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

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

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Does it have a part number beginning with "V.S."?
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Didn't all Corsair tailwheels have a double fork?

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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.

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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.

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

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Looks like Curtiss.An OWL maybe.

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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.

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

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Peter,

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

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

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