Vought F4U-4 Corsair - Jesse L. Brown by Uncle T

FOR VERSION 1.3!

My version of the Vought F4U-4 Corsair carrier-based close ground support plane.

This particular plane was made on request and it was flown during the Korean War from the USS Leyte by ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African American naval aviator. He was sadly shot down over North Korea and died shortly after he crash-landed his plane, an event that is portrayed in the 2022 movie Devotion.

It's an approximation, not a 1:1 replica.

This version is armed with 8 5-inch HVAR (High Velocity Aircraft Rockets) as well as 6 .50 caliber machine guns (I use double machine guns to somewhat emulate the power of the .50 cal), and carries 2 150 gallon drop tanks.

Alt controls to fly. W/S: Variable throttle. S: Ground brake. A/D: Ground steering/Yaw. * Up/Down arrow: Pitch. Left/Right arrow: Roll. X/Disable steering: Landing gear.** Hold X/Invert steering: Fold wings. L/Headlights: Approach light. K/Hazard lights: Sight light. Fire action 1/Num 1: Machine guns. Fire action 2-5/Num 2-5: Rockets in pairs.*** Fire action 6-7:Num 6-7: Drop tanks Fire action 8/Num 8: Arrestor hook.

• I do not know why it often tends to veer off course so badly on the ground above 90-100kph. I've changed the landing gear several times, added extra stabilising fins internally etc. but nothing seems to help. Sorry about that. It sometimes seems to help to give max elevator from the start, which occasionally stabilizes the path.

** The real gear turned the wheels 90 degrees so they would lie flat inside the wing. I use the max steering angle of 60 degrees to simulate this. The only way to get them 90 degrees is with an actuator, but adding rotating actuators to the landing gear makes them very wobbly so this will have to suffice.

*** The rockets sometimes don't like being fired at higher speeds so stay under 400 kph/250mph, which I guess is also realistic for ground support.

Feel free to edit, but if you re-upload publically in any way please acknowledge the original creation and creator.

Have fun!