Vought Vindicator V156F

Get yourself a copy of the excellent "Wings of the Navy" by Capt. Eric "Winkle" Brown (if you don't have it already) and look up the section on the Vought Chesapeake. Of the V-156-F on P.21: "...the fence-type dive brakes previously rejected by the US Navy were introduced in the upper and lower surfaces of the outboard wing panels, and the swinging bomb displacement crutch, which ensured clearance of the propeller arc and the export of which was, for some inexplicable reason, denied by the US Navy, was omitted." The follow on order, for 50 aircraft, which ended up being build to V-156-B1 standard and ended up as Chesapeakes with the Fleet Air Arm, did not have the dive brakes, "...and use the undercarriage in lieu....I did not like as the undercarriage was not designed for such a function."

Jon.

Thanks Jonathan,

Just noticed that the 1/72 Azur boxart shows the lower air brakes clearly.

Keith Walker

Quoting Eric Brown:

IIRC I read somewhere that is was one of those "classified" kind of things.

Don McIntyre Clarksville, TN

Classified from who?? The Germans had one on the Stuka allready.

Bill Shuey

Guess even back then there was animosity between the French and US!

Keith Walker

: > Jonathan Stilwell wrote: : > : > Quoting Eric Brown: : >

: > > ...and the swinging bomb displacement crutch, which : > > ensured clearance of the propeller arc and the export of which was, : > for some : > > inexplicable reason, denied by the US Navy, was omitted." : >

: > IIRC I read somewhere that is was one of those "classified" kind of : > things. : >

: Classified from who?? The Germans had one on the Stuka allready. : : Bill Shuey