1x The Vintage Model Company VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR
Navy Aircraft Laser Cut Balsa Kit
Over 12,000 examples
of the real Corsair were produced over a 9 year Period of Manufacture. Here’s
your chance to build another one.
Another excellent example of VMC
Kits. The Corsair produced with hand selected balsa wood, laser printed with amazing
accuracy. These kits are like the old days, but re imagined. No kits of old
were this accurate or as easy to build. The Corsair Makes an Excellent Gift for
anyone who enjoys any aspect of Aviation. Theirs is certain a satisfaction that
can only be achieved by building and flying your own model aircraft.
Although the kit is designed for
rubber power. It can easily be adapted to electric power. Fitted with a Zombie
or similar would be great to achieve controlled free flight or Use Capacitor
Power and a brushed motor for simplicity.
R/C
We will get asked and the answer is
YES it would.
The question is
Would it convert to RC? (Radio Control).
The equipment to convert this into an
RC back yard, park or indoor flyer is available but we would say only attempt
it if you have RC experience. There are
no details available on conversion in the kit, but a google and aero modeller
forum later and you will find someone that has converted it or a similar model.
We do have Micro RC Gear that would suit.
The REAL AIRCRAFT
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR -
THE WHISTLING DEATH
In 1938 the U.S. Bureau of
Aeronautics issued a specification to manufacturers for a carrier-based fighter
bomber.
Chance Vought successfully answered
this request with a proposal for an aircraft fitted with the biggest, most
powerful, air-cooled engine of the day - the hugely powerful Pratt and Whitney
18-cylinder Double Wasp.
The engine required a very large
diameter propeller to use the 1850 horsepower available, which gave the Vought
engineers a headache as it required an equally large clearance to the ground.
The simple answer of a tall undercarriage would be unacceptable due to the
harsh landing loads expected for a carrier-based aircraft.
To overcome
this problem, the design team lead by Rex Beisel came up with a
"bent" inverted gull wing design. The inboard section of the wing
having a severe anhedral angle and outboard section a severe dihedral angle
with the undercarriage positioned at the joint of the two.
As well as
being structurally sound the distinctive configuration had the advantage of
minimising drag at the wing root to fuselage joint.
The clean
lines of the airframe and the powerful engine gave the Corsair a 400mph plus
top speed and impressive rates of climb, but the long nose and consequent poor
forward visibility when landing, coupled with other difficulties initially made
for unsuccessful carrier trials.
The U.S. Navy proceeded with the
easier to handle Grumman Hellcat, turning over the Corsair to the U.S. Marines.
However, the British Fleet Air Arm
persisted (probably through necessity as much as any other factor) and by using
different landing techniques and modifications, went on to operate the aircraft
successfully from carriers.
The U.S. Marines soon made use of the
Corsair's speed, agility, ruggedness and range as they flew it from rough
runways on small Pacific islands. It is said that the Japanese named the
aircraft the "Whistling Death" because of the deadliness of the
aircraft along with the distinctive noise created by the air as it passed
through the large wing root mounted oil coolers.
Operating well after the Second World
War, over 12,500 examples of the Corsair were produced over a 9 year period to
1953, with many serving as recently as the late seventies in some territories
YOUR KIT
This kit is designed for you to build
a traditionally constructed, rubber powered, free flight model of a Corsair
operated by VMF-216, a fighter squadron of the U.S. Marines Corps - nicknamed
the “Bulldogs”.
The Bulldogs were based on the Essex
Class aircraft carrier USS Wasp before taking part in the Battle of Iwo Jima in
early 1945. The kit includes the materials (other than paints) to complete the
suggested authentic scheme.
This is a simple striking scheme, but
you can decide to do your own favourite or more complicated scheme if you wish.
Construction of the model from this
kit uses the traditional method of ‘stick and tissue’, that consists of a built-up
balsa wood skeleton (framework), covered with a tissue skin.
The balsa frameworks are built over a
plan that is printed at the exact scale of the model, which is in-essence a
real engineering drawing.
Power is provided by rubber strip
motor that is wound up before flight. Free flight means just that – once the
model is launched, it is on its own. It must follow a predetermined flight path
established when the model is initially adjusted for flight or ‘trimmed’. This type of traditional building technique
and flying requires a degree of patience and skill but is extremely rewarding.
Typically for a small model and in
the spirit of the traditional kits, profiles are simplified and adjusted from
the original and a relatively large propeller is used. This is done so that the
model is light and stable enough to fly on its own, is simple in construction
and can work with the rubber motor. These adjustments have been done with care
and sensitivity so that the shape and spirit of the original aircraft is
preserved as much as possible.
Also, in the spirit of the
traditional kits, additional items required to build the model are things that
can be found in the kitchen drawer or are easily available on the high street.
KIT CONTENTS
Four balsa sheets with precise laser
cut parts and strip wood.
PVA glue for building the wooden
frames.
One 150mm diameter plastic propeller.
One pre-bent motor hook and shaft.
Three low friction plastic nose
bushings - one for the propeller and two for the undercarriage wheels.
One vacuum formed canopy.
Piano wire for the main undercarriage
and tail wheel legs.
One motor peg (cocktail stick or
toothpick).
Rubber motor strip.
Tissue to cover the model.
Parts reference sheet (W), full size summary plan sheet (X), scheme diagram sheet (Y) and scheme markings (Z) printed on lightweight paper.
PEDIGREE /FEATURES
Made in Great Britain / U.K
Original
Manufacturer: Vintage Model Company
Style: Free Flight
Wingspan: 18" (460mm)
Scale: 1:24
Power: Rubber
Note the first image is of a full-size Corsair. It’s meant as a visual image representation of the actual Balsa Model. The model will differ in appearance. For starters it’s much smaller.
Photo by Gerry Metzler reproduced
here at a low resolution so as not to affect copy right. Original image at Wikipedia / Google Images.
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