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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #150 on: October 06, 2012, 04:59:16 PM »
I worked out another idea. Alex(AXU) and his corsair and IAR 80-drawings (superb!) brought me to make a combination of both planes. The story behind it is that in 1940, with the war at hand, an Romanian pilot, Lt.Toma Lucian, escaped his country and met in a hotel in Lisbon a Vought-delegation, which returned to the USA after having a business meeting with some French navy-officers about the SB3U-Plane. The officer told them about the IAR 80. The Vought-people were interested and when the pilot offered them to get the basic drawings of the 80-machine, he was invited to the US. Two months later he managed to bring the elemental drawings to the USA and was invited to the VOught-plant. Vought, eager to have an new fighter, was already building the F4U, but there were a lot of problems. They were able to integrate the IAR model with the bubble canopy in the frame of the F4U. After tests it was at that moment a stable and trustworthy fighterplane. They called it the F3U-1 and went to the navy for tests. The Navy was very pleased with the model and after successful decktrials it was ordered.

Here is an F3U-1A version used in 1945 by a trainingssquadron from the Marines

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Lauhof



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« Reply #151 on: October 06, 2012, 06:45:35 PM »
Here is one from VF-11 at Henderson Field.

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Lauhof


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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #152 on: October 06, 2012, 06:59:58 PM »
Ohhh sir,that is awesome !!!
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #153 on: October 06, 2012, 07:46:17 PM »
Yes, beautiful straight wing Corsair...

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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #154 on: October 06, 2012, 09:09:16 PM »
 :)
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #155 on: October 07, 2012, 04:52:41 PM »
Thanks Guys!!!

In 1942 several carrier-squadrons of the US Navy were already using the F3U-1. Here are two examples:

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Lauhof



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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #156 on: October 07, 2012, 05:21:53 PM »
EXCELLENT,certainly I have to do this version!
Thanks lauhof52
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #157 on: October 09, 2012, 04:02:28 AM »
Thank you, Alex!!  :)

The first squadron who recieved the F3U-1 was VF-4 from the USS Ranger, when they arrived the squadron had become VF-41, but still the red rippers. Here is one, early 1941.

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Lauhof

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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #158 on: October 09, 2012, 07:38:39 AM »
I really like the shape of those F3U's, Very cool!  :)
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« Reply #159 on: October 10, 2012, 05:48:54 AM »
Thank you Doom!

Here are two more from the early scheme period, from the second squadron who recieved the F3U, VF-72, it's an F3U-1 and F3U-1A.

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lauhof


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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #160 on: October 10, 2012, 09:57:32 AM »
Nice ones! :)
Would the 1941 ones have a birdcage canopy like the XF4U? :icon_crap:

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« Reply #161 on: October 10, 2012, 11:21:01 AM »
Excellent concept on the USN IAR  :)
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #162 on: October 10, 2012, 05:29:24 PM »
Love those last ones.
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #163 on: October 10, 2012, 06:15:55 PM »
Nice ones! :)
Would the 1941 ones have a birdcage canopy like the XF4U? :icon_crap:

Thanks Tophe!
The nice part of it is that the IAR-80 concept had already an birdcage-like canopy in 1940.

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Lauhof

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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #164 on: October 10, 2012, 06:31:36 PM »
Excellent concept on the USN IAR  :)

Thank you!

Love those last ones.

Thanks! It's definitely also my favourite scheme.

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Lauhof

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« Reply #165 on: October 11, 2012, 03:12:07 AM »
Here already a glimpse of the near future, the F3U-3 and F3U-3A in 1943.

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Lauhof



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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #166 on: October 11, 2012, 03:27:24 AM »
Becoming more interesting !!!
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #167 on: October 12, 2012, 02:45:10 AM »
Thanks Alex! .. more to come

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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #168 on: October 12, 2012, 09:43:30 AM »
Hold one in reserve Lauhof. If the 'Gull Winged' Group Build ever happens, your F3U would be perfect!
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #169 on: October 13, 2012, 03:16:11 AM »
If the 'Gull Winged' Group Build ever happens

Well, you had better nominate it then...
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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #170 on: October 13, 2012, 04:37:36 AM »
Hmmm, I thought a Gull Winged group had been nominated  ???
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« Reply #171 on: October 13, 2012, 05:15:49 PM »
Hmmm, I thought a Gull Winged group had been nominated  ???

Nominated or not, the F3U gladly takes part! ;)

Lauhof

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« Reply #172 on: October 13, 2012, 05:18:33 PM »
The development of the F3U increases, even at the time Vought brought 'big'brother F4U. They made the F3U-4, a massive one. Here is one from VMF(N)-53 in 1944

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Lauhof


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« Reply #173 on: October 15, 2012, 08:43:20 PM »
Inspired by the bubble-canopy from the IAR-80 the Vought engineers developed a new canopy for the F3U-2, but due to difficulties with the engine and stability of the plane, especially with decklandings, the F3U-2 came in duty at the end of 1943. Here is one from VF-17.

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Lauhof


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Re: Lauhof's profiles
« Reply #174 on: October 16, 2012, 09:43:41 AM »
Damn, these IAR-80/Corsair mash-ups look awesome!  :-*
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