You forgot “ensign eliminator” that one was always my favorite.
The Corsair had a bit better performance than the Hellcat, but there were more Hellcats out there. I’d say it’s a tie. Now the plane that would have really kicked some butt is the F8F Bearcat, it was just a hair too late.
Ah the Bearcat! What a plane! The Kalamazoo Air Zoo has one that they fly. If you ever get to stand along the fence there and watch it take to the air. . . Wow! The rate of climb for that plane is fabulous. I also wish the Tigercat could have played a role as well.
Randolph AFB just had their airshow on the 1st and 2nd of Nov. We flew a 15 ship flyby for the 50th anniversary of the Tweet. As we were getting on the bus to go to Kelly the warbirds were cranking up. The power of the “U” bird was obvious and watching it do low altitude high speed passes was just awesome! Why do I model? Because unfortunately these magnificent flying machines won’t be flying forever.[:(] When I can show someone a model, and tell them what it was all about, it means something to me, and believe me I can talk about airplanes!
Jim
I go with the F4U as the better all around performer…a lot of other folks listed the main reasons. F6F was built primarily as an air-to-air fighter, not dual roled like the Corsair.