[rescue] Corsairs

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Fri, 01 Feb 2002, you wrote:
> Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> > The problem was that having a 13' propeller the plane sat at a high angle while
> > on the ground and made them difficult to see out of while on the ground and
> 
> you have that particular problem with most tail-wheel types
> and it gets nastier in a high-hp military types.
> 
> look up a french wwii fighter (devoitine i think).
> a fast bird but :
> 1. unsteady in flight and so a bad weapon platform (very hard to hit
> something
>    if your mount is jumping all over the place)
> 2. she-devil in the air and at the ground to - you had to fly it
>    all the time between chocks off-chocks on !
>    which resulted in a lot of taxying mishaps.
> 
> The Spitfire was a very forgiving a/c compared with this !

While I agree the Corsair also had the cocpit position a bit further back from
the front of the ship making it more difficult to see over the nose. As I said
in an eariler post the US Navy delayed fleet deployment by almost a year due
to this issue. Otherwise a steady, fast and deadly steed to ride :)

Mike N