Corsair porn! I talked to an F4U4 pilot who flew during Korea. He told me that during his first carrier landing that he had everything thing down: his landing gear, his tailhook, his flaps, HIS RECTUM...
He also told me that the worse damge he suffered was bullet holes in the tail. The North Koreans and Chinese troops shooting at him didn't lead him well or at all.
After watching several of these training videos of WW-II era aircraft, I've noticed one huge commonality ; The mindfulness of engine systems management : Fuel, boost pumps, mixture, cowl flaps, oil temperature, cyl head temps, position of supercharger, etc, etc.... That's a lot to pay attention to. One wonders how they managed to even have time for navigation or their main purpose: Air combat. Whew!
I recently did an interview with Lt. Coloel Bill Holloman Tuskeege Airmen, and he kept saying he didnt remember any of that stuff once engaged in combat.
It was throttle and guns, everything else could wait!
@TJDOZIER1 gotcha I tend to take things a little too literal I guess.. thing is theres alot less levers in a mustang cuz they dont have that many hydraulics to deal with. no winger movers or anything. and I think the intercooler is constantly a flow through on those, could be wrong. difference between a radial and a v12
@TJDOZIER1@helipassion It's not that hard to remember.. all this stuff comes instinctive, besides, you're not ground starting your engine in a dogfight are you?
@helipassion The only immediate controls you keep in view during combat is the throttle, flaps (deployed 5-10 degrees for better turning), the guns and all the maneuver tricks.
My uncle flew for Pappy in the Black Sheep squadron and I remember as a kid him telling my dad how much he loved that plane.The only thing he didn't like was that he got malaria and was grounded for a while.These planes got a bad rep for some reason like being hard to land and not very manuverable.Thats bull,ask any Japanese pilot and he'll tell you just how manuverable it really was.It wasn't called "whispering death" for the fun of it.
so what happens if the engine cuts out in mid flight, is the pilot supposed to climb out on the wing and insert a starter cartridge and turn his propeller a few times by hand? I never knew it was rediculously complicated just to turn the thing on, jesus.
@weversonman The later Corsairs also had electric starters operated by a switch in the cockpit. This is a very early version of the Corsair which may not have had the electric one. Turning the prop by hand was only done when starting the engine cold.
@weversonman If the engine quit in flight with the mag switches on, the mixture at the proper setting for the altitude, and nothing amiss with fuel flow, the ignition switch probably wouldn't restart it anyway.
...sorry i cant see perfectly how the cosair has problems in maneuvers, and since none of us have any experience flying the plane its silly to presume to be experts . And the project a fake? lol, i dont know what that means but I doubt fake planes have an 11 to 1 kill ratio.
If you like WWII combat sims one thing you're probably not aware of is that in a real WWII fighter plane it took a lot of levers to control the engine and the prop.
Soviet planes were the most primitive: in the La-5 fighter rapid acceleration required pushing 6 separate levers. The ultra-modern FW-190 had most of the functions automated because it had an engine control unit that was basically an analog computer. You could fly the FW-190 quite well just by operating the throttle.
We dont use the 'shotgun' charge anymore. We use a bendix, and we pull the blades through six times now, as its easy to get a hydraulic oil lock in a jug if you dont. By the time you are done pulling those blades, you are wringing with sweat! But great fun!
Your info is a bit limited, the original Corsair design which was made to British forces requirements was unsuited for American carier based operations. Once the cockpit was moved forward, some modifications to the wings, and the turning approach to landing was incorporated, the Corsair reigned supreme. The Corsair became one of the preferred carrier based fighter aircraft of the Pacific Theater.
There was only a way to landing a F-4U, making a very long curve behind of carrier.British dicovery that.Americans lost many many pilots at the landing!!
In second video you can see perfectly that F4U has problems with maneuvers, it is heavy and not so fast in roll.
The speak say, watch:That it must GET OUT with its supreme power when find a very maneuver fighter!!!
The engine R2800 was superb, but the project a fake!
OK, if thats your opinion, it is what it is. I have met 2 Medal of Honor holders who both got their MOH in the Corsair, plus a number of other Corsair aces and pilots, who all said it was a magnificent machine. I know a few people who fly the Corsair today and they all love that old bent wing bird.
This Bird was easy to land if you knew what you were doing. Was designed to be a navy plane. The best fighter of all the WWII birds. Even the p-51 pilots that got a chance to fly one agreed.
I met an 85 year old guy here in the UK recently who trained to fly Harvards in Texas in 1943 onwards as part of the Fleet Air Arm. I am wondering if you have any videos from this era???
I have a numbe rof videos from the 1940's posted here on my youtube page as well as on my own site. My site address is at the end of my videos and in the video descriptions. I'll post more soon.
Heh. They never mention ANY of this stuff on the TV show "Black Sheep Squadron."
panhead1219 2 weeks ago
Corsair porn! I talked to an F4U4 pilot who flew during Korea. He told me that during his first carrier landing that he had everything thing down: his landing gear, his tailhook, his flaps, HIS RECTUM...
He also told me that the worse damge he suffered was bullet holes in the tail. The North Koreans and Chinese troops shooting at him didn't lead him well or at all.
TheJamesEndsor 2 weeks ago
This thing - like an old race car would kill you in a second if you weren't careful. Watch the propellor; the tourque is to the left.
vonzeke 1 month ago
After watching several of these training videos of WW-II era aircraft, I've noticed one huge commonality ; The mindfulness of engine systems management : Fuel, boost pumps, mixture, cowl flaps, oil temperature, cyl head temps, position of supercharger, etc, etc.... That's a lot to pay attention to. One wonders how they managed to even have time for navigation or their main purpose: Air combat. Whew!
rickey5353 4 months ago 2
very interesting, thanks for posting.
Spanduer90 5 months ago
This all sounds like rocket science.
jospi2 5 months ago
Todays pilots couldnt fly this plane.
Yesterdays pilots wouldnt want to fly todays planes.
Just a thought.
tomcrissy 5 months ago in playlist tomcrissy's Favorited Videos
Forget air combat medals. Anyone who can remember all these instructions deserves a medal just putting this plane in the air.
ptakja1 6 months ago 2
@ptakja1
good comment
ricviewz1 4 months ago
Long Live VMF 214!!!!!
cfredflyu 8 months ago
Long live Gregory "Pappy" Boyington!
God Speed...
cfredflyu 8 months ago
Those men had balls didn't they
skully2you2 10 months ago
Huh, I have no idea what could happen if he didn`t mention the oil temperature in he last seconds...
venyusz01 1 year ago
I keep flooding the engine on mine.
fannybaba 1 year ago
ok, so I gotta remember all this, AND dogfight my enemy? Sheesh!
helipassion 1 year ago
@helipassion
I recently did an interview with Lt. Coloel Bill Holloman Tuskeege Airmen, and he kept saying he didnt remember any of that stuff once engaged in combat.
It was throttle and guns, everything else could wait!
TJDOZIER1 1 year ago 2
@TJDOZIER1 funny part is they never flew corsairs. TA flew P40s then brand new P51Ds when they moved up to fighter escort
jaratt85 4 months ago
@jaratt85
Col. Holloman flew the P-51.
I have posted his interview in a P-51 on our Planes of Fame channel here on YT.
The comment referred to remembering operating procedures while engaged in combat.
TJDOZIER1 4 months ago
@TJDOZIER1 gotcha I tend to take things a little too literal I guess.. thing is theres alot less levers in a mustang cuz they dont have that many hydraulics to deal with. no winger movers or anything. and I think the intercooler is constantly a flow through on those, could be wrong. difference between a radial and a v12
jaratt85 4 months ago
@jaratt85
The TA also flew the P-39 and the P-47.
I would have to go and look in our Corsair to remember the difference in controls.
damn it, I was just with our Corsair and one of our P-51's at an airshow we performed at earlier today.
TJDOZIER1 4 months ago
@TJDOZIER1 @helipassion It's not that hard to remember.. all this stuff comes instinctive, besides, you're not ground starting your engine in a dogfight are you?
fable2omg 2 months ago
@helipassion The only immediate controls you keep in view during combat is the throttle, flaps (deployed 5-10 degrees for better turning), the guns and all the maneuver tricks.
AndrewChan84 1 month ago
Great video, Could you upload this film on torrent or rapidshare ?
MrRadjevic 1 year ago
@MrRadjevic
You can download my videos right here on Youtube.
Just use the share button, highlight the code and paste it to something like keepvid and you can save it in a number of formats, all for free.
TJDOZIER1 1 year ago
A W E S O M E....thanks for this!
TheSobe30 1 year ago
It would be great if a kit company would make a smaller version of Corsair.
zmansporscheboxster 1 year ago
My uncle flew for Pappy in the Black Sheep squadron and I remember as a kid him telling my dad how much he loved that plane.The only thing he didn't like was that he got malaria and was grounded for a while.These planes got a bad rep for some reason like being hard to land and not very manuverable.Thats bull,ask any Japanese pilot and he'll tell you just how manuverable it really was.It wasn't called "whispering death" for the fun of it.
groovy67 1 year ago
so what happens if the engine cuts out in mid flight, is the pilot supposed to climb out on the wing and insert a starter cartridge and turn his propeller a few times by hand? I never knew it was rediculously complicated just to turn the thing on, jesus.
weversonman 1 year ago
@weversonman The later Corsairs also had electric starters operated by a switch in the cockpit. This is a very early version of the Corsair which may not have had the electric one. Turning the prop by hand was only done when starting the engine cold.
galoon 1 year ago
@weversonman If the engine quit in flight with the mag switches on, the mixture at the proper setting for the altitude, and nothing amiss with fuel flow, the ignition switch probably wouldn't restart it anyway.
galoon 1 year ago
Man great video!!! Now I can fly a Corsair... Well, O.k. Maybe I can dream of flying a Corsair...
PA28140 1 year ago
...sorry i cant see perfectly how the cosair has problems in maneuvers, and since none of us have any experience flying the plane its silly to presume to be experts . And the project a fake? lol, i dont know what that means but I doubt fake planes have an 11 to 1 kill ratio.
dwb345 1 year ago
What a beautiful machine!
NorthernDancer1111 1 year ago
If you like WWII combat sims one thing you're probably not aware of is that in a real WWII fighter plane it took a lot of levers to control the engine and the prop.
Soviet planes were the most primitive: in the La-5 fighter rapid acceleration required pushing 6 separate levers. The ultra-modern FW-190 had most of the functions automated because it had an engine control unit that was basically an analog computer. You could fly the FW-190 quite well just by operating the throttle.
monsterzeroJr 1 year ago
R.I.P. Ed McMahon, Corsair Pilot Instructor and combat pilot.
DEP717 1 year ago
@DEP717 Really?! I had no idea. too cool.:)
liljgoneman 6 months ago
We dont use the 'shotgun' charge anymore. We use a bendix, and we pull the blades through six times now, as its easy to get a hydraulic oil lock in a jug if you dont. By the time you are done pulling those blades, you are wringing with sweat! But great fun!
MrRadiantSynergy 1 year ago
this plane won the pacific war
Rico8458 1 year ago
@Rico8458 The Hellcat got 70% of the kills in the Pacific.
Cowcharge 1 year ago
@Cowcharge yeah but it sucks, If it tries to fight a F-16 it would just be rediculous, like mike tyson fighting a child
weversonman 1 year ago
Fantastic document ! Aviation lovers appreciated !
carlasecret14 2 years ago
why to boost limmits on hard clime? will the oil stay in the motor?
silverbird58 2 years ago
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This aircrafter was a fake when landing on aircrafter carrier!A catastrophe!!!A fiasco, sorry!
zimmermann10 2 years ago
Your info is a bit limited, the original Corsair design which was made to British forces requirements was unsuited for American carier based operations. Once the cockpit was moved forward, some modifications to the wings, and the turning approach to landing was incorporated, the Corsair reigned supreme. The Corsair became one of the preferred carrier based fighter aircraft of the Pacific Theater.
TJDOZIER1 2 years ago
There was only a way to landing a F-4U, making a very long curve behind of carrier.British dicovery that.Americans lost many many pilots at the landing!!
In second video you can see perfectly that F4U has problems with maneuvers, it is heavy and not so fast in roll.
The speak say, watch:That it must GET OUT with its supreme power when find a very maneuver fighter!!!
The engine R2800 was superb, but the project a fake!
zimmermann10 2 years ago
OK, if thats your opinion, it is what it is. I have met 2 Medal of Honor holders who both got their MOH in the Corsair, plus a number of other Corsair aces and pilots, who all said it was a magnificent machine. I know a few people who fly the Corsair today and they all love that old bent wing bird.
TJDOZIER1 2 years ago 2
I did not create this informantions.I listened from a Dyscovery`s documentary!
zimmermann10 2 years ago
@TJDOZIER1 What is the purpose of the cowl flaps? Thanks for posting this stuff!!!
grumpypant 1 year ago
This Bird was easy to land if you knew what you were doing. Was designed to be a navy plane. The best fighter of all the WWII birds. Even the p-51 pilots that got a chance to fly one agreed.
BLS1313666 2 years ago
@BLS1313666 Hellcat, all the way.
Cowcharge 1 year ago
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aliceisc0nfused 2 years ago
Any for the P-51?
OneSkiWonder 2 years ago
My next one will be the training film for the P-40, I am hunting down the P-51 training films. I'll post them if and when I get them for you.
TJDOZIER1 2 years ago
I dont have that one on hand but I'll try to find it for you. I will be posting the one for the P-40 soon, watch for it.
TJDOZIER1 3 years ago
I met an 85 year old guy here in the UK recently who trained to fly Harvards in Texas in 1943 onwards as part of the Fleet Air Arm. I am wondering if you have any videos from this era???
updougdown 2 years ago
I have a numbe rof videos from the 1940's posted here on my youtube page as well as on my own site. My site address is at the end of my videos and in the video descriptions. I'll post more soon.
TJDOZIER1 2 years ago
Also check out my video called at-6/snj texan flight for a video on one of the flights I took in the "Harvard".
TJDOZIER1 2 years ago