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1943
1943 - 1241.PDF
MAY 13TH, 1943 FLIGHT 503 elevators to give good control. Generally speaking, the use of a cranked wing improves the pilot's view. In the Corsair, however, the pilot's cockpit has been set so far back as to almost nullify this added advantage. By way of offensive armament the Corsair carries a battery of three o.sin. Browning machine-guns in each wing. The 0.5m. machine gun is a telling weapon, and the Americans do great slaughter with it. For immediate killing, however, now that so much armour plate is carried by all the belligerent aircraft, a couple of cannon of at least 20 mm. should be in each wing. No weight figure has been given, but it is probable that the Corsair weighs somewhat over 12,000 lb. —a whole lump to park on the deck of an aircraft carrier. The photographs give no indica- tion of a hook to pick up thr arrester wires on the carrier V deck. This probably issues from an orifice in the extreme stern ni the fuselage, where the pull vvouM hold -the tail well down. These air photographs tffthe Corsair are almost self-explanatory and bringout the points emphasised in the text. The view andblind spots of the pilot can be easily assessed. Thereis no indication of a " see- behind '' mirror in the roofof the cockpit and it is presumed that the onlyviews backward are ob- tained past the "hollow-ground" head rest at the rear of the cockpit.
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