Goodyear F2G Corsair

what is it?

The Goodyear F2G Corsair, often referred to as the "Super Corsair", is a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft. The F2G was intended as a low-altitude interceptor and was equipped with a 28-cylinder, four-row Pratt & Whitney R-4360 air-cooled radial engine. Such a fighter was first conceived in 1939, when Pratt & Whitney first proposed the immense, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) R-4360, and design work began in early 1944.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 694 km/htop speed
• range 3,146 kmwithout refuelling
• size 6,995 kgmax take-off weight
• built 10made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 81 years ago, in 1945.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,146 km: 17× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.3× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1945-07-15

introduced

1945

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

10

role

carrier-based fighter aircraft

makers

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-4 "Wasp Major"

crew

1

length

10.3 m

wingspan

12.5 m

height

4.9 m

max take-off weight

6,995 kg

top speed

694 km/h

range

3,146 km

ceiling

11,800 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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