fah619
November 25, 2011 at 5:06 am

F3A Corsair Wing Enquire

Good day!!

Brewster-Built Restoration folks:

Does anyone know if the upper/lower surfaces of the wing folding section on your Brewster-built (Mk IIIs) were all metal surfaces or were some sections covered with fabric/vinyl??

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By: RMAllnutt - 25th November 2011 at 05:39

All F3A-1 Corsairs had the same wings as their contemporary FG-1 and F4U-1 counterparts. In other words, all Brewster-built Corsairs had outer wing panels with fabric covering the top and bottom behind the wing spar. The only significant areas not covered by fabric behind the wing spar are the wing tip section, and ammunition bay areas. Fully metalized wings did not start appearing until some time in the F4U-4 production run. I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Richard