On starting, why do old airplane engines go from cranking, to running, then seem to die out, down to minimum rpm, then start running again? Is this the pilot switching between ignition boxes or something?
Depending on the engine type, it could manually primed and need more fuel. Throttle and mixture settings are changed from starting to run. Oil pressure and magneto checking comes later when it's running.
As the test pilot for this plane, he pushed the engine to the limit and it caught on fire. He bailed and the plane crashed. Changes were made and this plane made the grade. Wonderful planes. Scary too. :)
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 was a fantastic engine, powering the Corsair, Hellcat, and Thunderbolt. I consider it a worthy rival to the Rolls Royce Merlin for the honor of best piston-driven aircraft engine. The 2800 was an air-cooled radial, so it could take a hit better than the Merlin. The Merlin however, had better fuel economy. Take your pick!
When my father was at bougainville in 43, his division had taken the island and then, "pappy" and his gang showed up, and my father said they were a bunch of boozers!...lol. My father was the only marine i think who did not drink..
@TheCottonTop 18 cylinders & 2800 cu. in. The 2800 Double Wasp is (was) in my humble opinion, the best all around radial ever produced by anybody. Installed in over 30 different airframes, there were at least 47 variants of this classic produced with horsepower figures all over the place.
The pilot sat so far back that in the landing attitude I'm sure all he could see was the side of the runway. I flew a '41 Stearman for several years and it's the same way..when you raise the nose, the only reference you have is the side of the strip.
You must be lucky having the right to live in the USA. My brother Markus Bott was tortured by the german BND, the former GESTAPO during five and a half years. He was assassinated on july, 11th 2009. Just because of our homepage linked on my channel.
"Canada's last VC recipient flew a Corsair - sunk a Japanese Destroyer by himself. Hampton Grey, VC"
The restored Corsair that Hampton Grey flew (Royal Canadian Air Force for the RAF) was in Trenton, Ontario, Canada during the Centennial Airshow Weekend, July 2009. I got up close and hands-on to the aircraft and can say it was truly a "beautiful" restoration. When they fired it, a spitfire and a P51D for a fly past it was truly music to my ears.
"Canada's last VC recipient flew a Corsair - sunk a Japanese Destroyer by himself. Hampton Grey, VC"
The restored Corsair that Hampton Grey flew (Royal Canadian Air Force for the RAF) was in Trenton, Ontario, Canada during the Centennial Airshow Weekend, July 2009. I got up close and hands-on to the aircraft and can say it was truly a "beautiful" restoration. When they fired it, a spitfire and a P51D for a fly past it was truly music to my ears.
Is that electric start or cartridge starter? I thought most WWII planes had Coffman starters, but it seems like all the ones you see at the airshows had electric starters.
@doomizz i agree this one looks a little strange on camera, but i promise you the originals are some of the toughest looking fighter planes in history
Yes! In fact, in all Theatres! It was Fleet Air Arm that figured out that you couldn't approach straight-on to land on carriers with Corsairs. Canada's last VC recipient flew a Corsair - sunk a Japanese Destroyer by himself. Hampton Grey, VC.
This IS a beautiful restoration!! Another creation by Tri-State in Wahpeton. This is Gerry Beck's aircraft-it now sits in the Fargo Air Museum, Fargo North Dakota.
Actually, it's a 2804 cubic inch (46 liter) Double Wasp air-cooled radial engine developing 1850 hp with a 3 blade prop measuring 13ft 4 in, in diameter just to set the record straight.
This particular model has a four blade prop. A later version I believe, but not sure about that. But if you look before he starts you can see the four blades.
Gorgeous airplane. And to think its beauty was purely co-incidental to the design requirements of an oversized prop to be up off the deck and still have the plane to have short strong tough landing gear. And if they'd had pushed the pilot any further back, he'd have been more of a tail-gunner pointed the other way. Beautiful airplane that makes God's music when it runs.
Nice Vid! I've been that close before and there is certainly NOTHING Like being there in person. =:)
Now to comment on supermankic below: Ya might wanna recheck your World history,,,,,Wright Bros Where NOT the first to create the airplane......Here were the names of some contenders: Clement Ader,,Samuel Pierpont Langley,, Alberto Santos-Dumont,, only an 'Offical Claim' went to WB's....
@WhitepwrItalian1 i disagree the big wasp radial engine was a beast it could take a beating from enemy fire and still get the pilot home safely where as if the p51 took one well placed bullet in the coolant system then it was down and out
@WhitepwrItalian1 oh in that case im not sure the fastest variant of the corsair the f4u-4 corsair flew at a top speed of 450 mph and had a k/d ratio of 11:1 i think the fastest p51 flew at about 440mph and the corsair could out climb the mustang at around 800fpm. now the armament of the corsair was 6 50. cal browning m2 machine guns six 5 inch rockets and 2 thousand pound bombs. Now we all now when it comes to survivng battle damage the corsair takes the cake. overall the corsair is better
@WhitepwrItalian1 now an aircraft that could perform at all those levels of altitude was he f4u-4 corsair look in the long run they were both excellent fighters designed to fight in the different theaters of operations. im sure you and me could go back and forth for a long time bringing up facts on our favorite planes i will say both fighters were great and performed and im glad to meet a fellow ww2 enthusiast who is capable of holding a conversation
@WhitepwrItalian1 I agree with you. BUT,the Marines did as much for/with this plane as anyone. Marine pilots scored more air victories than anyone else with this particular aircraft. "Boyingtons' Black Sheep" (The VMF-214). The old man scored 26 kills. He tied the record for American Aces in this awesome aircraft.
actually 2000 HP -- tell your daddy to take you to an airshow so you can hear one in person. bet your opinion will change - unfortunately, probably not your mouth though.
speaking of chode sucking - i would say you put your foot in your mouth here, but
okay, radial engines take priming, that means letting the engine turn over w/o the mags on for about 8-12 blades. then the mags are turned on and it fires, sometimes right away, sometimes not, but respect the engine. that monster's putting out 1000+ HP, and would blow the freakin' doors offa' your tricycle you little kid.
good bird. saved more lives than many others. the usa would have lost against japan another as much as all over europe so a bomb ended the war luckily in time.
i see these birds as beautiful technology not so much as war machines.
Whoa, dude do not bring MJ into Military Technology. I agree life is short, but don't mention a singer/king of pop in a Military video. That guy is a peace maker except to the people who think he was a pedophile.
Hey man, there are a lot of stuff the history books don't say.
"The Wright brothers created the first airplane and it was quickly turned into a war machine. To this day it is now a mode of Transportation." Nothing else.
This airplane sits in Fargo, ND at the air museum... right beside a real Zero. All you speculators can go there and sit between them and make engine and gun sounds. see you there.
As I understand it, a radial engine will have oil pool in its lower cylinders when it sits. Rotating the engine until you've seen 10 blades go over the top pumps the oil clear of the cylinders into the exhaust so when the engine fires you have relatively clear combustion chambers. Too much oil in the cylinder would make the compression too high and possibly damage the cylinder. I do seem to see more smoke from the bottom exhausts...
Yep,. Oil pools in the lower cylinders and since oil is not very compressible it would be very bad to start with the oil down there. The traditional way of handling this is to have the line guy pull the prop through. However, this F4U has a modern starter so the pilot uses that. In the old days the starters were very different, either using an energizer/mech starter or an explosive charge.
Just like with your Yak-3/F8F Bearcat matchup, you think dogfights are won simply by turning radius. Sorry, wrong. The kind of power the Corsair has (2,450hp, even MORE than the Bearcat) would allow the Corsair to completely write the rules in the fight. A Yak can outturn a Corsair, I'm sure, but it can't keep up. Turning fights don't mean crap when you don't have the energy to keep and gain altitude on a heavily armed and armored opponent. Besides, did you forget we were allies back then?
The ONLY way the Yak beats the early model Corsairs in climb rate is because of its wooden construction. The Yaks fully loaded weight is only 5,864 pounds, whereas the F4U-1 is 9,205 pounds empty and 14,000 pounds fully loaded.
To me, that says something about the power of the Corsair's radial engine when it can haul an aircraft two to nearly three times the Yaks weight around, and manage to carry a full combat load on top of it.
We're comparing Ladas to Chevrolets, here. DOES NOT COMPUTE.
Maybe someone know how F4U defeats any japanese plane? Because F4U was bad maneuverable,fast and good armed and the japanese fighters were bad armored,bad armed,slow but maneuverable as good as feather. Thats a mistery to me, how F4U defeats japys?
You do it head on. You use your better armor and guns and light 'em up while they're headed right for you. If a Zero turns away or gets behind you you, you use your better power to climb away and start over. You always play to YOUR strengths, not theirs.
zeros were old school and past their prime when the cosair came into service, i would love to know if the cosair ever went up against the ki-84 Hayate , they were a superior aircaft compared to the mustang. But lack of pilots, fuel, quality of manufacture and numbers made the difference.
And that lack of planes and pilots was because of planes like the Corsair. Since we're talking "what if?", I think the Bearcat would've torn the Ki-84 a new one.
you could do this for ever with new aircraft that were close to flying at wars end. To be honest i would have loved to see how devestating the de Havilland hornet would have been if had been ready before 1945.
Yeah, Ki-84 was amazing. It is amazing to think of how things would have been if the Japanese had the US's Land/Resources. I think we would have been screwed!
At the Abbotsford Air Show some years ago, the warbird flypast had two inline-powered planes (Spitfire + something I forget) followed by the smooth "zoom" of the trailing radial-engined Corsair. You should have heard the "OOOoooh!" from the crowd when it flew over! I'll take that over a Merlin any day!
I've known men who flew these in WWII, I actively sought them out when I was younger. They talked a lot about this feature and how it saved their lives, repeatedly. Anyway, Hendo and Chuck are right, the original reason for the "gull wing" was for a lower landing gear struts point because of the larger prop, but gave it about 30% more wing surface. The Japanese planes were faster & lighter. Until the Corsair came into wide use in 1942, the Zeros were really walloping the Allied planes.
true Zeros had great performance and manueverability but their achilles heel was that they had zero pilot protection which meant even one lucky hit could kill the pilot
It was adecuate at the beginning of the war but rapid progression meant it wasn't by the late stages of the war. Furthermore Japan was short on precious metal for the ammo and thus armed their fighters poorly, to save bullets.
Ladies and Gentlemen... sound quality... my ASS! The fact that it has been recorded is beautiful... it is all beautiful... the sound and the sight are worth everything
it's nice to listen to the sound of that particular corsair 310...if my research isn't wrong, this was formerly a Honduran Air Force PLane (FAH 610) from the
Honduran-El Salvador war....the soccer war.
Please let me know where this plane is, I would like to see it flying again
The tail wheel /hook dictated the need for the bent wings, and the heavier bent wings and all around heavier specifications needed for a tougher plane capable of the stresses of landing on carrier decks, dictated the need for the large propeller & 2000+ hp engine.
Close. It's all to do with the plane's dimensions and the big propeller. the width of the wing had to accommodate the landing gear strut, which had to fold backward, not along the wing. That gave that strut a limited length. How to get that strut to the ground and still have the propeller clear the ground? Bend the wing down so that it's closer. Overall, you are correct. Beauty, isn't she?
The bent wings, according to all accounts I've read, are because they needed a point to put the landing gear strut, as Chuck said. The Corsair carried the largest propellor ever used in WW II (including the Thunderbolt's). To clear that and have a strong strut, they bent the wing. Other design changes over the prototype included moving the cabin back farther and raising the seat 6 inches to improve visibility (which was poor over that long nose).
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baotmarina 3 weeks ago
whistling death.....
drumsyeah 3 weeks ago
the first hot rods.
1965cyclone39 1 month ago
potato potato poato poato potato potato potato
cydonianman 1 month ago
sounds like my harley
cydonianman 1 month ago
@cydonianman More like 18 of your Harley's.
Avatar230594 3 weeks ago
Great Plane
fx585666 1 month ago
i wish they had an F4U-1 w/ the original shotgun starters. be nice to hear one of them start up
HelluvaBadShot 2 months ago
Awesome!
Army4Runner 2 months ago
this is not a rich man"s sport,is a part of our legacy as americans!!
airandaa 5 months ago
@19APOLITIK41 A million minimum. : /
Spikedog35 5 months ago
BUILD MORE!!!!!!!!
plaugedyeti 6 months ago 3
On starting, why do old airplane engines go from cranking, to running, then seem to die out, down to minimum rpm, then start running again? Is this the pilot switching between ignition boxes or something?
MikeSVOR 6 months ago
@MikeSVOR
Depending on the engine type, it could manually primed and need more fuel. Throttle and mixture settings are changed from starting to run. Oil pressure and magneto checking comes later when it's running.
FiveCentsPlease 6 months ago
14 people are zero pilots who wished they hadn't seen the corsair
Rammkommando 6 months ago 17
@Rammkommando You mean they wish the HAD seen the Corsair :-)
jamiegottagunATyahoo 2 months ago
Sweet
777SevenLucky 7 months ago
something wrong with the sound in this video......it aint right at all
emoore1978 7 months ago
As the test pilot for this plane, he pushed the engine to the limit and it caught on fire. He bailed and the plane crashed. Changes were made and this plane made the grade. Wonderful planes. Scary too. :)
Maianview 8 months ago
My uncle was the test pilot for this plane.
Maianview 8 months ago
Fucking beast.
Rick1885 10 months ago
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 was a fantastic engine, powering the Corsair, Hellcat, and Thunderbolt. I consider it a worthy rival to the Rolls Royce Merlin for the honor of best piston-driven aircraft engine. The 2800 was an air-cooled radial, so it could take a hit better than the Merlin. The Merlin however, had better fuel economy. Take your pick!
usafvet100 11 months ago
my favourite WW2 airplane......
Maze160 11 months ago
When my father was at bougainville in 43, his division had taken the island and then, "pappy" and his gang showed up, and my father said they were a bunch of boozers!...lol. My father was the only marine i think who did not drink..
barmtrail 1 year ago
@barmtrail That's great. Much love to your dad. Quit riding on his coat tails. When you gonna do something?
jamesdewer 8 months ago
@jamesdewer What does that mean? Coat tails...when am i going to do something? What are you saying?
barmtrail 7 months ago
Is the engine super charged or turbo charged?
Masternater1000 1 year ago
@Masternater1000 I would guess neither unless it's a refitted engine.
CA477544 1 year ago
I'd have those flaps up before taxyiing! Bet the paint gets damaged by flying stones....
SuperAviatar 1 year ago
Those flaps are huge!! why so big?
barmtrail 1 year ago
@barmtrail Carrier based aircraft. Bigger flaps, higher lift, lower stall speed. Originaly designed for only 70 mph.
And because of the higher lift, take of from a short runway was easier too.
TerminatorFRA 1 year ago
Jeez that's cool. P/W R-2800 ftw!
anpmech 1 year ago
Great aircraft....but notoriously difficult to fly. The Kiwis used alot of these in the Pacific during WW2
Aussiephil99 1 year ago
Oh that's what that button does.
jb42682 1 year ago
those flaps are huge!@
popsnacks2 1 year ago
almost sounds like my 1971 dodge charger when i fire it off. sweet plane
jgmopar 1 year ago
Wait, how are you going to taxi a cold Corsair???
mystinger72 1 year ago
Hose nose.
kolbpilot 1 year ago
28 cylinders R-4360. What a ruckus!
TheCottonTop 1 year ago
@TheCottonTop 18 cylinders & 2800 cu. in. The 2800 Double Wasp is (was) in my humble opinion, the best all around radial ever produced by anybody. Installed in over 30 different airframes, there were at least 47 variants of this classic produced with horsepower figures all over the place.
kolbpilot 1 year ago
i love the corsair
bradman5505 1 year ago
The pilot sat so far back that in the landing attitude I'm sure all he could see was the side of the runway. I flew a '41 Stearman for several years and it's the same way..when you raise the nose, the only reference you have is the side of the strip.
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago
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I just thank God that I will never HAVE to fly one!
WHAT...I would give it a go in a minute...Love that sound.....just imagine an 18 cylinder Harley.....
snoman003 1 year ago
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I just thank God that I will never HAVE to fly one!
WHAT...I would give it a go in a minute...Love that sound.....just imagine an 18 cylinder Harley.....
snoman003 1 year ago
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I just thank God that I will never HAVE to fly one!
WHAT...I would give it a go in a minute...Love that sound.....just imagine an 18 cylinder Harley.....
snoman003 1 year ago
they dont start too easy do they
prsobotka 1 year ago
THat just gives me goosebumps:)
medhist2006 1 year ago
You must be lucky having the right to live in the USA. My brother Markus Bott was tortured by the german BND, the former GESTAPO during five and a half years. He was assassinated on july, 11th 2009. Just because of our homepage linked on my channel.
Martin Bott
MartinBottD75334 1 year ago
I just thank God that I will never HAVE to fly one!
tim22ism 1 year ago
Just got a model of this plane, the FAA version. :D
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"Canada's last VC recipient flew a Corsair - sunk a Japanese Destroyer by himself. Hampton Grey, VC"
The restored Corsair that Hampton Grey flew (Royal Canadian Air Force for the RAF) was in Trenton, Ontario, Canada during the Centennial Airshow Weekend, July 2009. I got up close and hands-on to the aircraft and can say it was truly a "beautiful" restoration. When they fired it, a spitfire and a P51D for a fly past it was truly music to my ears.
snoman003 1 year ago
"Canada's last VC recipient flew a Corsair - sunk a Japanese Destroyer by himself. Hampton Grey, VC"
The restored Corsair that Hampton Grey flew (Royal Canadian Air Force for the RAF) was in Trenton, Ontario, Canada during the Centennial Airshow Weekend, July 2009. I got up close and hands-on to the aircraft and can say it was truly a "beautiful" restoration. When they fired it, a spitfire and a P51D for a fly past it was truly music to my ears.
snoman003 1 year ago
Is that electric start or cartridge starter? I thought most WWII planes had Coffman starters, but it seems like all the ones you see at the airshows had electric starters.
justforever96 1 year ago
If I had the money to buy one. I would in a SEC!! This isa true beautifull war bird.
jimmydcap 2 years ago
do you know what color blue they used for this one
topfireman 2 years ago
That is a sweet bird.
klcflyer 2 years ago
Thank you for that. I love that sound!
Bill
Pirate88179 2 years ago
no warm up?
blueflame53 2 years ago
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lol i dont know shit about planes but this looks like a farm tractor with wings :P
doomizz 2 years ago
@doomizz i agree this one looks a little strange on camera, but i promise you the originals are some of the toughest looking fighter planes in history
devastateurface 2 years ago
The vietnamese called the corsair whistling death. Most people arent scared of tractors.
forknuts 2 years ago
they had the corsair jet in Vietnam, are you thinking of the douglas skyraider?.
23vin850 1 year ago
Although the United States retired the F4U (and its variants) after the Korean War, it remained in service with other countries for many years.
The last combat missions flown by the Corsair were during the 1969 El Salvador-Honduras Football War.
105PorterHouse 1 year ago
Hey! The Brits could use you!
lander4545 2 years ago
Brits did fly the Corsair.
jimmydcap 2 years ago
Yes! In fact, in all Theatres! It was Fleet Air Arm that figured out that you couldn't approach straight-on to land on carriers with Corsairs. Canada's last VC recipient flew a Corsair - sunk a Japanese Destroyer by himself. Hampton Grey, VC.
piper131313 2 years ago
This IS a beautiful restoration!! Another creation by Tri-State in Wahpeton. This is Gerry Beck's aircraft-it now sits in the Fargo Air Museum, Fargo North Dakota.
redtailslick 2 years ago
Actually, it's a 2804 cubic inch (46 liter) Double Wasp air-cooled radial engine developing 1850 hp with a 3 blade prop measuring 13ft 4 in, in diameter just to set the record straight.
Corsairman22 2 years ago
This particular model has a four blade prop. A later version I believe, but not sure about that. But if you look before he starts you can see the four blades.
mondo78 2 years ago
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 18 cylinder Double Wasp radial engine produced 2,000 h.p. in standard form and 2,400 with alcohol injection.
lander4545 2 years ago
Actually there were 3 main R-2800 variants used in the various models of the Corsair.
R-2800-8 2000 MTO H.P. 9100 produced
R-2800-18W 2100 MTO H.P. 2441 produced
R-2800-32W Sidewinder Engine 2300 MTO H.P 397 produced
Henry455 1 year ago
Gorgeous airplane. And to think its beauty was purely co-incidental to the design requirements of an oversized prop to be up off the deck and still have the plane to have short strong tough landing gear. And if they'd had pushed the pilot any further back, he'd have been more of a tail-gunner pointed the other way. Beautiful airplane that makes God's music when it runs.
noacronym 2 years ago
you guys wont to see what they did to the planes after the war?
Bomberguy
keefer2111 2 years ago
Nice Vid! I've been that close before and there is certainly NOTHING Like being there in person. =:)
Now to comment on supermankic below: Ya might wanna recheck your World history,,,,,Wright Bros Where NOT the first to create the airplane......Here were the names of some contenders: Clement Ader,,Samuel Pierpont Langley,, Alberto Santos-Dumont,, only an 'Offical Claim' went to WB's....
diamondbtoys 2 years ago
WAS THE ENGINE PRATT AND WHITNEY????
whb1965 2 years ago
2000hp Pratt & Whitney Double-Wasp
greywolf45 2 years ago 8
@greywolf45 P-51D had 1490 Merlin RW engine and still was a better aircraft :D
WhitepwrItalian1 1 year ago
@WhitepwrItalian1 i disagree the big wasp radial engine was a beast it could take a beating from enemy fire and still get the pilot home safely where as if the p51 took one well placed bullet in the coolant system then it was down and out
ztwan19 1 year ago
@ztwan19 I wasnt talking beating wise, I meant speed and performance wise.
WhitepwrItalian1 1 year ago
@WhitepwrItalian1 oh in that case im not sure the fastest variant of the corsair the f4u-4 corsair flew at a top speed of 450 mph and had a k/d ratio of 11:1 i think the fastest p51 flew at about 440mph and the corsair could out climb the mustang at around 800fpm. now the armament of the corsair was 6 50. cal browning m2 machine guns six 5 inch rockets and 2 thousand pound bombs. Now we all now when it comes to survivng battle damage the corsair takes the cake. overall the corsair is better
ztwan19 1 year ago
@ztwan19 The P-51D was the fastest Aircraft under 10,000 feet that the U.S. Had, The P-47 was the fastest above that.
WhitepwrItalian1 1 year ago
@WhitepwrItalian1 now an aircraft that could perform at all those levels of altitude was he f4u-4 corsair look in the long run they were both excellent fighters designed to fight in the different theaters of operations. im sure you and me could go back and forth for a long time bringing up facts on our favorite planes i will say both fighters were great and performed and im glad to meet a fellow ww2 enthusiast who is capable of holding a conversation
ztwan19 1 year ago
@ztwan19 Lol, aircraft is just my thing :) I guess we can simply end the argument with,, F4U-4 was the best NAVAL carrier based aircraft rofl.
WhitepwrItalian1 1 year ago
@WhitepwrItalian1 I agree with you. BUT,the Marines did as much for/with this plane as anyone. Marine pilots scored more air victories than anyone else with this particular aircraft. "Boyingtons' Black Sheep" (The VMF-214). The old man scored 26 kills. He tied the record for American Aces in this awesome aircraft.
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed May of gotten most kills for carrier based, but P-47 was the #1 US aircraft of the war.
bigbob6556 1 year ago
@greywolf45 I think you meant "Bad ass motor" lol
LongBeachPits562 8 months ago
Awesome warbird. I know I would love to see one with the r-4360 under the cowl. Thats a massive engine for a one man craft.
FlushieJohnson 2 years ago
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This is a fucking gay piece of shit fucking chode licking dick touching video you piece of shit!!!
Xznubslyrex2 2 years ago
actually 2000 HP -- tell your daddy to take you to an airshow so you can hear one in person. bet your opinion will change - unfortunately, probably not your mouth though.
SunDvl83 2 years ago
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Fucking piece of shit plane!
Why the fuck are you posting all this shit!
Go fuck up in a hole you chode sucking, dick licking, ass touching piece of fucking shit!
Xznubslyrex2 2 years ago
speaking of chode sucking - i would say you put your foot in your mouth here, but
okay, radial engines take priming, that means letting the engine turn over w/o the mags on for about 8-12 blades. then the mags are turned on and it fires, sometimes right away, sometimes not, but respect the engine. that monster's putting out 1000+ HP, and would blow the freakin' doors offa' your tricycle you little kid.
SunDvl83 2 years ago
good bird. saved more lives than many others. the usa would have lost against japan another as much as all over europe so a bomb ended the war luckily in time.
i see these birds as beautiful technology not so much as war machines.
Santoslhelpa 2 years ago 2
It's sad isn't it? The wright Brothers commit suicide seeing their Beautiful Technology become a War Machine.
supermankicass 2 years ago
oh really ? didnt know that. Lifes too short. way too short. look at jacko.
here today gone tomorrow. and you never flew one of these babes. or in his case he never did his comeback tour.
bet it was the dope they gave him.
Santoslhelpa 2 years ago
Whoa, dude do not bring MJ into Military Technology. I agree life is short, but don't mention a singer/king of pop in a Military video. That guy is a peace maker except to the people who think he was a pedophile.
supermankicass 2 years ago
its a sick sad world out there and the pedo stigma is the new gay to fu-heep careers and lives.
Did the corsair have 2x3 cal50s or 2x4 like the late mustangs ?
its a starpiston but is it aircooled or watercooled?
teh germans lost countless 109ers becasue a hit kiled the watercooling- wiht the 190s aircooled saved some of their machines thats for sure.
how about the corsair? the japanese were their major opponent eihter wihtout sealing tanks seros, but did the corsair have?
Santoslhelpa 2 years ago
2x4 50 cal.
supermankicass 2 years ago
Whoah! i never knew this side about the wright brothers....
mmmsikim 2 years ago
Hey man, there are a lot of stuff the history books don't say.
"The Wright brothers created the first airplane and it was quickly turned into a war machine. To this day it is now a mode of Transportation." Nothing else.
supermankicass 2 years ago
yeah... so much for a "cover up"... :)
mmmsikim 2 years ago
@Santoslhelpa they had difficulty with carrier landings at first
chpman2013 4 months ago
@chpman2013 they always had carrier landings difficulty, that's why it has been nicknamed the "eliminator" and "ensign eater"
LeWille00 2 months ago
@LeWille00 but we gave it to the Royal Navy, and they were able to solve the problem
chpman2013 2 months ago
i don't think you meet the kyoto requirements
fallingta 2 years ago
dude fix that shite
steveo451 2 years ago
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Would love to listen to the engine. Instead though we get distorted over compressed garbage. Thanks allot, asshole.
Polybun 2 years ago
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bkross29 2 years ago
This airplane sits in Fargo, ND at the air museum... right beside a real Zero. All you speculators can go there and sit between them and make engine and gun sounds. see you there.
wayupnorth08 2 years ago 13
the starter starts the engine ;)
but the sound is shit
Julli1202 2 years ago
What is the engine doing when it slowly rotates? (before it turns over)
LethalHobo 2 years ago
As I understand it, a radial engine will have oil pool in its lower cylinders when it sits. Rotating the engine until you've seen 10 blades go over the top pumps the oil clear of the cylinders into the exhaust so when the engine fires you have relatively clear combustion chambers. Too much oil in the cylinder would make the compression too high and possibly damage the cylinder. I do seem to see more smoke from the bottom exhausts...
PatrolmanDark 2 years ago
yea, they just need to "wake up" the engin as a collins foundation member told me (also helps that my gramp was a mechanic on them post WW2)
orckiller91 2 years ago
Yep,. Oil pools in the lower cylinders and since oil is not very compressible it would be very bad to start with the oil down there. The traditional way of handling this is to have the line guy pull the prop through. However, this F4U has a modern starter so the pilot uses that. In the old days the starters were very different, either using an energizer/mech starter or an explosive charge.
RobertGary1 2 years ago
How come the yanks have all the best toys ?
ThundaDownUnder 3 years ago
we make we get to play with em
balongaboy 2 years ago
the most beautiful airplane ever!
SRTY31 3 years ago
nothing compared to the bf109 sound
AndiWandi 3 years ago
Yeah the Bf 109 with its 601 just sounds old.
EvilxMerlin 3 years ago
I'll keep that shit in mind next time I've got a Zeke up my ass!!!
altrane40 3 years ago
Corsair better than P-51 or Spitfire?
apeppink 3 years ago
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hahah it sounds like a fat guy taking a crap , our yak 3 would have kicked this planes ass
matamoros77 3 years ago
Just like with your Yak-3/F8F Bearcat matchup, you think dogfights are won simply by turning radius. Sorry, wrong. The kind of power the Corsair has (2,450hp, even MORE than the Bearcat) would allow the Corsair to completely write the rules in the fight. A Yak can outturn a Corsair, I'm sure, but it can't keep up. Turning fights don't mean crap when you don't have the energy to keep and gain altitude on a heavily armed and armored opponent. Besides, did you forget we were allies back then?
biloxigator 3 years ago
yes i know turning ratio alone cant win dogfights, but like the bearcat video i say again how do you know corsair has a better climb rate than yak 3?
matamoros77 3 years ago
The ONLY way the Yak beats the early model Corsairs in climb rate is because of its wooden construction. The Yaks fully loaded weight is only 5,864 pounds, whereas the F4U-1 is 9,205 pounds empty and 14,000 pounds fully loaded.
To me, that says something about the power of the Corsair's radial engine when it can haul an aircraft two to nearly three times the Yaks weight around, and manage to carry a full combat load on top of it.
We're comparing Ladas to Chevrolets, here. DOES NOT COMPUTE.
biloxigator 3 years ago 2
Sounds like crap because it's a crappy cell phone video, not because of the plane.
mitsudave 3 years ago
im sure it must have sounded really nice but the sound on uTube is horrible...
im bleeding from my ear drums now =_=
RavenRof 3 years ago 2
Maybe someone know how F4U defeats any japanese plane? Because F4U was bad maneuverable,fast and good armed and the japanese fighters were bad armored,bad armed,slow but maneuverable as good as feather. Thats a mistery to me, how F4U defeats japys?
ACDCisNiCe 3 years ago
You do it head on. You use your better armor and guns and light 'em up while they're headed right for you. If a Zero turns away or gets behind you you, you use your better power to climb away and start over. You always play to YOUR strengths, not theirs.
rustyATV 3 years ago
zeros were old school and past their prime when the cosair came into service, i would love to know if the cosair ever went up against the ki-84 Hayate , they were a superior aircaft compared to the mustang. But lack of pilots, fuel, quality of manufacture and numbers made the difference.
pramboy74 3 years ago
And that lack of planes and pilots was because of planes like the Corsair. Since we're talking "what if?", I think the Bearcat would've torn the Ki-84 a new one.
Hendo56 3 years ago
you could do this for ever with new aircraft that were close to flying at wars end. To be honest i would have loved to see how devestating the de Havilland hornet would have been if had been ready before 1945.
pramboy74 3 years ago
Yeah, Ki-84 was amazing. It is amazing to think of how things would have been if the Japanese had the US's Land/Resources. I think we would have been screwed!
goatman455 3 years ago
CORSAIR RULES
driftkingz109 3 years ago
At the Abbotsford Air Show some years ago, the warbird flypast had two inline-powered planes (Spitfire + something I forget) followed by the smooth "zoom" of the trailing radial-engined Corsair. You should have heard the "OOOoooh!" from the crowd when it flew over! I'll take that over a Merlin any day!
NVanWendy 3 years ago
you camera sucks bad
LoudS1l3nc3 3 years ago
youtube sucks bad
goreziad 3 years ago
if youtube sucks why are you a member dumbass
driftkingz109 3 years ago
because youre an idiot
goreziad 3 years ago
then close ur account if you hate youtube
driftkingz109 3 years ago
hell yeah F4U-4
pannono 3 years ago
Its always funny to see a warbird on a ramp like this amongst various spamcans, bugsmashers, & chickenhawks. Talk about a shark amongst minnows......
tmatson2005 3 years ago
GOD BLESS THE MACHINE !!!...
SHRIKE427 3 years ago
death from above! rock on corsair!
packayaker 3 years ago
CHEAP !
PupuTheClown 3 years ago 2
I've known men who flew these in WWII, I actively sought them out when I was younger. They talked a lot about this feature and how it saved their lives, repeatedly. Anyway, Hendo and Chuck are right, the original reason for the "gull wing" was for a lower landing gear struts point because of the larger prop, but gave it about 30% more wing surface. The Japanese planes were faster & lighter. Until the Corsair came into wide use in 1942, the Zeros were really walloping the Allied planes.
Nilanthos 3 years ago 4
true Zeros had great performance and manueverability but their achilles heel was that they had zero pilot protection which meant even one lucky hit could kill the pilot
WASPTexas 3 years ago
And the Zero was poorly armed with only 2 7.7mm machine guns and 2 slow firing 20mm cannon.
fbrown172 3 years ago
It was adecuate at the beginning of the war but rapid progression meant it wasn't by the late stages of the war. Furthermore Japan was short on precious metal for the ammo and thus armed their fighters poorly, to save bullets.
WASPTexas 3 years ago
The Hellcat killed more Zeros than any otner allied plane.
JimmyandNellie 3 years ago
That's only because there were three times as many Hellcats as other aircraft in the Pacific Theatre. It wasn't because it was a superior airplane.
veteran7821 3 years ago
I know and what really matters is that the Hellcat was available and more than a match for the Zero.
JimmyandNellie 3 years ago
Ladies and Gentlemen... sound quality... my ASS! The fact that it has been recorded is beautiful... it is all beautiful... the sound and the sight are worth everything
DauntlessDriver546 3 years ago
they also put them on for aerodynamic purposes.
doublestuforeo1997 3 years ago
it's nice to listen to the sound of that particular corsair 310...if my research isn't wrong, this was formerly a Honduran Air Force PLane (FAH 610) from the
Honduran-El Salvador war....the soccer war.
Please let me know where this plane is, I would like to see it flying again
mcorivera 4 years ago
AWESOME CORSAIR!
cattmandoo2 4 years ago 2
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"just listen to that crappy sound." ?
BerSerKer2k8 4 years ago
It's not about the audio quality,you would have to be a real wing nut to understand.
astraphelermie 4 years ago
Sounds even better than a Mitsubishi Evo.
The pilot must have the time of his life.
Beautiful machine.
fuchikoma4570 4 years ago 2
So crappy that the engine was placed in the P-47 and did quite well.
kbroma01 3 years ago
i meant the soundquality i bet it sounds pretty awesome if i were there
BerSerKer2k8 3 years ago
hopefully on youtube they'll be a vid of the f2g corsair, hell yeah- 3500hp!! and 24 cylinders!!
blama22 4 years ago
28 cylinders. r4300 wasp..
lkoury 4 years ago
ah,cool.i am japanese but ilove this fighter plane.
STATIONO 4 years ago
Music. And no hydraulic lock on the bottom cyls.! Where do you get parts for those beautiful old things anymore?
apeppink 4 years ago
Yeah. That is something. We used to get hyd. lock on the bottom cyls. on radials with priming fuel all the time.
apeppink 3 years ago
Zero killer
Kjellern150 4 years ago
the propeller looks like a clowns prop.
jjjazzycraig 4 years ago
Here's a trivia question: why did the Corsair have gull wings? :) It's a very practical answer.
Chuck1701 4 years ago
So that huge prop would clear the deck without having to resort to super long gear legs.
hopper1 4 years ago
correct
kress1500 4 years ago
to fit on flight deck-and better storage below-
deck-with the wings folded-and what gets me is at-
start-up where is the guy with the fire bottle-
i hardly see this at air shows or any where else-
this was a requirement- during military service-and
this should still be followed-thru-look at old movies
that fire bottle was at least 100-200 pounds and-on
a cart- for mobility- this was for all planes- hey you are only stupid once.
54blueflamesix 4 years ago
The tail wheel /hook dictated the need for the bent wings, and the heavier bent wings and all around heavier specifications needed for a tougher plane capable of the stresses of landing on carrier decks, dictated the need for the large propeller & 2000+ hp engine.
fiftycaliberfistfuck 4 years ago
Close. It's all to do with the plane's dimensions and the big propeller. the width of the wing had to accommodate the landing gear strut, which had to fold backward, not along the wing. That gave that strut a limited length. How to get that strut to the ground and still have the propeller clear the ground? Bend the wing down so that it's closer. Overall, you are correct. Beauty, isn't she?
Chuck1701 4 years ago
The bent wings, according to all accounts I've read, are because they needed a point to put the landing gear strut, as Chuck said. The Corsair carried the largest propellor ever used in WW II (including the Thunderbolt's). To clear that and have a strong strut, they bent the wing. Other design changes over the prototype included moving the cabin back farther and raising the seat 6 inches to improve visibility (which was poor over that long nose).
Hendo56 4 years ago 2
beautiful plane
SonicRyan 4 years ago
would take a life time to clean the plugs,all 56 ovthem.
602pilot 4 years ago
and people my age are into car engines...
sheesh. lol
burningcow422 4 years ago
Car engines rock!
Nice Corsair.
behahve1 4 years ago
those were the machines men with real guts flew and actually won that war!
TERYDOTCOM 5 years ago
Amen brother, now that it an engine!
mag30th 5 years ago