DCS : F4U-1 Corsair

Corsair Mk9?

The Corsair behind the Spitfire has the antennas of a french F4U-7 and it looks like also the 20 mm cannons and four bladed prop.

1 hour ago, Cunctator said:

A new one: 1956 Suez Crisis French livery.

The corsair in French livery comes from the PACK AI 1940 BATTLE OF BRITAIN with 3 FLYABLE PLANES mode (Eric and Patrick Cuesta).

But on the other hand I would dream that magnitude 3 would make a French livery for the corsair even if they didn't have an F4u-1D 

1 hour ago, -Rudel- said:

Something funky about that Corsair...

 

You delight us with all these new images of the corsair

The Ham Standard prop hub seems a bit elongated and conical looking and the front windscreen looks a little too slanted. Maybe a result of the screen grab?

46 minutes ago, AG-51_Razor said:

The Ham Standard prop hub seems a bit elongated and conical looking and the front windscreen looks a little too slanted. Maybe a result of the screen grab?

does look kinda funky though, thinking its a different hub. Maybe its just the paint.

1 hour ago, AG-51_Razor said:

The Ham Standard prop hub seems a bit elongated and conical looking and the front windscreen looks a little too slanted. Maybe a result of the screen grab?

You mean on the shot of Cuesta brothers Corsair? Yes, it's noticeable, but expected from a simplified and shoddy, "budget" 3D model. That Corsair shouldn't even be shown in the same thread as Rudel's masterpiece in my opinion.

54 minutes ago, Art-J said:

You mean on the shot of Cuesta brothers Corsair? Yes, it's noticeable, but expected from a simplified and shoddy, "budget" 3D model. That Corsair shouldn't even be shown in the same thread as Rudel's masterpiece in my opinion.

I mean hey its two guys doin a conversion from fsx, gotta give em some credit, but yea certainly no where near the level of the Mag3 one

It’s great to see the Brewster bomb rack, I have wondering if we were going to get it.

Now we just need a shot of a RNZAF with three fuels tanks… 

36 minutes ago, LTC123apple said:

I mean hey its two guys doin a conversion from fsx, gotta give em some credit, but yea certainly no where near the level of the Mag3 one

Oh, don't get me wrong, kudos to them - I lack the skill and tools to do even that, but indeed these fast conversions were the only things available for DCS for a long time. Fingers crossed that's about to change relatively soon!

@-Rudel-

What are the chances we will get this load out 

Apparently Charles Lindbergh flew the F4U with double the rated bomb capacity. I believe what the picture shows is two 1000lb bombs with a 1000lb on the centre rack.

Apparently Charles had a 2000lb on the centre rack, which would make for an interesting take off… 

Hey, I didn't even realize that they weren't the M3 Corsair for DCS. I just figured that the picture was a little distorted. Not a jab at the Cuesta Bros at all!

1 hour ago, -Rudel- said:

 

Great Work @-Rudel-

We need ED build the rest of WW2, missing GP,ASAP, as SAP, AP, Cluster, etc bombs. We can "push" to ED build them? 

9 hours ago, Cunctator said:

A new one: 1956 Suez Crisis French livery.

9 hours ago, -Rudel- said:

Something funky about that Corsair...

 

Sexy French voice says: Monsieur, are you looking at my... back side?

FEMALE!! Sexy female voice....

Any news man?

Okay admit it I can’t be the only one who is checking Rudels profile page daily on the off chance of a new picture?

2 hours ago, Krupi said:

Okay admit it I can’t be the only one who is checking Rudels profile page daily on the off chance of a new picture?

I think there are several of us who consult Rudel's profile page daily.

Why is the Corsair on the cover of DCS World 2.9 when the module is not available?

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downnullloads/world/stable/

21 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

Hi, 

it is coming to DCS, no harm in sharing a picture. 

thank you

Hi,

Thank you for the answer now I understand why.

On 11/22/2023 at 1:05 PM, AG-51_Razor said:

The Ham Standard prop hub seems a bit elongated and conical looking and the front windscreen looks a little too slanted. Maybe a result of the screen grab?

I hope you're referring to that French one

Yes, of course I was 

On 11/22/2023 at 2:27 PM, Krupi said:

@-Rudel-

What are the chances we will get this load out 

Apparently Charles Lindbergh flew the F4U with double the rated bomb capacity. I believe what the picture shows is two 1000lb bombs with a 1000lb on the centre rack.

Apparently Charles had a 2000lb on the centre rack, which would make for an interesting take off… 

 

Whoa... I had NO idea that the Corsair could even get anywhere near that kind of payload!!!

I'll bet it was risky as all h3ll, but downright amazing! 

Curious how such a heavy load would impact performance while carrying? I mean the cross section drag probably wasn't that much different, but such a heavy load probably meant more AOA / Alpha while in cruise, and that probably had a big effect on drag, reducing range and cruise speed I'm guessing. And... I  wonder if his fuel load had to be reduced to handle such heavy weight, and how much THAT impacted combat radius.

Just occurred to me: any loss of power during takeoff, could have tragic consequences for the Corsair driver with such a loadout!  Mind you, I've heard that all sorts of very risky, very "iffy" configurations were being tried all throughout the war... heavy bombers way over their design weight, wings collapsing shortly  after taking to the air... 

Anyways, thanks for sharing!

Bring on the legendary Corsair! (when ready and stable... ) 

The distance from Roi (Kwajalein Atol) to Wotje flown by Lindbergh with the 4000 lb loadout is about 165 nm. Thus this is the minium combat radius we can expect. It was a day with favorable winds to get the F4U of the ground.

Cannot wait, will we get manual before release or I should look at official ones?