LordBlueBaron22 Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 Hey ya'll. You know that weird post that sort of sticks out of the fuselage of the Corsair? That I've heard is called the navigation antenna. It is said in the Corsair's manual that you can retract that and it recommends that it should only be extended if in use. How does this antenna work? Is it radio direction finding or something different? The manual doesn't explain. Below are pictures of the manual and of the navigation antenna (if you can find it). I'm not sure how exactly that can retract. I assume it folds?nullnull
Ala13_ManOWar Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 The aerial with the radio wire isn't retractable, the stick behind the canopy might be since it's not something you see regularly in Corsairs IIRC. "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice
razo+r Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2014/01/f4u-corsair-wire-antenna-alternatives.html I assume the nav antenna is the ZB antenna used for homings located behind the cockpit at the belly of the fuselage. Edited June 11, 2022 by razo+r 1
LordBlueBaron22 Posted June 12, 2022 Author Posted June 12, 2022 20 hours ago, Ala13_ManOWar said: The aerial with the radio wire isn't retractable, the stick behind the canopy might be since it's not something you see regularly in Corsairs IIRC. I think the reason for all the different types of navigation antennas has to do with technology changing? I assumed the reason the front antenna could retract is because it is sort of in the line of sight. Not a big problem but I assume an annoyance.
Ala13_ManOWar Posted June 12, 2022 Posted June 12, 2022 That kind of annoyance is a bit less IRL since you look with two eyes in 3 dimensions. Anyhow, that radio mast in front of the cockpit is a distinctive mark for early Corsair. The link above explains every change in that during Corsair's life. 1 "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice
peachmonkey Posted June 13, 2022 Posted June 13, 2022 In IL2 there's a soviet Mig3 ac with a similar radio antenna in front of the cockpit, on the right side of the fuselage. In VR it kind of attracts your attention at first but after a while you don't even notice it. null
-Rudel- Posted June 14, 2022 Posted June 14, 2022 The retracting antenna is located on the bottom of the fuselage. It's connected via a flex cable to the cockpit. 2 https://magnitude-3.com/ https://www.facebook.com/magnitude3llc https://www.youtube.com/@magnitude_3 i9 13900K, 128GB RAM, RTX 4090, Win10Pro, 2 x 2TB SSD, 1 x 15TB SSD U.2 i9 10980XE, 128GB RAM, RTX 3090Ti, Win10 Pro, 2 x 256GB SSD, 4 x 512GB SSD RAID 0, 6 x 4TB HDD RAID 6, 9361-8i RAID Controller i7 4960X, 64GB RAM, GTX Titan X Black, Win10 Pro, 512GB PCIe SSD, 2 x 256GB SSD
LordBlueBaron22 Posted June 16, 2022 Author Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 5:53 PM, -Rudel- said: The retracting antenna is located on the bottom of the fuselage. It's connected via a flex cable to the cockpit. Awwwwwwwwww what?? That's weird. I see now why you wouldn't want that extended for carrier landings.
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