Published on Sep 5, 2015
If you’ve ever wondered how a fighter aircraft with a huge and noisy radial engine like the WW2 Corsair could end up with a nickname that refers to the whistling noise it makes in a high speed dive this is the video you’ve been waiting for. Crank up your sound system and listen to the whistle…
This Goodyear-built FG-1D Corsair of the Old Stick and Rudder Company is shown here during a display at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand.
One bad ass airplane, imagine this thing zeroing in with twin 50s letting loose, enough to put the fear of god into anything. Big ol 4 bladed prop, folding wings, huge fkg motor, doesnt get any better.
THX MARK
The German Stuka had a similar sound when it dive bombed as well. It had a special built separate mechanism built on the fuselage that was designed to whistle as it dived, it was meant to scare the people on the ground.
These planes are bad ass as hell, love these birds.
I know your into RC planes,
Check this out, this is ready to fly and reasonable. All you need is a radio, really cool plane. Really great electric motors, these motors have come along way man, powerful as hell now. No more fkg around with fuelchk this vid out
https://youtu.be/rpcnbmVDN88
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WHEN I FLEW MODELS YEARS AGO, THIS WAS MY FAVORITE. CHECK OUT THR REAL WORLD SPECS OF THIS BUZZARD;
Early on, Shoemaker chose the Pratt-Whitney R-1830 Wasp air-cooled radial engine because of it’s long history of reliability, and the V-166-A was designed around this engine. But, in 1940, the BuAer’s quest for speed resulted in a switch to the experimental XR-2800-4 version of the Pratt-Whitney Double Wasp, with a two-stage supercharger for the prototype XF4U-1 Corsair. The R-2800 engine was the most powerful engine in the world in 1940, exceeding 100 hp (74.6 kW) per cylinder for each of its 18 cylinders. The change in engines resulted in the design number being changed to Vought Design #V-166-B. The V-166-A was never built. 100 HORSEPOWER PER CYLINDER…
I had no idea, 100 per cylinder, Jesus h christ that’s huge man.