, quite a few "doctored" images floating around on the 'net.

 

[tomo pauk]

Stargazer's are the best

 

[GrauGeist]

Stargazer's are the best

I must agree...and he does put an explanation of what he did to modify the image, but a person using an image search would miss the accompanying text.

Not too long ago, I saw an image posted on FB showing a B-17 being escorted by a P-51 with the military-looking caption beneath "special mission". The poster also provided some nonsense about it dropping special forces behind German lines and such.

Problem is, it was a modern photo taken by a forum member here and I had modified it to be "retro" (there's a whole thread here devoted to that) and I told the guy to take the photo down and to have all the "shares" removed, too.

 

[johnbr]

Vought VS-326: Cursed Corsair

 

[johnbr]

n 1943 Vought aircraft, makers of the legendary Corsair, were asked to build a test bed aircraft featuring the same engine and straight wings while utilizing a number of common structural elements. The intent was to test the Corsair's mighty R-4360 engine mated with a turbosupercharger (coolest word ever). What do you need for a straight winged Corsair? Long landing gear to accommodate its huge prop. As this was a high altitude test bed it featured a pressurized four place cabin in place of the fighter's single cockpit. The R-4360 was a mainstay of the allied war effort on the Corsair and was used on such aircraft as the B-50, the Martin Mars, the B-36 and the Hughes Hurcules (Spruce Goose). The 71.5L engine made between 3000-3500HP. Turbosupercharging would give it even more power. The V-326 was used by a Pratt and Whitney as a test bed for a couple of different engines after the initial work on the 4360, but there is little published on the web detailing its history.