BRAND and MODEL
CHANCE VOUGHT CORSAIR
TYPE
Single-seat carrier-borne fighter and fighter-bomber
ORIGIN
United States of America
ENGINE
(F4U-1 Corsair II)
One 1,492 kw (2,000 hp) Pratt& Whitney R-2800-8 Double Wasp eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radial
engine
SPECIFICATIONS
Wingspan: 12.49 m (40 ft 11¾ in)
Wingspan [folded]: 5.2 m (17 ft 0⅝ in)
Length: 9.99m (32 ft 9½ in)
Height: 4.58 m (15 ft 0¼ in)
Wing area: 29.17 m² (314 sq ft)
Max speed at sea level: 515 km/h (320 mph)
Max speed at 7,315 m (24,000 ft): 631 km/h (392 mph)
Time to 3,048 m (10,000 ft): 5.1 mins
Time to 6,095 m (20,000 ft): 10.7 mins
Service ceiling: 11,310 m (37,100 ft)
Normal range: 1,633 km (1,015 miles)
Max range at 285 km/h (177 mph) at 1,525 m (5,000 ft): 1,722 km (1,070 miles)
Fuel capacity [internal]: 897 litres (197 Imp gals) in fuselage tank and 235 litres (52 Imp gal) in each
of two wing leading-edge tanks
Empty weight: 4,025 kg (8,873 lb)
Loaded weight: 5,388 kg (11,878 lb)
Max loaded weight: 6,280 kg (13,846 lb)
PHOTO
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