Fleet Air Arm - Royal Navy Corsair Service

[Krupi]

Just for those interested, would be nice to see a few FAA Skins...

[Mr_sukebe]

+1

[rkk01]

One of the previewed skins was FAA

 

ETA - this one... UK / Aus anyway

Edited February 5, 2021 by rkk01

[Krupi]

Nice, I hope they do the camo version as well that looks no different than the US scheme. 

[Cunctator]

That's an Pacific theatre FAA late war paint scheme, when the British Pacific Fleet supported the final push against Japan in 1944-45. It was intentionally kept as close as possible to USN schemes, especially without any kind of red in the roundels.

[-0303-]

Early models "Bouncy oleo" was interesting. Also, "land 2-3 knots over stall speed", really? Same thing with Seafire's described by same series. I'd thought margins would've been better, at least for purpose built CV Corsair's.

 

Oh, was commenting on part II.

Edited February 21, 2021 by -0303-

[Cunctator]

Part 2 is up: F4U Corsair: Taming the beast

 

 

 

[Cunctator]

Razbam posted theses images of their upcoming South Atlantic map for DCS today. The fjords of southern Chile could be a decent stand in for northern Norway to build some missions for the Corsair while we wait for Pacific theatre maps and assets.

[rkk01]

Good point - and the Mossie... assuming suitable runway availability and range

[Mogster]

On 2/21/2021 at 7:48 PM, Cunctator said:

Part 2 is up: F4U Corsair: Taming the beast

 

 

 

WW2 carrier landing videos are so scary...

 

I assume if after launch you detect a problem then you’re putting it down in the drink. The deck’s full, so unless you can fly round until your mates have launched then you’re going for a swim...?

[rkk01]

That’s the reason for angled flight decks...

[Cunctator]

Indeed. I've just recently finished the memoirs of Norman Hanson, CO of No 1833 Squadron during the last year of the war. At least half of their loses and multiple deaths could have been avoided with angled flight decks. it must have been scary to cut the throttle land aboard a carrier with a squadron worth of airplanes and the crash barrier in front of you.

[Cunctator]

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The Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm was tasked with keeping the German battleship Tirpitz tied up in its fjord in northern Norway during 1944 as the Russian convoys scrambled past on their way to Murmansk. Between April and August, a series of aircraft carrier strikes - Tungsten, Mascot and Goodwood - helped deal just enough damage to keep the last Nazi battleship out of action before Barnes Wallis' Tallboy bombs were ready to deal the final blow. While the attacks represented the first major operational deployment of the Fairey Barracuda torpedo-dive bomber, it was also among the first actions involving the F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcat in Fleet Air Arm service.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7YyDajavgk

 

 

[Mogster]

On 2/23/2021 at 5:38 PM, Cunctator said:

Indeed. I've just recently finished the memoirs of Norman Hanson, CO of No 1833 Squadron during the last year of the war. At least half of their loses and multiple deaths could have been avoided with angled flight decks. it must have been scary to cut the throttle land aboard a carrier with a squadron worth of airplanes and the crash barrier in front of you.

Safer but also preventing damage to the aircraft also.

WW2 aircraft were relatively cheap by modern standards, pushing a few over the side every trip was sustainable and expected. You do that regularly with FA-18s or god forbid F35s and the bean counters will have an aneurism… 

Although s**t still does happen…