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F4U-1 Corsair "Birdcage" released by Allen!

UncleTgt
I don't think I will have to do much but make a texture for the canopy as my model has the Canopy on a 256x256 texture but the texture is the same as on the texture so it should be just some copy and paste.

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Works just fine with some file renaming and canopy texture copy and paste.

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kelticheart
I will look into it but my guess is that even the early one where retrofitted in the field.
 
Allen said:
kelticheart
I will look into it but my guess is that even the early one where retrofitted in the field.
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Oh yes, definitely.

Early F4U1s, not yet "war weary", were field-retrofitted with bubble canopies, left wing leading edge spoilers and softer shock absorbers to correct the U1 tendency to bounce upon touch down, with resulting blown tires and smashed wheel rims.

Yet, this would make a F4U1 upgraded to a U1-A and not a "dash A" turned into a U-1, with raised cockpit and rear fuselage plus a birdcage canopy. Which is what your rework shows.
The attached profiles from Wings Palette show very well the differences in fuselage/cockpit height and taper angle between the F4U1 and the U1-A. It's subtle, but it's there.

Allen, I am bothering you with this only because your works are all top notch. A detail like this would only improve your new Birdcage Corsair, keeping the high quality of your reworks above any possible criticism.
This model is a "must have" to fill a niche in the defence of Guadalcanal missions with a framerate efficient historical aircraft that was indeed there.

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday is that, contrary to popular beliefs, the F6F Hellcat was the interim fighter plane for the US Navy, while waiting for the F4U1 Corsair ironing out of all new design defects. Not the other way around.

According Ltnt. Cdr. Blackburn (2nd profile from the left), Chance Vought had started developing the Corsair long before Grumman thought of a new Zero destroyer to replace the inferior Wildcat in front line units.

Unfortunately, the Corsair took longer than expected to become a reliable front line, carrier based fighter. And this because technologically it was superior than the Hellcat, which was taken off Grumman production lines immediately at the end of WWII, while the Corsair remained in production well in the 1950's.

Cheers!
KH :ernaehrung004:
 

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kelticheart said:
....Unfortunately, the Corsair took longer than expected to become a reliable front line, carrier based fighter. And this because technologically it was superior than the Hellcat, which was taken off Grumman production lines immediately at the end of WWII, while the Corsair remained in production well in the 1950's...
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Actually, in 1945, Vought had no viable post-war developments beyond the Corsair, whereas Grumman was already drawing up its outstanding first gen jets for the late 40's and early 50's beyond the Bearcat. Between the new jets and the superior Bearcat, the was no room in the production queue for the Hellcat. Vought's first jet, the Cutlass, struggled mightily against teething problems from 1948 well into the mid-50's and earned a terrible reputation for killing its pilots. So in essence, the Corsair was Vought's only answer for keeping the lights on with heavy handed Pentagon lobbying and exports, until the Crusader came into existence.
 
kelticheart
All I'm going to do is lower the seat the 6 or 7 inches and call it good. I'll update the Birdcage F4U when I get the Brit F4U done.
 
Allen said:
kelticheart
All I'm going to do is lower the seat the 6 or 7 inches and call it good. I'll update the Birdcage F4U when I get the Brit F4U done.
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:encouragement: :encouragement: :encouragement:

Thank you Allen! That should do it and add a touch of extra quality to your creation.

Let me anticipate my thanks for the British Corsair variant as well: I can't wait to fly it!

BC241:

Thank you for your aviation history further info! I read so many times Ltnt. Cdr.'s Blackburn's "The Jolly Rogers" that I quote him without even realising it.
He wrote that the Corsair was technologically more advanced than the Hellcat, his words not mine. VF-17 pilots were literally in love with the F4U1, to the point that when they were offered to switch to the F6F, because the F4U1 was going to be disembarked from USS Bunker Hill due to supply organisation problems, they all refused.

This is why VF-17 deployed as a land-based US Navy unit. While many aviation historians wrote that the Corsair was judged unsuitable for carrier ops by the Navy and sent in combat from land bases, in reality VF-17 had also the task to say the final word, whether the F4U1 was good or not from a carrier deck.
They all judged the new fighter a great airplane, far superior than the F6F, once the -A improvements reached full production speed. They were willing to face combat flying it. USS Bunker Hill C.O. accepted VF-17 judgement and was going to sail for the first tour of combat equipped with the Corsair, but logistics decided otherwise. Since VF-17 at the time was the only unit equipped with the F4U1, while the rest if the fleet flew the F6F, this posed a serious spare supply organisation problem that could not be resolved quickly, while the need of new front line units in 1943 was enormous.

Destiny had decided that the Corsair was going to prove her worth flying from land bases instead of carriers.

Cheers!
KH :ernaehrung004:
 
Allen said:
kelticheart
All I'm going to do is lower the seat the 6 or 7 inches and call it good. I'll update the Birdcage F4U when I get the Brit F4U done.
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I look forward to the new version esp since the current version is great as well. Will be releasing some missions once the updated birdcage is released.
 
Oh almost forgot. Downloade updated with versison that has the seat lowered 7 inches. I did the update after I uploaded the Brit F4U last night.
 
Great new addition!

I'm a little late getting around to adding my congrats. I've been flying your new Birdcage for over a week now and it is indeed a great bird. I've always liked the "Birdcage" and have the kept the GMAX mdl by A.F.Scrub, and the FDG2 Birdcage Corsair in my PTO install. Pretty work Allen, as is your FM2_WILDCAT. Another great addition to SOH.

And it goes without saying I've read with great interest all of the historical notes concerning the Corsair by Kelticheat and Bearcat241. Very interesting. Thanks guys.
 
Didn't think we had a Birdcage at all but this one should work better than any made for FS2004 that have been converted back as you can make some big fur balls with out taking a large frame rate hit.
 
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