9788366673243
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Karoly Bear, Marcin Giepierski, Richard Kovalcik
In February 1938, the United States Navy opened a competition for a new fighter. Its maximum speed and operational ceiling were to exceed all the machines that American aviation had at the time.
Among others, the Chance Vought company entered the competition. The Corsair was designed by a team of engineers led by Rex Beisel, the company’s chief constructor. The prototype XF4U-1 was flown on May 29, 1940. The Corsair was powered by an eighteen-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp. That was the largest and the most powerful radial engine ever installed in a single-seat front fighter.
Paperback
ISBN: 9788366673243
Pages: 64
Date Published: March 2021
Publisher: Kagero
Series: Kit Build
Language: English
Illustrations: 120 photos, 8 color profiles, A4 poster