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 Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:10 pm |
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The bearcat was not to replace the hellcat but to add to the Navy's
capability by intercepting the Kamakazies due to its improved climbing rate
& high maneuverability & firepower. Some got out into the fleet but very
late in the war.
"Val Kraut" <marvalk at (no spam) optonline.net> wrote in message
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"I believe the new carriers - Midway, Roosevelt and Coral Sea would have
gotten the Bearcat for the Invasion of Japan.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:00 pm |
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On Sep 23, 1:10 am, <waltme... at (no spam) lafn.org> wrote:
Quote: The bearcat was not to replace the hellcat but to add to the Navy's
capability by intercepting the Kamakazies due to its improved climbing rate
& high maneuverability & firepower. Some got out into the fleet but very
late in the war."Val Kraut" <marv... at (no spam) optonline.net> wrote in message
news:4ab04b3f$0$5006$607ed4bc at (no spam) cv.net...
"I believe the new carriers - Midway, Roosevelt and Coral Sea would have
gotten the Bearcat for the Invasion of Japan.- Hide quoted text -
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The Bearcat was designed primarily as a response to the German Focke
Wulf 190 long before the Japanese started the kamikaze program.
Grumman's lead designer got a chance to fly a Focke Wulf and was
impressed with its overall performance and weight and decided to
design a replacement for the Hellcat that incorporated the largest
engine in the smallest airframe practicable. That this was the best
antidote for kamikazes was purely accidental. The story of the
"Kamikaze Killer" is on par with the canard that the Hellcat was
designed in response to the Zero. The Hellcat was long in development
before Pearl Harbor as the Bearcat was long in development before the
Kamikaze threat.
John Dupre' |
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| Mike... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:50 pm |
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On Sep 26, 10:00 pm, John <jdupre5... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
Quote: On Sep 23, 1:10 am, <waltme... at (no spam) lafn.org> wrote:
The bearcat was not to replace the hellcat but to add to the Navy's
capability by intercepting the Kamakazies due to its improved climbing rate
& high maneuverability & firepower. Some got out into the fleet but very
late in the war."Val Kraut" <marv... at (no spam) optonline.net> wrote in message
news:4ab04b3f$0$5006$607ed4bc at (no spam) cv.net...
"I believe the new carriers - Midway, Roosevelt and Coral Sea would have
gotten the Bearcat for the Invasion of Japan.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
The Bearcat was designed primarily as a response to the German Focke
Wulf 190 long before the Japanese started the kamikaze program.
Grumman's lead designer got a chance to fly a Focke Wulf and was
impressed with its overall performance and weight and decided to
design a replacement for the Hellcat that incorporated the largest
engine in the smallest airframe practicable. That this was the best
antidote for kamikazes was purely accidental. The story of the
"Kamikaze Killer" is on par with the canard that the Hellcat was
designed in response to the Zero. The Hellcat was long in development
before Pearl Harbor as the Bearcat was long in development before the
Kamikaze threat.
John Dupre'
The fighter developed specifically for low altitude kamakaze
intercepts was the Goodyear F2G. It was a Corsair with a bubble
canopy and an R-4360 engine. The program was cancelled after ten were
built because its performance was inferior to the F4U-4 already in
production and entering service and the F4U-5, which had been ordered
but did not enter service until after the war. Also, introducing a
radically different engine would have delayed needed Corsair
production. |
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