ehall

I like the escort cups. You need to calculate the spring value of the missing t-bars as well as the conventional spring rate. 550 is just right for me. I had gone to 650, but backed off to 550. I like it.

...I wear trousers, thanks...

richard glickel

ehall,

Here ya go!

PorscheDude1

That must have been a scary ride! Instant pucker factor..

ehall

LOL I call them KILTS!

ehall

That's a hell of a pic. Cool.

ehall

It was a hell of a lot easire to land on deck back then, than it is now. The stall speed on a F4U-4 with full flaps is 76 knots, with proper trim settings.
The left wing LOVES to stall at the wing root.

richard glickel

Here's another. Check out the number of victories.

ehall

okay, this is SOOOO OT, but if ya want warbirds...

ehall

The only Corsair pilot with 26 victories was Joe Foss, USMC.
You should google him and find out if that was his airplane.

ehall

the only f4u pilot that I know of, who scored a legit 26 kills was Joe Foss. USMC.
You should look him up and see if that's his Corsair. He was once the director of the N.R.A.

ehall

I just went and looked. That picture, vis a vis kills is now suspect.
Gen. Foss is the only Marine, in uniform, to shoot down 26 enemy aircraft.
Boyington is given credit for 28, but 6 are claimed kills with the Flying Tigers, and are a bit dubious. Boyington, though certainly a great Marine aviator, Pappy was a violent alchoholic and a self serving pilot, which almost cost him his life, and DID cost the CORPS our Corsair.
So A-53, in the pic is either Pappy yanking his own USB cable, or another pilot who didn't earn it.
Foss came home before the Corsair went into real service.
I still recommend looking him up, along with Chesty Puller.
American's always remember Patton, but Chesty was also a great great grandson of George Washington, and arguable a better General Officer, but DEFINITELY a better field commander! After all, he is a fellow Marine!