Chance Vought F4U-5NL Corsair Serial 124541

[ronl]

Awesome video, Matthias. Almost as good as being there! Thanks for posting.

Anxiously looking forward to seeing more pictures when the wings are down and you have the opportunity to shoot some detailed pictures......

Cheers,

Ron

[Matthias Dorst]

Awesome video, Matthias. Almost as good as being there! Thanks for posting.

Anxiously looking forward to seeing more pictures when the wings are down and you have the opportunity to shoot some detailed pictures......

Cheers,

Ron

I think I had Ron

[ronl]

Hi Matthias,

All of your previous pictures are outstanding. I was just referring to (hopefully) seeing some pictures of the ammo boxes when they have the opportunity to pull them out of the wing.

Cheers,

Ron

[the330thbg]

I can not wait for the shots with the wheels up and blue sky all around her!

Awesome, many, many thanks for all these shots!

[Matthias Dorst]

Photosession 8th April , some engine and system-checks







Achim Meier at the controls ..... seems that he has fun









what a beauty !!!!!





those runups are really physical stress for the pilot pull the stick to the chest (lot of pressure on the elevators), brake hard (lot of power to the pedals) and "play" with the throttle. Nothing for a banker like me

[Matthias Dorst]

....







again Achim





some work

[Matthias Dorst]

some interior shots

YEEEEEESSS ! I love it really , out of the office and sit down in a warbird, dream a bit ..... that my "escape" and my work-life-balance



big ship and big grin



when you stand on the pilots seat, you can see that



when u sit down, you can see this .... not very much.... paying attention while taxiing that beast is a good idea



lets look to the left



and of course to the right



in front the main panel



not enogh fuel ..... no escape chance





wheels down (good idea) and in the upper left the magnetos-swith



the right panel with the radio



right panel, in the middle of that picture the "start button" ...... as I said not enough fuel ..... there is a little witch in my brain, but the angel on my shoulder says "dont even think about" .... one time I will kill that angel



bomb release ... ok we have no bombs



tank switch



the electrical trim-joy-stick ... I think, the -5 was the first Corsair with electrical trim-mechanism



no use of that, I fly only low level low and fast an angry bird has to fly low



canopy control



again radio and wingfolding-control





again a look straight forward left side



the huge flaps



full right aileron (look at that trimtab)



full left aileron



last glimpse, the heating at the bottom of the cockpit. You can open and close it with your feet.



That was the cockpit "walkaround" , hope you enjoyed ist

[corsair166b]

Great, fantastic, magnificent, incredible and wunderbar.....but I'll ask the question all of us especially the Corsair aficianados on this site and around the world are wondering.....when they gonna quit playing with it and FLY IT??

[the330thbg]

AWESOME

[jaybird]

Matthias, it's time you had a serious talk with yourself about flying lessons. Anybody who dreams in the cockpit like that deserves it! Go for it.

[Matthias Dorst]

something for Ron ammunition boxes of the Corsair.

Achim took out the starboard ammu-box especially for you dear Ron





the main hatch (sorry no decals)



the smaller one



the whole thing



the box itself. Its really lightweight



from another angle



the other side



"closed"



"open"



no decals inside



thats it, concerning ammu-boxes, hope it helps

[Matthias Dorst]

last but not least some "static shots" of that black beauty. I think bird will be airborne the next days, some paperwork should be done. Of course I will inform you when Achim made the maiden ....





close up to the flamedampeners



impressive









tailplane



in front of the shop



and the last one for today ..... full flaps !

[TAdan]

Thanks for another wonderful update Matthias.

[the330thbg]

Good Grief, what an ingenious design for quick reloads!!!

Our fathers and grand-fathers really, really knew what they were doing!

[airtj]

Just wondering why the exhaust stacks are shaped like a horse shoe?