Imagine its World War ll &Your in the cockpit

[johnny rockett]

Not too many comments on the 55......That car is amazing...nothing matches that car in my lifetime and I have had lots of weird stuff that was 2000hp .....but that car is cool....man after my own heart.....would love to see that car.......lots of neat engineering..Does it run?.........how much power? Quater mile times...?.......Any Wings that fold out?

How about some specs?

[clill]

No 1/4 mile times. Was built as a street car. Has power steering, brakes, windows etc. 1650 Cubic inch, supercharged, fuel injected. Piston skirts cut off at bottom ring land to make it rev higher, special cams ground. Supposed to make 3000 hp. Yes it runs but I did have a lean backfire while starting it the other day and shredded a air filter after someone had opened a fuel bleed line that I hadn't noticed. Took two fabricators 5 years full time to build. The silly part is this year at the Pebble Beach Concours De Elegance they have a new 20+ liter class and someone told them about my car. They said by all means send in a entry so I did. You have no idea how out of place this thing will look if it gets accepted.

[clill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

[Spiffav8]

I stared at that car for an hour during the L-G party. The detail in every area is just amazing! I have the poster hanging in my garage and I catch myself staring at it.

[deuce_454]

Originally Posted by clill

No 1/4 mile times. Was built as a street car. Has power steering, brakes, windows etc. 1650 Cubic inch, supercharged, fuel injected. Piston skirts cut off at bottom ring land to make it rev higher, special cams ground. Supposed to make 3000 hp. Yes it runs but I did have a lean backfire while starting it the other day and shredded a air filter after someone had opened a fuel bleed line that I hadn't noticed. Took two fabricators 5 years full time to build. The silly part is this year at the Pebble Beach Concours De Elegance they have a new 20+ liter class and someone told them about my car. They said by all means send in a entry so I did. You have no idea how out of place this thing will look if it gets accepted.

It will be interesting to see if Jay Lenno doesnt start waving his checkbook arround...

[speedshopmike]

clill, that's the sickest thing i've ever seen - just awesome.

getting back to planes for a moment, the corsair's also the only prop fighter to shoot down a jet in combat.
i'd fly one against an ME262 any day; you can blow most of a corsair right off and it'll keep on flying.
3 BB's into a 262 will knock it down.
take that, roadragedavid!
being serious, the 262 was a revolutionary but flawed aircraft; this is pretty inevitable for a cutting-edge technological device of nearly any sort.
flying qualities aside, if i recall correctly, the 262 needed a full engine overhaul every 9 hours ; not too practical at any time, and certainly not for war-torn germany near the end.

[tyoneal]

Originally Posted by speedshopmike

the F4U corsair was the only WW2 bird outstanding enough to fight in korea as well.
it is the best piston engined fighter ever, from any country.
it is also flat out the baddest, coolest lookin' warbird that swings a prop.
there can be no dispute and resistance is futile.
nonbelievers will be fired upon by robert conrad himself.
he's not a fighter pilot but he plays one on tv!
(young guys will not get this, sorry!)

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P-51D also flew in Korea until replaced by Jets.

Ty

[speedshopmike]

you're right, but much more limited.
most fo the mustangs stayed in europe due to transportation logistics and lend-lease program witht he limeys.
f4u's flew with various other countries up until approximately 1963; remarkable.

[Spiffav8]

Sorry guys but your both wrong...and kind of right.

The P-51 served in Korea until the Jets came out as did the Corsair.

The Corsair had the longest production run or any piston fighter ever produced. However it didn't see much service with any country after 1969. The Mustang was used into the 80s. I imagine this was largely due to parts and the total number or both aircraft produced.

Not saying one is better than the other. They are both awesome aircraft.

Question on the Corsair: Can anyone tell me 4 advantages to gull wing on the Corsair?

[speedshopmike]

the main reason the wings were gulled is for landing gear height to accomodate the huge prop.
the plane was designed from day 1 as a carrier aircraft but not used as such for quite a while; they started out land-based with the marines; many were crashed early on in ground maneuvers/landings due to pisspoor visibility.
carrier landins are brutal on landing gear; it had to be extremely beefy to pass muster.
the added dihedral of the gull wing improves stability.
chance vought engineers were known as free-thinkers; unconventional solutions to problems were their specialty.
i dont know of any other reasons; would like to though.