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Description
| Manufacturer: | Vought |
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| Base model: | F4U | ||
| Designation: | XF4U | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Nickname: | Corsair | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
| Status: | Experimental |
Specifications
| Length: | 31' 11" | 9.7 m | |
| Height: | 15' 2" | 4.6 m | |
| Wingspan: | 41' 0" | 12.5 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 8,758 lb | 3,971 kg | |
Propulsion
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney XR-2800-2 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1800 | ||
Performance
| Max Speed: | 354 mph | 570 km/h | 308 kt |
| Ceiling: | 35,200 ft | 10,728 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Ben Trapnell Grand Forks, ND | Does anyone have an email address for Mr. Blohn? My great uncle Fred Trapnell accepted the XF4u-1 for the Navy and led the subsequent test flying of the aircraft. I am interested in purchasing copies of the prints he's done if possible. 02/22/2011 @ 08:34 [ref: 36274] |
| Dave , FL | Ben Blohn color sketches are all I can find as reference for the chrome yellow wings and natural aluminum fuselage color scheme for the prototype. Any one out their know of other sources not listed herein? 09/24/2006 @ 13:08 [ref: 14278] |
| Mike T , NJ | I found a watercolor painting of the XF4U-1 about two years at a flea market. An extremely accurate depiction of the -1 prototype; even with the yellow wings. Painted by "M Williams, '41", I've not been able to find out much more about the painting. Also found a signed lithograph of an XF4U-1 in an antique shop near Philadelphia. Done by a Don Swann of Maryland. Find it strange to find two old pictures of the only aircraft, #1443, ever built. Anyone know what happened to it? 03/06/2002 @ 19:55 [ref: 4465] |
| Steve Piper Woodland, WA | I would like to thank Ben Blohn for his color pics of this magnificent plane. I am going to do a f4u in the X-1 color scheme rather than the common blue. I couldn't find a good set of pics to show me the colors until I checked back and saw the pics you uploaded. Thanks again! 10/06/2001 @ 12:27 [ref: 3338] |
| Ben Blohn , IA | The XF4U-1 did in fact have bomb bays in the wings. they were tiny 5 pound bomblets that the prototype theoretically could disperse over a bomber formation causing mass destruction. 09/20/2001 @ 17:41 [ref: 3223] |
| Gareth wood Manchester, BC | I have heard that the XF4U-1 had only three 50.Calibre and 30.Calibre machine guns because it had bomb bays in the wings, is this true? 08/16/2001 @ 11:18 [ref: 2934] |
| Wade S Grant Sarasota, FL | To learn more about this aircraft, visit "Whistling Death" - The Vought, Goodyear and Brewster Corsair: http://12.8.19.66
02/15/2001 @ 06:49 [ref: 1630] |
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