Corsair with an altitude |
Vought F4U-3 Corsair 1944 The Corsair was conceived in 1938 in response to US Navy-sponsored competition for a carrier-based fighter with performance equal to those based on land. The brainchild of Rex Beisel, it was the first single-engine aircraft to exceed 400mph in level flight. Over a ten year production run, more than 12,500 airframes were built. Its passing marked the end of the piston-engined fighter in American service. The F4U-3 was a proposed high-altitude version of the Corsair. Using an XR-2800-16 engine with a 1009A turbosupercharger was to have allowed full rated power of 2000Hp up to 40,000 feet. Three XF4U-3's were built. Additionally, one FG-1A was converted, and twelve FG-3's were built. First flight of this variant was on April 22, 1944. USN 81 René Hieronymus Scale 1:72 Building time: 21 hrs. |