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Type: Carrier based single-seat fighter Origin: Chance Vought Aircraft First Flight: May 29, 1940 Powerplant: Model: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8 Type: Radial piston engine Model: One Horsepower: 2,000 hp Dimensions: Wing Span: 12.5m (41 ft. 0 in.) Length: 10.16m (33 ft. 4 in.) Height: 4.9m (16 ft. 1 in.) Wing Area: 29.17 m² (314 sq ft.)
Weights: Performance: Six wing mounted 12.7mm (0.5 in.) Machine guns |
Variant List: F4U-1B Designation given to aircraft supplied to UK. F4U-1C Version with four 20mm cannon in place of wing armament. F4U-1D Version with R-2800-8W engine and revised armament (also built by Brewster as the F3A-1D and by Goodyear as the FG-1D) F4U-1P Photo Recon variant F4U-2 Night fighter variant. F4U-3 Very high altitude prototype. 13 built by Goodyear as the FG-3 and used by the U.S. Navy for research flights. F4U-4 Second major variant. Equiped with either R-2800-18W or R-2800-42W powerplants F4U-4C Version with four 20mm cannon in place of wing armament. F4U-4E Night fighter variant with APS-3 AI Radar. F4U-4N Night fighter variant with APS-5 or APS-6 AI Radar. F4U-4P Photo Recon variant. F4U-5 Post-WWII Fighter bomber variant with R-2800-32W powerplant. F4U-5N Night fighter variant of F4U-5. F4U-5P Tactical recon variant. XF4U-6 Low-Altitude prototype with R-2800-83W engine with additional armor and weapons stores capabilty. 110 built under designation AU-1 F4U-7 Final production variant based on AU-1 but with R-2800-18W, total of 90 built and supplied French Aeronavale through MAP. Corsair Mk. I Fleet Air Arm designation of F4U-1. Corsair Mk. II Fleet Air Arm designation of F4U-1A. Corsair Mk. III Fleet Air Arm designation of F3A-1D. Corsair Mk. IV Fleet Air Arm designation of FG-1D. |
