F2G Super Corsair Assembly Line

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2637

Rob Mears wrote:

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My F2G print is dated Feb 46. Wasn't the program over by then?

The last three F2G's were delivered during February of 1946, so your pic most likely shows one of those planes.

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The pic below shows FG-1 #209, it's written on the fuel bulkhead. There is also 9/29 in marker where the shadow of the mans head is on the fuselage.

The FG-1 in the photo should be FG-1 BuNo.13200 if I have my numbers right. A very rare shot IMO!

My mistake, the F2G art work/print (blue litho/silkscreen) is dated Jan. 4, 1946.

Does FG-1 BuNo. 13200 coincide with Oct. 9 1943?

Weren't the F2G-1's built with only 4 guns? I think all the pics show 6 guns.
They also show stub rails for rockets. As an interceptor for Kamikaze's did they all have stub rails?

Isn't anal Corsair research fun? My wife thinks I'm retarded. LOL!!!!!!

Regards,
Mike

kennsmithf2g · **Posted:** Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:50 pm

This drawing shows the F2G-1 witout the sub-rudder (I think)

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kennsmithf2g · **Posted:** Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:59 pm

This page from the pilot's manual does not show the sub-rudder

While this page from the errection manual does

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:47 pm

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Does FG-1 BuNo. 13200 coincide with Oct. 9 1943?

I checked and it's dead on the money for October 1943 production.

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Weren't the F2G-1's built with only 4 guns? I think all the pics show 6 guns. They also show stub rails for rockets. As an interceptor for Kamikaze's did they all have stub rails?

Seeing how the paint and every other aspect of the outer wing panels doesn't really match the F2G's they are attached to, I'm guessing that they were redirected from stocks to aid in the outfitting of the F2G fuselages (wiring, plumbing, etc). It looked like the line crews might have been refabricating stock FG-1D parts for the fuselages in those first photos, so I suppose there's a chance they might have begun with stock FG-1D outer wing panels and modified those to necessary specs as well.

It was very much a fledgling assembly line (almost a custom shop it seems), with only ten production planes produced in about as many months, so my guess is that they were diverting and modifying FG-1D parts as necessary.

SPang · **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:33 am

Hi,

Thanks for the pics.

Do you have pics of cockpit ?

SPang

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:43 am

Wix'cellent thread!

As Homey would say,

Rogue · **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:14 pm

I have a booklet on F2G-1 with photos of 88454.

Its by Steve Muth and has good cockpit pics.

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Five FG-1D's UK S/N KD260-KD264 were reposesed and converted to XF2G-1's (14691-14695)
Five new build F2G-1 were assigned 88454-88458.
Ten new build F2G-2's were assigned 88459-884681.
The last five were probably canceled with the main production run of 400 F2G's.

PhantomAce08 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:28 pm

Sorry about the pictures :shock:

It seems that this thread was very popular and with as many pictures I had, it used up my monthy bandwidth for Photobucket!

pilot06 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:03 am

Phantom,

Your pics aren't shoing up for me. Can you email them to me?

Much apppreciated.

Patrick

PhantomAce08 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:23 pm

Just wanted to let those interested know that my Photobucket account has finally been reset so the photos are visible again. There were so many hits on this thread, that the 10GB of bandwidth were used fairly quickly!! Enjoy!!!

Canso42 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:46 pm

Can any of you Corsair guys tell me how many Super's still exist. I know there's at least one flying at Reno.

Doug Ratchford "canso42"
volunteer-Lone Star Flight museum, Galveston, Tx.
home of F4U-5NL 'Annie Mo' N43RW.

PhantomAce08 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:42 pm

Canso42 wrote:

Can any of you Corsair guys tell me how many Super's still exist. I know there's at least one flying at Reno.

Doug Ratchford "canso42"
volunteer-Lone Star Flight museum, Galveston, Tx.
home of F4U-5NL 'Annie Mo' N43RW.

Just look at the registry.
#57 is flying
#74 is under restoration to static (I believe on "pause" right now)
The Seattle Museum of Flight has one
All that is left of #94 is the engine and I hear parts scattered around NE Ohio

Skyraider3D · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:24 pm

Awesome stuff guys! Wonderful photos!

Rob Mears wrote:

BuNo.87853 was delivered on 2/25/1945

This aircraft was flown on the famous high-altitude intercept where Bob Klingman brought down a Japanese twin using his propeller. This was on 10 May and the plane was still pretty new then.
More about BuNo.87853: http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=12415

duggy · **Joined:** Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:06 pm **Posts:** 2

Phantom - I have a reason I would like to discuss with you in an email on a project that I am working on and so on.

Regards,

Mitch Carley
Director
ThunderOverReno.com
Duggy.com

mitchcarley@yahoo.com

Thank you - if you have time.

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:46 am

ahhhh the hey days of industry in the rust belt, now long gone & the region is hurtin for certain for years to come.

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