F4U Corser, 1:4 scale,enlarge from Jerry Bates plans
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The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.
Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A.
The Corsair was designed and principally operated as a carrier-based aircraft, and entered service in large numbers with the U.S. Navy and Marines in World War II. It quickly became one of the most capable carrier-based fighter-bombers of the war.
Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter, and U.S. naval aviators' claims suggested an 11:1 kill ratio.
The Corsair served almost exclusively as a fighter-bomber throughout the Korean War and during the French colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria. In addition to its use by the U.S. and British, the Corsair was also used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, French Naval Aviation, and other air forces until the 1960s.
From the prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured in 16 separate models. Its 1942–1953 production run was the longest of any U.S. piston-engine fighter.
My plan is to build a couple of 1:4 scale models, the first is the F4F Wildcat, and now I'm working on the F4U Corser. I'm still using the plans from Jerry Bates, but since he has a 1:5.5 scale model, I decided to scale it up.
I got 1:5.5 scale drawings in vector format from Jerry.
Phil Clark of Fighteraces, UK, will make the cowl and canopy.
I ordered the electric landing gear mechanisms from JP retracts, while the landing gear legs and tail wheel mechanism will be made in the same workshop here where we did the landing gear for the F4F Wildcat.
Description 1:4 scale:
Wingspan: 3125 mm / 123”
Length: 2565 mm / 100”,
Weight: around 25 kg / 55 lbs.
Power: DLE 170 ccm
Cowl - Fighteraces
Canopy - Fighteraces
Retracts - JPHobby & Mirce models (electric)
Wooden kit - "Mirce models" cut the wooden kit from Jerry Bates plans.
The plans for USA are available from Jerry Bates Plans, or Fighteraces (Europe).
The wing is in three parts, the central part with the landing gear, with two outer panels.
One-piece fuselage with removable horizontal stabilizer.
There are landing gear on the middle part of the wing, which makes handling around and transport much easier.
Since I wrote about the making of the model, with all the pictures and comments, on my Facebook page, in order not to do the same job twice, here are the links that lead directly there.
As the works progress, I will add new links...
Introduction:
Wing central part:
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