| F4U-1a Corsair | |
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| Note: Base stats only (no upgrade installed) | |
| Rank | II (2) |
| Battle Rating | 3.0 |
| Type | Naval Fighter |
| Maximum Speed on height | 670 km/h |
| Maximum Altitude | 8,400 m |
| Turn Time | 24.3 seconds |
| Rate of Climb | 12.3 m/s |
| Takeoff Run | 358 m |
| Armament | 6x 12.7 mm Browning machine gun (2350 rds) |
| Burst Mass | 3.23 kg/s |
The Chance Vought F4U-1a Corsair is an American naval fighter in the U.S. Navy. The F4U-1a currently sits at Rank 2 in the American line with an upfront cost of 180,000 
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Design, Development & Operational History[]
The single-engine Chance Vought F4U Corsair was designed in 1938 for a U.S. Navy single-seater carrier-based fighter competition. The prototype showed excellent performance characteristics but was in need of substantial improvement. Even after the completion and launch of the F4U-1, a number of problems were discovered which prevented the aircraft from being used as a carrier-based fighter, and the Navy was forced to use the first F4U-1's for Marine Corps ground-based operations.
In the middle of 1943, the F4U-1A variant made its debut. To improve visibility, which was especially important when landing on an aircraft carrier, the cockpit canopy was modified to a convex shape, and the pilot’s chair was raised 17.8 cm. Dive speed problems were solved with a stall strip just outboard of the gun ports on the starboard wing’s leading edge.
The F4U-1A was produced not only at the Chance Vought factory, where the aircraft was designed, but also at the Brewster and Goodyear factories (with the designations F3A-1A and FG-1A, respectively). The latter model differed in that its wings were not folding. The Chance Vought factory produced a total of 2126 F4U-1A's.
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