Corsair F Mk II (Great Britain)

This page is about the premium fighter Corsair F Mk II (Great Britain). For other versions, see F4U (Family).

▄Corsair F Mk II

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▄Corsair F Mk II

Britain

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
2.7	2.7	3.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

Naval aircraft

Purchase:1 150

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Description

The ▄Corsair F Mk II is a premium rank II British fighter with a battle rating of 2.7 (AB/RB) and 3.3 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance".

General info

Flight performance

Arrestor gear

Accelerates braking by grabbing the brake cable on the deck of the aircraft carrier

Max speed

at 7 000 m660 km/h

Turn time20 s

Max altitude11 500 m

EnginePratt & Whitney R-2800-8W

TypeRadial

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight7 t

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 6,888 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	585	564	11500	25.4	25.9	8.6	8.6	251
Upgraded	650	615		23.0	24.0	17.0	12.3

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	✓

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
885	730	470	278	244	~11	~4

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 450	< 450	< 500	> 450

Survivability and armour

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural885 km/h

Gear730 km/h

• 38 mm Bulletproof glass in cockpit front.
• 3 mm Steel plates in front of cockpit, top of fuselage.
• 8 mm Steel plate behind the pilot, with 12.7 mm Steel plate on headrest.
• Critical components located at the front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
• More fuel tanks located in wings leading edge

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB766

RB1 034

SB1 678

Crew training6 900

Experts46 000

Aces320

Research Aces500 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 50 / 120 / 230 %

2 × 130 / 130 / 130 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Fuselage repair Radiator Compressor Wings repair Engine Engine injection	Airframe Cover	bmg50_belt_pack BMBC mk.1 bmg50_new_gun BLBC mk.1

Armaments

Offensive armament

Weapon 16 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun

Ammunition2 350 rounds

Fire rate750 shots/min

The Corsair F Mk II (Great Britain) is armed with:

• 6 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns, wing-mounted (400 + 400 + 375 rpg each wing = 2,350 total)

Suspended armament

List of setups (2)

Setup 11 x 500 lb AN-M64A1 bomb

Setup 21 x 1000 lb AN-M65A1 bomb

The Corsair F Mk II (Great Britain) can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without load
• 1 x 500 lb AN-M64A1 bomb (500 lb total)
• 1 x 1,000 lb AN-M65A1 bomb (1,000 lb total)

Usage in battles

Due to its great energy retention and high dive speed, the Corsair F Mk II is very good at Boom & Zoom manoeuvres. It is recommended to be used this way especially against any Japanese planes. Against any German aircraft, Boom & Zoom operations are still recommended, however, some planes you can out turn (FW-190 A-4) and may pose a threat by using this advantage and reversing the attacker/defender roles. As with every American fighter, always climb at the start of a match. Typically, to be successful with this plane it is best to climb higher than the enemy fighters and attack them with an energy advantage. Using this tactic will greatly increase your chances of picking your battles and forcing the enemy down to lower altitudes low where either you or your teammates you can finish them off.

This unique Corsair variant rolls slightly faster than the original F4U due to having clipped wings. However, increased manoeuvrability sometimes comes at a price resulting in performance sufferage as is found with this fighter. While this fighter does well in the mid to lower altitudes, performance and manoeuvrability in the higher altitudes where the air is thinner starts to wane quickly and any advantages the clipped wings provided at lower altitudes are quickly lost and start to hinder the aircraft's performance. In comparison, these differences are slight but sometimes in the middle of the battle, the slight differences quickly determine the victor and a pilot bailing out of their crippled aircraft.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Not controllable	Controllable Auto control available	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Separate	Controllable 3 gears	Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Great diving characteristics
• Good energy retention
• Good speed
• Good acceleration
• Great high-speed manoeuvrability
• Great ammo reserves; >375 RPG
• Great top dive speed

Cons:

• Mediocre flat turning characteristics
• Vulnerable to incendiary ammunition
• Weak damage model
• Big target, easy to hit
• Can be easily taken out by other players from behind
• Limited WEP

History

The F4U-1A Corsair was based on the F4U-1. In fact, F4U-1A was not an official designation, but was assigned to mid-to-late production F4U-1s in order to distinguish them from early production F4U-1s postwar. The F4U-1A incorporated a simplified windscreen, and a taller, wider, two frame canopy. The pilots seat was also raised 7 in. All of these modifications increased visibility, especially over the long nose of the plane. A 6 in stall strip was also added to the right wing, outboard of the guns, allowing the wings to stall at the same speed. And, the landing gear oleo struts were improved. These changes combined lead to the clearing of the Corsair for carrier-based operations. In British service, the F4U-1A was known as the Corsair Mk II. They were modified slightly from the American design, and had their wings "clipped", meaning they had 8 in cut off of the wing tips, in order to allow them to fit on British aircraft carriers.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Corsair F Mk II (Great Britain) from live.warthunder.com.

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• Official data sheet - more details about the performance

References

• "F4U-1A Vought Corsair", F4U Corsair - The Bent Wing Bird plane site, Retrieved on 28 March 2020.
• "Types of Plane F4U - Variants", F4U Corsair- The Bent Wing Bird plane site, Retrieved on 28 March 2020.