The airframe started life as an F4U-4 Corsair but was transformed into an F2G variant with the John Sandberg-built Pratt & Whitney engine. Reminiscent of the specially modified Corsairs flown by Cook Cleland at the post-war races at Cleveland, the Super Corsair is powered by an R-4360 engine. The clipped wings have square-cut tips just outboard of the ailerons and an airframe extensively cleaned up to reduce drag. Built at Chino, California, by Fighter Rebuilders, the Super Corsair first appeared at Reno in 1982. This was the first time an R-4360 engine had been heard on a race course since Cleveland in 1949.
Super Corsair
Span: clipped from 12.48 m (40 ft 11.75 in)
Length: 10.17 m (33 ft 4.5 in)
Powerplant: 1 x Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, 2833 kW (3,800 hp)
Max TO weight: about 3946 kg (8,700 lb)
Max speed: about 490 mph at low Altitude
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