F4U VOUGHT CORSAIR MANIFOLD PRESSURE GAUGE

The Vought F4U Corsair's unique ‘gull-wing’ configuration and powerful  2,000 hp, 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine made it one of the fastest single engine fighters of the war being only marginally slower than the P-47 Thunderbolt which used the same power plant.

Whilst originally designed as a carrier-based aircraft, the F4U's high approach speed and restricted pilot vision made carrier landings extremely hazardous rendering it unsuitable for US Navy use. Instead, the aircraft was given to the Marines who used it with great effect in their Pacific Island-hopping campaign.

Eventually the visibility issues and approach speed issues were overcome with modifications to the aircraft's airframe and flight controls and the F4U was returned to carrier operations but pilots still found it one of the most challenging aircraft to land on a carrier deck.

This Manning Maxwell & Moore Inc AN 5770-1 Manifold Pressure gauge was mounted at the bottom left of the F4U’s main flight panel directly under the Altimeter. 

Installed in an operational aircraft, the rear casing still retains its protective gauze tape that was used to cover the instrument's pressure hose intake from dust and dirt after its removal from the aircraft for servicing. 

* Note that this F4U Collectable is pictured with a 1/48 scale model rather than the standard detailed, but smaller 1/72 scale. Click on the ‘Model Upgrade' option at the top of this page for the larger 1/48 scale as displayed here.

This Vought F4U Corsair Collectables come complete with detailed scale model, mango wood display stand, engraved plaque plus printed fact sheet featuring photo of the instrument in the aircraft's cockpit and highly detailed 1/72 or larger, 1/48 F4U Corsair scale model.

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