tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848437078181345610.post827652484728821951..comments2024-03-08T16:42:41.614-08:00Comments on Tailhook Topics: F8F Bearcat: -1 vs -2Tailspinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17837863895661437038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848437078181345610.post-78309936692593997662018-01-29T11:17:48.931-08:002018-01-29T11:17:48.931-08:00Great -- I just finished adding 5 exhausts per sid...Great -- I just finished adding 5 exhausts per side on my F8F-1 (1200mm RC model) and read this! Oh well..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310752573460414657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848437078181345610.post-31225494692624350252017-02-04T20:42:53.882-08:002017-02-04T20:42:53.882-08:00The above drawings and photos illustrate the 5 sta...The above drawings and photos illustrate the 5 stack arrangement with the lower stack level with the wing upper surface. This created disturbed spanwise airflow over the top of the wing, also disturbing the air over the horizontal stabilizer. This was discovered in during high speed test in March 1945 at the full scale Ames wind tunnel in Langley, Virginia. The 5 stacks were combined into 3 raising the bottom of the exhaust trough 4 inches above the wing solving the problem. This information was related to me in a 2006 phone interview with the late Grumman test pilot, Corwin "Corky" Meyer who flew much of the development test with the XF8F-1. Meyer included this info on page 7 in the Ginter Publication "Grumman F8F Bearcat". I hope this clears up this confusion that I believe was started with the illustration on page 32 of the Squadron "F8F Bearcat in Action".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848437078181345610.post-61867897309303878522013-10-03T19:19:25.696-07:002013-10-03T19:19:25.696-07:00Actually, only the 23 pre-production F8F-1s had 5 ...Actually, only the 23 pre-production F8F-1s had 5 exhaust stacks. Production F8F-1s had 3 stacks per side. The F8F-2s had similar troughs and the 3 exhaust stacks protruded slightly farther aft. The incorrect 5 stack info came from the mostly accurate Squadron Bearcat in Action.<br /><br />Davis GandeesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848437078181345610.post-66563843775473737052013-04-22T13:25:01.412-07:002013-04-22T13:25:01.412-07:00I love to research all air platforms. This as good...I love to research all air platforms. This as good as it get's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309057077545743982noreply@blogger.com