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Originally Posted by Joe Bob
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The manufacturer made two-three early turds but came up smelling roses when they 'helped' with the Corsair a very successfull WWII AND Korean era fighter. Longest running fighter production....the Gull wing was designed to allow clearance for the big ass prop.
Why didn't they just make the landing gear taller?
Later they had some issues....including getting sued for 10 mill....lotta bucks back then, two wanker sales reps went to jail.
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F4U Corsair used the inverted gull wing because it had a 12 foot diameter prop, but also to keep the gear short and robust to handle the controlled stalls onto carrier decks. Also, the gear retracted rearward and rotated 90 degrees to become totally enclosed in the wing, and it could carry heaver bomb loads. The Stuka JU87 and the Aichi B7A also had inverted gull wings for similar reasons.
