Had a very close friend Dr. Mark Wilson (Oklahoma State University DVM) who flew F4U in combat in south Pacific. He is gone but my memories of him and his stories of combat are forever in my mind. Big thanks Mark......
She is still flying and on display in Bentonville, AR. She was in the Field House hanger for about a week for a company holiday party about two weeks ago. She was the center piece. Every day on my afternoon walks I would stop by and just stare at her. She is remarkable and a total piece of art. Hard to believe she is 76 years old. She hasn’t aged at all.
That's good to hear I have seen the super corsair at the Seattle museum be cool if her owner entered her in reno this year give dreadnought a challenge
Sir James, thank you for your email note. The Super Corsair is my favorite fighter aircraft. The control pressures are much lighter than the P-51, et al, and it is the easiest to fly. The aircraft performance is remarkable. Best regards, Larry
AMAZING Aircraft. The Bubble Top really sets it off. That's what a Corsair SHOULD look like. I'm sure there's old Marine and Navy Fighter Pilots that would've appreciated it. I'm pretty sure this is my FAVORITE Airplane of ALL TIME
Beautiful aircraft! It amazes me how those big radials, when they're at idle, sound like they're a hair's breadth away from tossing parts and gallons of oil all over the apron, but at takeoff power they roar with the power of a lion!! 😂
I used to live about a block away from the Bentonville airport, Steuart Walton owns Race 57, a P-51 and a Spitfire....amongst several other aircraft. It was a joy to sit in my yard and watch his impromptu airshows. They sometimes have the aircraft on display at the Field House (a restaurant on airport property), you can walk up and touch part of history.
Hate to correct you, but he owns TWO..... P-51s. And a Phenom 300, and a Cessna Caravan on floats (Lake house on Beaver Lake), and the Game Bird factory, couple bush planes. He flies them all. His brother has a few helicopters too. The life?!?
@@wileywooten279 I've heard stories that his brother bought a Eurocopter (I forget the model) and when it was delivered he sent it back to have it repainted to match the color scheme of his favorite shoes. I've also seen a Bell 47, a Huey, and a carbon cub in his hangars.
@@dalemayer6548 oh man.... I don’t doubt it. They have “stupid” money. I hear that there’s an F7F Tigercat that Steuart is having restored also. I fly for a guy that regularly travels to VBT for business. Great lil airport and always see some cool planes.
28 cylinder P&W 4 rows of 7. Used in Bendix race. Built by Goodyear. It was just not fast enough to produce, was designed t kill Kamakase planes. The regular Corsair was just fine.
I don't care how much publicity the P-51 Mustang gets, to me it never will match the raw aggressive, yet aesthetically beautiful look, even sitting silent on the flight line, like the magnificent Bent-winged Bastard of Chance Vought Aviation! Whether in Naval Blue with USMC markings, or the hypnotically gorgeous red and white of the beautiful Race 57, I absolutely love this aircraft. Long live the F4U and F2G Corsairs of Chance Vought!
@@paulciprus9582 My statement still stands. While, yes the Mustang served mostly in Europe, and the Corsair in the Pacific, the raw power the Corsair shows, even on the ground is amazing to me.
When was that? I bought a Pitts S1 from a dealer at Pittstown in the mid-90’s, don’t remember it being at the airport then. Always been a fan of Corsairs in general, and the R4360. Likely would have remembered if I had seen it.
The beast super Corsair ! 4360 cubic inch Pratt and Whitney the most powerful piston engine ever built 28 cylinder 56 spark plugs and only a few produced when WW2 ended. Designed to hunt and destroy kamikaze pilots at night before reaching our battle groups having night radar. This was in my estimation the meanest machine ever designed by man ! 🤔 Bar none !
The Brits said that to do a go-around in a REGULAR Corsair (R-2800), if you applied full throttle, it could flip the plane on its back. I would think you would REALLY need to respect this beautiful bird! What is the engine...an R-3340? Something like that?
Good morning, Sir Michael. The Super Corsair has the Pratt and Whitney R-4360 engine. The Corsair engine does NOT produce enough torque to roll a properly controlled stock Corsair or Super Corsair during a go- around. Engine torque at maximum power is not sufficient to torque roll the Corsair to the left during a go-around if the pilot does not allow the left wing to stall and maintains heading with the rudder and wings level with the ailerons. The Corsair will not roll out of control to the left without first stalling the left wing. At airspeeds slightly above stalling speed, the Corsair has enough right roll authority to prevent an un-commanded left roll. Furthermore, at airspeeds slightly above stalling speed, with maximum engine power, the Corsair has enough right roll authority to perform a 360-degree right roll even with the flaps and landing gear fully extended. The Corsair has a considerably greater rate of roll to the right (against the torque) than it does to the left in un-stalled, power-on flight. Even though torque is a left rolling force, it is not a dominant rolling force. The propeller blades redirect the relative wind upward ahead of the left wing and downward ahead of the right wing. The redirected relative wind increases the angle of attack over the left wing during powered flight. If the wing is already near the critical angle of attack, the additional angle of attack induced by the propeller slipstream can cause the inboard section of the left wing to stall and allow an un-commanded left roll to ensue. The inboard portion of the wing behind the ascending propeller blades stalls first. When the left wing stalls behind the ascending propeller blades, the un-commanded left roll begins. The angle of attack near the wingtip increases as the un-commanded roll progresses. The increase in angle of attack near the left wingtip results primarily from the induced relative wind opposite to the downward movement of the left wingtip. The rate of roll increases dramatically when the critical angle of attack is exceeded near the left wingtip. An un-commanded left roll can occur if the pilot does not control yaw with the rudder. However, the roll is primarily caused by yaw-roll coupling and stalling the left wing, not torque. Yaw-roll coupling, i.e. nose yaws left and left wing loses some lift, can cause an un-commanded left roll. The pilot must prevent the left yaw of the aircraft with right rudder to prevent an out of control left roll during a go-around. Asymmetric propeller thrust and other propeller factors cause the left yaw, not torque. The left yaw spoils some left wing lift and initiates the un-commanded left roll and the roll can stall the wing. It is extremely important to reduce the angle of attack during a bounce recovery and go-around by lowering the aircraft nose. A reduction in angle of attack to prevent the left wing from stalling and the application of right rudder proportional to the amount of power applied to prevent yaw is essential to provide an acceptable margin of safety. A nose high deck angle during a go-around and failure to maintain heading with the rudder during a go-around are ingredients for disaster. Managing angle of attack, i.e. deck angle and maintaining heading with the rudder during a go-around or bounced landing recovery is crucial. It is much more important than the amount of power applied. The amount of power that can safely be used during a go-around is somewhat proportional to how skillfully the pilot controls angle of attack with the elevator and heading with the rudder. Therefore, judicious use of engine power is recommended, but the pilot should be looking outside and preventing yaw, not looking at the manifold pressure gauge. Best regards, Larry
@@f4u-p51videos8 Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Larry. There's so much hearsay and misconceptions about vintage acf these days, it's refreshing to hear the true facts from those who know. 👍
Good evening, Sir Andrew. I appreciate your interest in the Super Corsair. This first flight and the video were made about seven or eight years ago. I flew the Super Corsair for the collector for about five years before I retired and it was sold. Yes, it is still flying and based in Arkansas. There is one other Super Corsair. It is in the museum at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington and has not been flown for decades.
Simply Fantastically BEAUTIFUL ! If you could please ? What engine are you running in Her , great painting and the Bubble Top fits well with Her lines. Regards FNQ AU
Sir Chris, Race 57 is a stock Super Corsair, F-2G, with the Pratt and Whitney R-4360, 28 cylinder racial engine with about 3,800 horse power. Best regards, Larry
@@f4u-p51videos8 Larry,thank you for replying.For what it is worth I think your Name is highly appropriate! Considering that at the beginning of WWII the V12 of Rolls Royce and others were achieving approximately 1400 HP , and the Napier Sabre the first Compact Aeroplane engine developing 1500 / 2000 HP going on,once the Induction was sorted to develop approximately 4800 HP and.a power to weight ratio of 1.34 much to R R’s delight as they had already copied the Napier ! However apparently the R R copied version only achieved 1500 HP Karma,Justice perhaps ? It must be great to have an “ unstressed “ motor that you know will be super reliable yet achieve power when required ? I fly a WW2 trainer with 450 HP occasionally and theirs plenty of fun to be had ! Our local War Bird Collection and Museum has a Corsair that has been fully restored after rescuing her from a U S Museum we’re they had cut one wing off ,so they could fit it into the Museum never to fly again, wrong see Mareeba War Birds / Airport great job by small crew. Perhaps you have Videos of Engine and Cockpit ? Safe Flying FNQ AU 🇦🇺
Hi there, I was wondering if I could use parts of this video in a top 10 airplane video that im creating? I would be able to give you full credit for the original content. Thanks
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Saturday, 27 July, 2024) WOW! A Goodyear-built FG-4 (F4U-4) Super Corsair Racing Airplane! Could one build an exact replica of this from the Trumpeter 1:32nd-scale kit of the F4U-4 Corsair late-war USN carrier-based fighter kit? I saw-well, here in RUclips, on a laptop with a 39.6 cm [15.6-inch] viewscreen-in Trumpeter’s instructions booklet on painting this very colour scheme, with the paint pattern, the markings, the decals placement, etc.; therefore, I reasonably can infer this as the case. What modifications must one then make to rework that kit to an accurate reproduction of a civilian (that is, completely disarmed and demilitarised) aircraft? Does the Trumpeter kit include any alternate parts to that effect?
That's the 4 row insanity, 28 cylinders? Some mixed success in racing... prolly power to weight, both as a racer and as a fighter was an issue (?) ...but wow (!) what a freaking MACHINE!
This is what separates the USA from the Rest of the world, people willing to race these awesome aircraft at ground level at full throttle and being allowed to do so .freaking amazing..
Thank you for your comment, Sir Basel. The Super Corsair weighs about 9,000 pounds, empty. It is a large fighter, the same dimensions as the F4U. It is much larger than the F8F Bearcat. The Corsair is the easiest fighter that I have flown, even easier than the P-51 Mustang. It displays very little gyroscopic precession. The ailerons and elevator controls are boosted with servo tabs. So, it is much lighter on the controls than the Mustang. I have done two consecutive right aileron rolls with only my thumb on the stick. Best regards, Larry
@@f4u-p51videos8 Thank you for the insight Larry, that's an impressive aeroplane there. Interesting how you mention it's easy handling, I've heard stories about the Corsair having not so nice stalling/spinning habits. Looks resplendent in that scheme, I love illustrating it.
The Super Corsair was restored exactly the way it was painted when it flew in the 1949 Cleveland Air Races. The engine has a 2.77 to one gear reduction so the one white propeller blade is visible when the propeller is turning.
That might be because the Super Corsair is equipped with a 28 cylinder, 3,000HP Pratt and Whitney 4360 engine, as opposed to the original F4U, with the P&W R2800, 18 cylinder and 2,000HP, a very commonly used engine in various WWII aircraft. Imagine hearing eight of them on Howard Hughes' HK-1 flying boat. (Which was not constructed of Spruce)
@@jdj946 That's the actual paint scheme this particular plane wore by far for the longest period of time. The predominant part of its history is being a racer not a fighter.
+ M Former WW2 pilot Cook Cleland bought multiple Corsairs for racing, include four of the F2Gs. Race #57 is one of his birds and is more historic as a race plane. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Cleland
I can't imagine why. It's explained above why the plane is painted like that. It's still beautiful, it still sounds amazing and goes like stink. It is, in short, still interesting.
Had a very close friend Dr. Mark Wilson (Oklahoma State University DVM) who flew F4U in combat in south Pacific. He is gone but my memories of him and his stories of combat are forever in my mind. Big thanks Mark......
A magnificent beast. My hat's off to the crew that keeps it airworthy.
She is still flying and on display in Bentonville, AR. She was in the Field House hanger for about a week for a company holiday party about two weeks ago. She was the center piece. Every day on my afternoon walks I would stop by and just stare at her. She is remarkable and a total piece of art. Hard to believe she is 76 years old. She hasn’t aged at all.
That's good to hear I have seen the super corsair at the Seattle museum be cool if her owner entered her in reno this year give dreadnought a challenge
How you know is a she and not a he?
Very, very cool.
That single white propellor blade adds an interesting effect.
I really like the proper vintage paint scheme.
Sir James, thank you for your email note. The Super Corsair is my favorite fighter aircraft. The control pressures are much lighter than the P-51, et al, and it is the easiest to fly. The aircraft performance is remarkable.
Best regards,
Larry
@@f4u-p51videos8 I'm guessing you don't need any sort of dyno with that white blade and a camera right?
F2G-1 the absolute rarest of the rare, simply stunning. 🙂🇦🇺
Such a beautiful bird. I wish I could be in it's presence when it started.
Presence
The ground literally shudders when she fires up!
the landing made me happy. Not sure why. Thank you for sharing. This pure love for a beautiful bird
AMAZING Aircraft. The Bubble Top really sets it off. That's what a Corsair SHOULD look like. I'm sure there's old Marine and Navy Fighter Pilots that would've appreciated it. I'm pretty sure this is my FAVORITE Airplane of ALL TIME
That is one super-sweet aircraft. A classic, for sure!
Beautiful aircraft! It amazes me how those big radials, when they're at idle, sound like they're a hair's breadth away from tossing parts and gallons of oil all over the apron, but at takeoff power they roar with the power of a lion!! 😂
It is now flying out of Bentonville municipal airport Bentonville AR. owned by member of Walton family Lawrence Classics LLC.
I used to live about a block away from the Bentonville airport, Steuart Walton owns Race 57, a P-51 and a Spitfire....amongst several other aircraft. It was a joy to sit in my yard and watch his impromptu airshows. They sometimes have the aircraft on display at the Field House (a restaurant on airport property), you can walk up and touch part of history.
Hi Dale,
Thank you. Yes, Steuart is a great guy and a very skillful pilot.
Best regards,
Larry
Hate to correct you, but he owns TWO..... P-51s. And a Phenom 300, and a Cessna Caravan on floats (Lake house on Beaver Lake), and the Game Bird factory, couple bush planes. He flies them all. His brother has a few helicopters too. The life?!?
@@wileywooten279 I've heard stories that his brother bought a Eurocopter (I forget the model) and when it was delivered he sent it back to have it repainted to match the color scheme of his favorite shoes.
I've also seen a Bell 47, a Huey, and a carbon cub in his hangars.
@@dalemayer6548 oh man.... I don’t doubt it. They have “stupid” money. I hear that there’s an F7F Tigercat that Steuart is having restored also. I fly for a guy that regularly travels to VBT for business. Great lil airport and always see some cool planes.
@@wileywooten279 if they still have the F7F
The size of that prop is insane. What a beast!
What an awesome looking F2G-1
Sensational camera shots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations & Respect!!!
Great to see the old bird out on it's wings! Both of them.
28 cylinder P&W 4 rows of 7. Used in Bendix race. Built by Goodyear. It was just not fast enough to produce, was designed t kill Kamakase planes. The regular Corsair was just fine.
Careful folks, Dr. says if you experience an erection longer than four hours, call the Dr. Only watch this video for short periods.
I don't care how much publicity the P-51 Mustang gets, to me it never will match the raw aggressive, yet aesthetically beautiful look, even sitting silent on the flight line, like the magnificent Bent-winged Bastard of Chance Vought Aviation! Whether in Naval Blue with USMC markings, or the hypnotically gorgeous red and white of the beautiful Race 57, I absolutely love this aircraft. Long live the F4U and F2G Corsairs of Chance Vought!
Sir Stephen, I agree!
But the P-51 helped win the war with Europe….the Corsair had nothing to do with that theatre of war…it was used in the Pacific theater….😊
@@paulciprus9582 My statement still stands. While, yes the Mustang served mostly in Europe, and the Corsair in the Pacific, the raw power the Corsair shows, even on the ground is amazing to me.
The barrel roll was awesome!
Thank you for sharing this video. WOWSERS!!
That engine is like a moose. You have no idea how big one is until you see it in person.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever!
What a beautiful aircraft!!
프로펠러와 캐노피가 P-51 같은 느낌의 콜세어. 멋져요😮😮😮
I remember that plane sitting in pieces in the open field at Pittstown, NJ for years!
When was that? I bought a Pitts S1 from a dealer at Pittstown in the mid-90’s, don’t remember it being at the airport then. Always been a fan of Corsairs in general, and the R4360. Likely would have remembered if I had seen it.
Absolutely fantastic plane!
That fricken prop! Wow!
Thanks for the upload. Looks awesome.
Amazing airplane. I've only seen the one sleeping in Seattle.
The beast super Corsair ! 4360 cubic inch Pratt and Whitney the most powerful piston engine ever built 28 cylinder 56 spark plugs and only a few produced when WW2 ended. Designed to hunt and destroy kamikaze pilots at night before reaching our battle groups having night radar. This was in my estimation the meanest machine ever designed by man ! 🤔 Bar none !
Larry, the nicest guy you’d ever want to meet! Hi from Mike.....
If I could, .... I Would !
RIP Bob Odegaard...
The Brits said that to do a go-around in a REGULAR Corsair (R-2800), if you applied full throttle, it could flip the plane on its back. I would think you would REALLY need to respect this beautiful bird! What is the engine...an R-3340? Something like that?
Good morning, Sir Michael.
The Super Corsair has the Pratt and Whitney R-4360 engine. The Corsair engine does NOT produce enough torque to roll a properly controlled stock Corsair or Super Corsair during a go- around. Engine torque at maximum power is not sufficient to torque roll the Corsair to the left during a go-around if the pilot does not allow the left wing to stall and maintains heading with the rudder and wings level with the ailerons. The Corsair will not roll out of control to the left without first stalling the left wing. At airspeeds slightly above stalling speed, the Corsair has enough right roll authority to prevent an un-commanded left roll. Furthermore, at airspeeds slightly above stalling speed, with maximum engine power, the Corsair has enough right roll authority to perform a 360-degree right roll even with the flaps and landing gear fully extended. The Corsair has a considerably greater rate of roll to the right (against the torque) than it does to the left in un-stalled, power-on flight. Even though torque is a left rolling force, it is not a dominant rolling force. The propeller blades redirect the relative wind upward ahead of the left wing and downward ahead of the right wing. The redirected relative wind increases the angle of attack over the left wing during powered flight. If the wing is already near the critical angle of attack, the additional angle of attack induced by the propeller slipstream can cause the inboard section of the left wing to stall and allow an un-commanded left roll to ensue. The inboard portion of the wing behind the ascending propeller blades stalls first. When the left wing stalls behind the ascending propeller blades, the un-commanded left roll begins. The angle of attack near the wingtip increases as the un-commanded roll progresses. The increase in angle of attack near the left wingtip results primarily from the induced relative wind opposite to the downward movement of the left wingtip. The rate of roll increases dramatically when the critical angle of attack is exceeded near the left wingtip. An un-commanded left roll can occur if the pilot does not control yaw with the rudder. However, the roll is primarily caused by yaw-roll coupling and stalling the left wing, not torque. Yaw-roll coupling, i.e. nose yaws left and left wing loses some lift, can cause an un-commanded left roll. The pilot must prevent the left yaw of the aircraft with right rudder to prevent an out of control left roll during a go-around. Asymmetric propeller thrust and other propeller factors cause the left yaw, not torque. The left yaw spoils some left wing lift and initiates the un-commanded left roll and the roll can stall the wing. It is extremely important to reduce the angle of attack during a bounce recovery and go-around by lowering the aircraft nose. A reduction in angle of attack to prevent the left wing from stalling and the application of right rudder proportional to the amount of power applied to prevent yaw is essential to provide an acceptable margin of safety. A nose high deck angle during a go-around and failure to maintain heading with the rudder during a go-around are ingredients for disaster. Managing angle of attack, i.e. deck angle and maintaining heading with the rudder during a go-around or bounced landing recovery is crucial. It is much more important than the amount of power applied. The amount of power that can safely be used during a go-around is somewhat proportional to how skillfully the pilot controls angle of attack with the elevator and heading with the rudder. Therefore, judicious use of engine power is recommended, but the pilot should be looking outside and preventing yaw, not looking at the manifold pressure gauge. Best regards, Larry
@@f4u-p51videos8 Thanks Larry! Wow...R4360...a thrill to fly, but probably a little sobering at the pumps! Thanks for sharing.
@@f4u-p51videos8 Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Larry. There's so much hearsay and misconceptions about vintage acf these days, it's refreshing to hear the true facts from those who know. 👍
I’d give anything to fly that magnificent piece of engineering
When was this flight? This year? This is the only remaining example of a super corsair and it would be great to know that it's still flying!
Still airworthy and active.
Good evening, Sir Andrew.
I appreciate your interest in the Super Corsair.
This first flight and the video were made about seven or eight years ago. I flew the Super Corsair for the collector for about five years before I retired and it was sold.
Yes, it is still flying and based in Arkansas. There is one other Super Corsair. It is in the museum at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington and has not been flown for decades.
@@f4u-p51videos8 Sir I wish I could bend your ear for a year or two. So many questions so little time. Thanks so much for posting this!
@soaringtractor It was still flying as of September 9th of this year. facebook.com/DocsFriends/photos/a.159546010878518/1682506431915794
Still flies at VBT
Back in the day you could see “57” parked at Cook Cleland’s airport in Willoughby, Ohio.
Simply Fantastically BEAUTIFUL ! If you could please ? What engine are you running in Her , great painting and the Bubble Top fits well with Her lines. Regards FNQ AU
Sir Chris, Race 57 is a stock Super Corsair, F-2G, with the Pratt and Whitney R-4360, 28 cylinder racial engine with about 3,800 horse power.
Best regards,
Larry
@@f4u-p51videos8 Larry,thank you for replying.For what it is worth I think your Name is highly appropriate! Considering that at the beginning of WWII the V12 of Rolls Royce and others were achieving approximately 1400 HP , and the Napier Sabre the first Compact Aeroplane engine developing 1500 / 2000 HP going on,once the Induction was sorted to develop approximately 4800 HP and.a power to weight ratio of 1.34 much to R R’s delight as they had already copied the Napier ! However apparently the R R copied version only achieved 1500 HP Karma,Justice perhaps ? It must be great to have an “ unstressed “ motor that you know will be super reliable yet achieve power when required ? I fly a WW2 trainer with 450 HP occasionally and theirs plenty of fun to be had ! Our local War Bird Collection and Museum has a Corsair that has been fully restored after rescuing her from a U S Museum we’re they had cut one wing off ,so they could fit it into the Museum never to fly again, wrong see Mareeba War Birds / Airport great job by small crew. Perhaps you have Videos of Engine and Cockpit ? Safe Flying FNQ AU 🇦🇺
Wow - 36 cylinders of Pratt & Whitney radial engine.
It’s 28 cylinders, 4 rows of 7 cylinders, if it had 36 cylinders it would have 4 rows of 9 cylinders.
@@johnnylott9700 Thanks for the correction. Yes, I was thinking 4 rows of 9 erroneously.
Hi there, I was wondering if I could use parts of this video in a top 10 airplane video that im creating? I would be able to give you full credit for the original content. Thanks
Hello Maxx McCrae. I have no objections to you using parts of this video as you described.
Best regards,
Larry Perkins, Pilot
@@f4u-p51videos8 ruclips.net/video/Kea2bKXIkwA/видео.html
Was this Corsair previously owned by the late Bob Odegaard of Kindred ND?
Yes, Sir.
what airport is this?
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Saturday, 27 July, 2024)
WOW! A Goodyear-built FG-4 (F4U-4) Super Corsair Racing Airplane!
Could one build an exact replica of this from the Trumpeter 1:32nd-scale kit of the F4U-4 Corsair late-war USN carrier-based fighter kit? I saw-well, here in RUclips, on a laptop with a 39.6 cm [15.6-inch] viewscreen-in Trumpeter’s instructions booklet on painting this very colour scheme, with the paint pattern, the markings, the decals placement, etc.; therefore, I reasonably can infer this as the case. What modifications must one then make to rework that kit to an accurate reproduction of a civilian (that is, completely disarmed and demilitarised) aircraft? Does the Trumpeter kit include any alternate parts to that effect?
Saw this plane in Cleveland a number of years ago at the air show....😀
Me too…😊
Wow what a beautiful aircraft
Awesome bird
Keep buying at your local Walmart. It’ll stay airworthy.
Only 10 built not many left be careful. I wish Bob never crashed his for his sake and the plane. 😩
Lovely
And here it is now in warthunder
That's the 4 row insanity, 28 cylinders?
Some mixed success in racing... prolly power to weight,
both as a racer and as a fighter was an issue (?)
...but wow (!) what a freaking MACHINE!
This is what separates the USA from the Rest of the world, people willing to race these awesome aircraft at ground level at full throttle and being allowed to do so .freaking amazing..
Too bad he had to try low altitude acrobatics and wreck the blue one 😪
Watched this plane fly over the house twice a couple days ago, beautiful plane
John Woodall I now maintain this airplane. It’s a beast.
Brandon Nolker I bet it is
You do not deserve to comment if you would not tongue punch a swimming croc toot box to fly this!
It just seems so large compared to other contemporary warbirds- what is it like to fly?
Thank you for your comment, Sir Basel.
The Super Corsair weighs about 9,000 pounds, empty. It is a large fighter, the same dimensions as the F4U. It is much larger than the F8F Bearcat.
The Corsair is the easiest fighter that I have flown, even easier than the P-51 Mustang. It displays very little gyroscopic precession. The ailerons and elevator controls are boosted with servo tabs. So, it is much lighter on the controls than the Mustang. I have done two consecutive right aileron rolls with only my thumb on the stick.
Best regards,
Larry
@@f4u-p51videos8 Thank you for the insight Larry, that's an impressive aeroplane there. Interesting how you mention it's easy handling, I've heard stories about the Corsair having not so nice stalling/spinning habits. Looks resplendent in that scheme, I love illustrating it.
Fast rolly boi
Very nice!!
The paint is killing me. That plane should only ever be painted in blues, whites and grays.
There is a reason it’s paint like this
How awesome is that! Also why is one prop blade white?
The Super Corsair was restored exactly the way it was painted when it flew in the 1949 Cleveland Air Races. The engine has a 2.77 to one gear reduction so the one white propeller blade is visible when the propeller is turning.
@@f4u-p51videos8 Thanks. She is beautiful!
Now in war thunder haha
Look up Robert Odegaard he restored this plane.
Wow!
Badass.
SIERRA HOTEL!!
StreamLining Form!
One flew near my house today was very loud
That might be because the Super Corsair is equipped with a 28 cylinder, 3,000HP Pratt and Whitney 4360 engine, as opposed to the original F4U, with the P&W R2800, 18 cylinder and 2,000HP, a very commonly used engine in various WWII aircraft. Imagine hearing eight of them on Howard Hughes' HK-1 flying boat. (Which was not constructed of Spruce)
me and the boys flying this in war thunder
The color scheme is hideous, but OMG the sound
+@poervids The color is more historic than the F2G. This plane was one of Cook Cleland's post-war race planes.
The bird itself is a beautiful Corsair! I see absolutely no reason to have this worthless ugly stupid color scheme on a fighter plane.
It's a Super Corsair. It never saw military service but did have a significant air racing career.
@Anthony Martin You’re too stupid for fucking words. I’m surprised you have the brain power to even come up with that. Best of luck in the future
@@jdj946 That's the actual paint scheme this particular plane wore by far for the longest period of time. The predominant part of its history is being a racer not a fighter.
@@jdj946 In my experience stupid people are usually the first to start insulting people during an argument. Best of luck in the future.
what a shameful butchery of a classic warbird
+ LitMonika It has been a race plane as #57 since the late 1940s when it was sold surplus. It has more history in race form.
That color scheme completely kills any interest in this plane. Why?
+ M Former WW2 pilot Cook Cleland bought multiple Corsairs for racing, include four of the F2Gs. Race #57 is one of his birds and is more historic as a race plane. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Cleland
I can't imagine why. It's explained above why the plane is painted like that. It's still beautiful, it still sounds amazing and goes like stink. It is, in short, still interesting.
If I had a choice in this matter - I would without doubt pick this machine. Watch and listen to this what I would label ( The Beast ) 👀
This is the top dog, the meanest, the badest, piston warbird on planet earth. In my opinion ! 🤔