The F2G's rarely seen little brother, the FG-1.5 Corsair
Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:56 pm
Goodyear FG-1 # 14092, Pax River, Oct. 1944. Has the same venturi on bottom of wing.
Last edited by mike furline on Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:57 pm
neat pic
Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:15 pm
OOH, I like it! I may have to kitbash an Accurate Miniatures F2G.
Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:16 pm
I'm not a Corsair fan, but the bubble canopied Corsairs are the best looking in my uneducated opinion. I never knew they built a bubble canopied R-2800 powered Corsair.
Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:26 pm
The R-2800 bubble canopy planes were part of the F2G test program.
Here's an ad from July 1945 showing R-2800 a/c.
Here's an ad from July 1945 showing R-2800 a/c.
Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:21 pm
What a beaut!
Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:57 am
Cool pic! I've also seen a shot of a "birdcage" canopy Corsair equipped with an R-4360.
SN
SN
Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:43 pm
NOT a fan of the Corsair? How could you not be?
The plane DOES lend itself incredibly well to a bubble canopy, in every version that had one....this is one of the lesser known variants but I bet a bunch of pilots woulda been glad to take this bird with its excellent visibility into combat....
Mark
The plane DOES lend itself incredibly well to a bubble canopy, in every version that had one....this is one of the lesser known variants but I bet a bunch of pilots woulda been glad to take this bird with its excellent visibility into combat....
Mark
Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:46 pm
Steve Nelson wrote:Cool pic! I've also seen a shot of a "birdcage" canopy Corsair equipped with an R-4360.
SN
Seems there was a bit of cross-breeding going on at Goodyear and Vought, huh?
Rich
Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:28 pm
Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:11 pm
corsair166b wrote:NOT a fan of the Corsair? How could you not be?
Mark
It only has one engine! Boy, do I have to explain everything!!
