Goodyear F2G Corsair

F2G "Super" Corsair
XF2G-1
Role Carrier-based fighter aircraft
Manufacturer Goodyear Aircraft
First flight 15 July 1945
Introduction 1945
Retired 1945
Primary user United States Navy
Produced 1945
Number built 10 + 7 prototypes
Developed from Vought F4U Corsair

The Goodyear F2G Corsair, often referred to as the "Super Corsair", is a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft. The F2G was intended as a low-altitude interceptor and was equipped with a 28-cylinder, four-row Pratt & Whitney R-4360 air-cooled radial engine.

Such a fighter was first conceived in 1939, when Pratt & Whitney first proposed the immense, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) R-4360,[1] and design work began in early 1944.

  1. ^ Pautigny 2003, p. 76.

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