F4U-1C

[Cunctator]

Mostly the same airicraft as our -1D, but with 4 M2 20 mm cannons installed in the wings instead of the six 0.5 Brownings. Hopefully a quite simple modification of our Corsair. 

 

[Mike Busutil]

Very cool picture. 

[Ripcord03]

Yes, im not the only one. Sure they only ever made 200 of them but still. Id love to have the option

[Bowie]

11 hours ago, Ripcord03 said:

Yes, im not the only one. Sure they only ever made 200 of them but still. Id love to have the option

One could 'Frankenstein' the weapons.lua file, to replace the 6x0.50's w/ 4x20 mm's already in the program.

Did similar to the 30 mm Bf-109K, to convert it to a 20 mm 'G-6' mdl.

Only drawback is that all the F4U's would be of that stripe as long as the mod .lua file was installed.

Not a problem for the Bf-109.

 

Would be sweet.

USS Shangri-La     (CV-38)    (CVG-85)    (VF-85)* (VBF-85)*

Fit right in for the new 'TG 58.4.3 - Okinawa Support (08APR - 12MAY45)' mission.

However, from extensive CFS2 experience, as well as real world data, the 6x0.50 is the superior dogfighter configuration.

 

Bowie

Edited November 16 by Bowie

[Ripcord03]

On 11/16/2025 at 10:20 AM, Bowie said:

One could 'Frankenstein' the weapons.lua file, to replace the 6x0.50's w/ 4x20 mm's already in the program.

Did similar to the 30 mm Bf-109K, to convert it to a 20 mm 'G-6' mdl.

Only drawback is that all the F4U's would be of that stripe as long as the mod .lua file was installed.

Not a problem for the Bf-109.

 

Would be sweet.

USS Shangri-La     (CV-38)    (CVG-85)    (VF-85)* (VBF-85)*

Fit right in for the new 'TG 58.4.3 - Okinawa Support (08APR - 12MAY45)' mission.

However, from extensive CFS2 experience, as well as real world data, the 6x0.50 is the superior dogfighter configuration.

 

Bowie

the 20mm struggled early on due to jamming and icing issues, once they got gun heat and solved the jamming, the 20mm and .50's performed very closely, but obviously, lots of pilots prefered the .50s for multiple reasons

[Saxman]

55 minutes ago, Ripcord03 said:

the 20mm struggled early on due to jamming and icing issues, once they got gun heat and solved the jamming, the 20mm and .50's performed very closely, but obviously, lots of pilots prefered the .50s for multiple reasons

Honestly, cannon was overkill against Japanese aircraft considering a solid 1-second burst was usually enough to set them on fire. It became more important with the jet era because you didn't have the time on target.