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Tailwheel unit ID.. Corsair??

Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:44 am

No luck on the other forum can anyone positivly ID this tailwheel unit?

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=170350&d=1236016299

Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:45 pm

Does it have a part number beginning with "V.S."?

Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:56 pm

Didn't all Corsair tailwheels have a double fork?

Scott

Not for Corsair

Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:26 pm

I don't recognize it, but it is not for F4U or FG-1. Does it have any part or casting numbers present? You should be looking for 4-8 digit numbers or numbers that start with a single or two digit number followed by a dash. Also, look for a three letter code that is cast or ink-stamped into the piece. Let me or the board know and we'll help figure it out.

Re: Not for Corsair

Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:36 pm

Forgotten Field wrote:I don't recognize it, but it is not for F4U or FG-1. Does it have any part or casting numbers present? You should be looking for 4-8 digit numbers or numbers that start with a single or two digit number followed by a dash. Also, look for a three letter code that is cast or ink-stamped into the piece. Let me or the board know and we'll help figure it out.


Ditto John's comments: Definitely not Corsair. Gently clean/wet sand/whatever to find us those magic part numbers and we'll git er done.

Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:02 pm

Thanks guys, I will ask him to look for any part numbers.

Tail gear

Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:59 pm

Looks like Curtiss.An OWL maybe.

Re: Not for Corsair

Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:37 pm

Forgotten Field wrote:I don't recognize it, but it is not for F4U or FG-1. Does it have any part or casting numbers present? You should be looking for 4-8 digit numbers or numbers that start with a single or two digit number followed by a dash. Also, look for a three letter code that is cast or ink-stamped into the piece. Let me or the board know and we'll help figure it out.


I just got off the phone wth him and he is going to lightly sand the area that has part numbers on it.

Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:18 pm

Definitely Curtiss Maybe P-40 looks strikingly like a P-40 Tail Gear.

Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:41 pm

Peter,

I looked in my P-40M/N parts book, and it doesn't look like it.

Good Luck
Eric

Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:41 pm

Thanks US185. Will be great to find out for sure what it is from.
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