Apr 20, 2022 11:10 PM
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Frozenstethoscope
And on the 8th day, God created the F4U Corsair. Also, I’m upvoting every commenter here.
roughingupthesuspect
Beautiful machine
HEYimSQUANCHINinHERE
RetiredLaserMan
SR-71, P-51, F4U - my all-time favorites!
GorillaStark
I hope they flap for take-off
AeternalDreamer
I always love seeing these planes. The folding wings are so fucking cool.
SirRuppOfFigs
A beautiful machine.
Esdog
Don't know why, but fuck I love these F4Us something about em makes me feel good
227Recon
My grandfather's plane in the Pacific theater during WWII. I have one of his silk maps in case he was shot down over water.
SirBobby98121
'' Be sure that your airfoils are in the down and locked position before takeoff. ''
tigercheesesteak
Send it to Ukraine
ThaneofGlamis
God damn right. Fly real low, middle of the night, drop ordinance, pull up!
psmith00
Hey, Skipper. Good to see you getting up and around again.
isetprettygirlsonfire
My favorite plane
ListenLady
Agreed.
DeckardB26354
FeChefImgur
reminds me of one of my fav reaction gifs -
Unistrut
... Nick?
chapterhawk101
My absolute favorite airplane of all time. And I love airplanes.
ipokeangrycats
Me trying to wake up
PhilKenSebban
I figured in 1940's would have just had some sailor kick the wings down. Didn't know they were motorised.
Metalhead47
Preferable to having a dude running around anywhere near that huge prop. Already have the hydraulics for other systems, so…
RagingSlab
Wonder what type of locking mechanism keeps the wing secure during flight.
executivedisfunction
An extremely Strong one. Not a notable point of failure when overstressed in maneuvers. The wings bend other places first.
Dannyalcatraz
“Do you see? Being. Becoming. DO . YOU. SEE?!”
snowinmyboots
They'll have to flap faster than that to fly like a bird.
2fligh2high
Brandy321
*unfolding
hybridgorilla3131
WestieTree5
*unzipping
BobbyVegana
silly, the clip is reversed /s
Zephrman
Given the fixed disposition of most airplane wings, I think "F4U Corsair folding wings" is an acceptable title
WhyWouldIUseMyRealNick
You may have missed the joke.
CatlessBastard
Joke is marginal at best.
fformulaa
Everytime i see one, i just keep thinking it hasn't fully unfolded yet and they're like "eh, ef it. Lets go flying!"
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
Pappy approves
MrTheFavs
Like… from Star Fox?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073961/
fign37
Our age is showing up
StarscreamAndHutch
I met him when i was 5 at Oshkosh.
AnApologeticCanadian
Like....sugar mammas bf from proud family?
Mjolnir1148
BeerandCats
I am the "typical" P-51/A-10 fan, but I sure do appreciate foldable wings
correr96
P-51s are a thing of beauty. I love the way once the Rolls Royce engine was incorporated, it was even more bad ass.
ChickenFingerFingers
What, no P-38?
triggrhaapi
The old naval WWII warbirds did amazing ground pounding work in Vietnam and Korea.
Forge128
*Fly Navy.*
TeflonTrout
I WAS an A10 fan, until...https://youtu.be/WWfsz5R6irs
Tbh, that dipped wing look is near-pornographic
[deleted]
DidYouKnowThatCashewsComeFromAFruit
I did enjoy that
moonweasel
I love the bonus warbird comments/links these posts always seem to lead to
CallumElsdonMcleod
If I ever win a large amount of money, that is the first bullshit thing I'm buying ?
Yeah… for me it’s a fuckton of land and then a Sherman. Then imma just tear loose with my fuckin tank
weidermeijer
Two chicks at the same time, my dude.
Be sure to spend a large sum of money learning how to fly it FIRST, that thing will kill you quick.
Hey....two birds one stone? ?
TrinDiesel
I know its unfounded, but I can't help but worry about the wings folding back up midflight due to some kind of structural or user error.
Interlocks upon interlocks upon interlocks. And they did that shit with 1940s tech, too.
Fenrishunter500
They were engineered in such a way that you actually had to work to get them out of the locked position. Not something that would just 1/2
Happen in the course of a flight. These birds were the fastest at level flight, and barely slower than the P-47 in a dive. Wings had to 2/3
be able to firmly lock in place with no issues. Mechanically speaking, they would move to that position in high Gs
ImperatorNikolai
The bent wing design was in order to keep the landing gear short but still give enough clearance for the large propeller
theredacted
The landing gear had to be short so they could be strong enough for the increased forces of landing on a pitching and rolling carrier deck
OhIfIMust
Those props are HUGE.
rcordell
Only issue is the pilot can’t see shit for most of the takeoff run. (Maybe not ONLY issue, but significant.)
FreudianLisp
Was thinking this to myself! +1
DukePaulAtreides
Which is ironic, because the original designs used a smaller engine/prop but weren't powerful enough. Chain of revisions led to this icon!
IThinkALot
And aerodynamic stability (dihedral)
DangerRNGR
This is about the extreme anhedral between the wing root and the main landing gear
BraxtoSor9000
I thought it was dihedral for stability. Interesting.
squanchit
How do you taxi in that? Can you even see the ground?
Not really. Had to use spotters alongside the plane. Navy eventually gave up on using it from carriers, but the British figured it out.
tehguldincalk
And also to look dope as fuck
Stinkybuttpants
I always wondered why, thank you sir
xj4low
That and to accommodate it's 13'4" blade diameter.
pachyderm
I thought it was so they’d store easier on aircraft carriers …?
DrBadGenes
No that's the folding part. He's talking about wing shape
bonetonelord
The folding does that. This is about how there's still an angle change over the gear when the wings are deployed.
shadowspectrum
I think he’s referring to the gull wing - bendywingythingy
Me too
RoseHarmonic
Not where it folds, but where it curves next to the fuselage.
AlmightyThor117
Also increases it’s sexy factor by around 100
sandwiched
Yup. Seems there's something about naming an aircraft "F4" that gives it those sexy angles. #phantom
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
They don't make em like they used to
MisterLemons
Not nearly as much as wicked seamless nosecone to fuselage transitions with under-engine intake scoops on propeller aircraft...
HowLongHaveYouBeenThereWhatDidYouSee
I feel like you have a very particular aircraft you're describing.
Nah, there's quite a few. P38, P40, P51, Hurricane, Spitfire, BF109, ect. Gorgeous planes, nice and sleek with them pointy noses.
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
It gives better lift
The bend actually costs lift, but the wing gets that back and maybe more from the wing root joining the fuselage at a right angle.
ElectricStormCat
It also helped with roll stability
A straight wing mid fuselage would be more efficient (drag vs. lift) but the landing gear gets long, weak and spindly, or long and Heavy.
ShiftingPattern
Super appreciate you sharing your informative insight.
charondaboatman
And you have to put those guns somewhere…
the Navy wanted to go with a pair of 20mm autocannons in each wing, but just could not make reliable ones so the .50s were used
Guns are all outboard of the propeller arc, well past the folding mechanism and wing bend. Inside the arc is mostly heat exchangers, so the
fuselage stays tight to the engine, quite different from P-47s and such with turbo intercoolers and radiators hung everywhere.
fleshygrowth
"lets take the most powerful radial engine ever and give it enough turbocharger to choke god" - P47 design team
AnEggOrMan
I don't get it, how does folding wings help with either of those things
Ryebread91
It took me a bit to get it too. The dip allows the landing gear & wings to go below the body of the aircraft instead of just parallel to it.
NCPBullet
Not the folding. The design of the whole wing pointing down from the fuselage then up and out to the tips. Mounts the landing gear lower
Malak224
These were navy planes so on the carrier they go.
GadenKerensky
Folding wings are just for storage on a carrier.
nobodyyouveheardof
The initial commenter didn't finish the idea. Shorter landing gear = stronger landing gear for one of the biggest single engine planes in ?
ww2 meant to land on a carrier.
yrypics
The bend (not fold) in the wings allows shorter, stronger landing gear while still leaving room for a huge prop.
I still don't understand. Wouldn't the fact that the plane is angled up be what's giving it the clearance? Like on the p51?
1metalnation
Yes, but you can only angle up so much before you're sacrificing too much ground visibility for the pilot and the tail picks up first 1/
during take off reducing that upward angle. Having the wings straight out would mean longer landing gear and lower transverse stability 2/
OffStageSpring9
When landing/taking off the tail will lift and the frame will be parallel with the ground. It's at these times the prop needs clearance
I see it now, the dip allows the wings/gear to go below the body of the aircraft.
Frozenstethoscope
And on the 8th day, God created the F4U Corsair. Also, I’m upvoting every commenter here.
roughingupthesuspect
Beautiful machine
HEYimSQUANCHINinHERE
RetiredLaserMan
SR-71, P-51, F4U - my all-time favorites!
GorillaStark
I hope they flap for take-off
AeternalDreamer
I always love seeing these planes. The folding wings are so fucking cool.
SirRuppOfFigs
A beautiful machine.
Esdog
Don't know why, but fuck I love these F4Us something about em makes me feel good
227Recon
My grandfather's plane in the Pacific theater during WWII. I have one of his silk maps in case he was shot down over water.
SirBobby98121
'' Be sure that your airfoils are in the down and locked position before takeoff. ''
tigercheesesteak
Send it to Ukraine
ThaneofGlamis
God damn right. Fly real low, middle of the night, drop ordinance, pull up!
psmith00
Hey, Skipper. Good to see you getting up and around again.
isetprettygirlsonfire
My favorite plane
ListenLady
Agreed.
DeckardB26354
FeChefImgur
reminds me of one of my fav reaction gifs -
Unistrut
... Nick?
chapterhawk101
My absolute favorite airplane of all time. And I love airplanes.
ipokeangrycats
Me trying to wake up
PhilKenSebban
I figured in 1940's would have just had some sailor kick the wings down. Didn't know they were motorised.
Metalhead47
Preferable to having a dude running around anywhere near that huge prop. Already have the hydraulics for other systems, so…
RagingSlab
Wonder what type of locking mechanism keeps the wing secure during flight.
executivedisfunction
An extremely Strong one. Not a notable point of failure when overstressed in maneuvers. The wings bend other places first.
Dannyalcatraz
“Do you see? Being. Becoming. DO . YOU. SEE?!”
snowinmyboots
They'll have to flap faster than that to fly like a bird.
2fligh2high
Brandy321
*unfolding
hybridgorilla3131
WestieTree5
*unzipping
BobbyVegana
silly, the clip is reversed /s
Zephrman
Given the fixed disposition of most airplane wings, I think "F4U Corsair folding wings" is an acceptable title
WhyWouldIUseMyRealNick
You may have missed the joke.
CatlessBastard
Joke is marginal at best.
fformulaa
Everytime i see one, i just keep thinking it hasn't fully unfolded yet and they're like "eh, ef it. Lets go flying!"
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
Pappy approves
MrTheFavs
Like… from Star Fox?
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073961/
fign37
Our age is showing up
StarscreamAndHutch
I met him when i was 5 at Oshkosh.
AnApologeticCanadian
Like....sugar mammas bf from proud family?
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073961/
Mjolnir1148
BeerandCats
I am the "typical" P-51/A-10 fan, but I sure do appreciate foldable wings
correr96
P-51s are a thing of beauty. I love the way once the Rolls Royce engine was incorporated, it was even more bad ass.
ChickenFingerFingers
What, no P-38?
triggrhaapi
The old naval WWII warbirds did amazing ground pounding work in Vietnam and Korea.
Forge128
*Fly Navy.*
TeflonTrout
I WAS an A10 fan, until...https://youtu.be/WWfsz5R6irs
Zephrman
Tbh, that dipped wing look is near-pornographic
[deleted]
[deleted]
DidYouKnowThatCashewsComeFromAFruit
I did enjoy that
moonweasel
I love the bonus warbird comments/links these posts always seem to lead to
CallumElsdonMcleod
If I ever win a large amount of money, that is the first bullshit thing I'm buying ?
ThaneofGlamis
Yeah… for me it’s a fuckton of land and then a Sherman. Then imma just tear loose with my fuckin tank
weidermeijer
Two chicks at the same time, my dude.
Metalhead47
Be sure to spend a large sum of money learning how to fly it FIRST, that thing will kill you quick.
CallumElsdonMcleod
Hey....two birds one stone? ?
TrinDiesel
I know its unfounded, but I can't help but worry about the wings folding back up midflight due to some kind of structural or user error.
Metalhead47
Interlocks upon interlocks upon interlocks. And they did that shit with 1940s tech, too.
Fenrishunter500
They were engineered in such a way that you actually had to work to get them out of the locked position. Not something that would just 1/2
Fenrishunter500
Happen in the course of a flight. These birds were the fastest at level flight, and barely slower than the P-47 in a dive. Wings had to 2/3
Fenrishunter500
be able to firmly lock in place with no issues. Mechanically speaking, they would move to that position in high Gs
ImperatorNikolai
The bent wing design was in order to keep the landing gear short but still give enough clearance for the large propeller
theredacted
The landing gear had to be short so they could be strong enough for the increased forces of landing on a pitching and rolling carrier deck
OhIfIMust
Those props are HUGE.
rcordell
Only issue is the pilot can’t see shit for most of the takeoff run. (Maybe not ONLY issue, but significant.)
FreudianLisp
Was thinking this to myself! +1
DukePaulAtreides
Which is ironic, because the original designs used a smaller engine/prop but weren't powerful enough. Chain of revisions led to this icon!
IThinkALot
And aerodynamic stability (dihedral)
DangerRNGR
This is about the extreme anhedral between the wing root and the main landing gear
BraxtoSor9000
I thought it was dihedral for stability. Interesting.
squanchit
How do you taxi in that? Can you even see the ground?
ImperatorNikolai
Not really. Had to use spotters alongside the plane. Navy eventually gave up on using it from carriers, but the British figured it out.
tehguldincalk
And also to look dope as fuck
Stinkybuttpants
I always wondered why, thank you sir
xj4low
That and to accommodate it's 13'4" blade diameter.
pachyderm
I thought it was so they’d store easier on aircraft carriers …?
DrBadGenes
No that's the folding part. He's talking about wing shape
bonetonelord
The folding does that. This is about how there's still an angle change over the gear when the wings are deployed.
shadowspectrum
I think he’s referring to the gull wing - bendywingythingy
pachyderm
Me too
RoseHarmonic
Not where it folds, but where it curves next to the fuselage.
AlmightyThor117
Also increases it’s sexy factor by around 100
sandwiched
Yup. Seems there's something about naming an aircraft "F4" that gives it those sexy angles. #phantom
xj4low
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
They don't make em like they used to
MisterLemons
Not nearly as much as wicked seamless nosecone to fuselage transitions with under-engine intake scoops on propeller aircraft...
HowLongHaveYouBeenThereWhatDidYouSee
I feel like you have a very particular aircraft you're describing.
MisterLemons
Nah, there's quite a few. P38, P40, P51, Hurricane, Spitfire, BF109, ect. Gorgeous planes, nice and sleek with them pointy noses.
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
It gives better lift
executivedisfunction
The bend actually costs lift, but the wing gets that back and maybe more from the wing root joining the fuselage at a right angle.
ElectricStormCat
It also helped with roll stability
executivedisfunction
A straight wing mid fuselage would be more efficient (drag vs. lift) but the landing gear gets long, weak and spindly, or long and Heavy.
ShiftingPattern
Super appreciate you sharing your informative insight.
charondaboatman
And you have to put those guns somewhere…
ImperatorNikolai
the Navy wanted to go with a pair of 20mm autocannons in each wing, but just could not make reliable ones so the .50s were used
executivedisfunction
Guns are all outboard of the propeller arc, well past the folding mechanism and wing bend. Inside the arc is mostly heat exchangers, so the
executivedisfunction
fuselage stays tight to the engine, quite different from P-47s and such with turbo intercoolers and radiators hung everywhere.
fleshygrowth
"lets take the most powerful radial engine ever and give it enough turbocharger to choke god" - P47 design team
AnEggOrMan
I don't get it, how does folding wings help with either of those things
Ryebread91
It took me a bit to get it too. The dip allows the landing gear & wings to go below the body of the aircraft instead of just parallel to it.
NCPBullet
Not the folding. The design of the whole wing pointing down from the fuselage then up and out to the tips. Mounts the landing gear lower
Malak224
These were navy planes so on the carrier they go.
GadenKerensky
Folding wings are just for storage on a carrier.
nobodyyouveheardof
The initial commenter didn't finish the idea. Shorter landing gear = stronger landing gear for one of the biggest single engine planes in ?
nobodyyouveheardof
ww2 meant to land on a carrier.
yrypics
The bend (not fold) in the wings allows shorter, stronger landing gear while still leaving room for a huge prop.
Ryebread91
I still don't understand. Wouldn't the fact that the plane is angled up be what's giving it the clearance? Like on the p51?
1metalnation
Yes, but you can only angle up so much before you're sacrificing too much ground visibility for the pilot and the tail picks up first 1/
1metalnation
during take off reducing that upward angle. Having the wings straight out would mean longer landing gear and lower transverse stability 2/
OffStageSpring9
When landing/taking off the tail will lift and the frame will be parallel with the ground. It's at these times the prop needs clearance
Ryebread91
I see it now, the dip allows the wings/gear to go below the body of the aircraft.