Corsair jet?

Flashonyrsix · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:40 pm

A freind lent me a Northrup Aironatical book that says a Corsair flew with a Westinghouse Yankee jet engine in 1943. The jet was mounted under the corsair, are there any photos?
Norm

agent86 · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 3:57 am **Posts:** 926

Kinda like a Ryan Fireball, I'm not so sure I would want to fly in a plane named "Fireball". Know wut I mean? Bad JUJU

Tailspin Turtle · **Joined:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:11 am **Posts:** 103

Flashonyrsix wrote:

A freind lent me a Northrup Aironatical book that says a Corsair flew with a Westinghouse Yankee jet engine in 1943. The jet was mounted under the corsair, are there any photos?
Norm

Pax River, January 1944

Cherrybomber13 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:04 am

Man screw the Nitrous! I can imagine the look on a few Zero pilots faces if that would have ever made it into production.

k5083 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:30 am

Would have made for some mighty interesting deck landing accidents, and couldn't have done much for ditching behavior either.

August

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

Somehow I think this would have been a test of the engine, not a proposal to retrofit Corsairs for more power.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:23 pm

See, the late Jim Franklin wasn't that far off the mark.

Flashonyrsix · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:31 pm

Thanks for the photo, now I wonder if it flew with jet power alone.
Norm

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2629

Some info,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_J30

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:35 am

Ooh, that's an early Goodyear FG-1 Corsair too.

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:46 pm

whistling death or jet powered death!?

Tiger Tim · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:02 pm

whistlingdeathcorsairs wrote:

whistling death or jet powered death!?

I would think screaming death.

Am I the only one who saw the thread title and pictured something like the Focke Wulf 190 jet installation?

-Tim

Tailspin Turtle · **Joined:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:11 am **Posts:** 103

One of the early uses envisaged for the jet engine was as a thrust augmenter on propeller-driven fighters and bombers for takeoff and combat. However, I don't know if this FG-1 configuration was an evaluation of that concept or merely a means to get the engine in the air. Maybe both...

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:07 pm

maybe something to do with getting the extra push for take-offs from a carrier with lots of ordinence? I'm thinking more about performance tho

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