WAR Corsair Flight 2 Tail view

This is the last video of the second flight test.
I am pleased to say that the mods to the radiators have paid off. During the whole flight, the temps never went above 200 degrees on the water. Stayed @195 degrees. Oil temp was at 210 when I shut down. So, for now it looks promising.
I only used the flaps on the landing, and they seemed to work fine. I only put them down @25 degrees. Overall, the flight was un-eventful just like the first one. Engine seems to run very well. I may add a little pitch to the prop before the next flight as well. I will do a couple more flights with the gear down, then I will try putting them up, without the gear doors on. I will remove them for the first gear up test, just to be safe.

[@Robnord1]

Beautiful footage Don ! You must be excited beyond belief with all the years that have passed since beginning the project. Thanks for sharing it with us. 👍👍

[@adamlannerd1408]

I'll never get tired of seeing this thing in the air.

[@wn6904k]

So happy for you, been a lot of work to get this far, but looks like she fly's great, next putting time on her and gear swing ....All fun too

[@WatchmanForthePeople]

Good work builder and pilot!

[@jeffswallow4044]

Great flight! Great approach and landing! Keeps getting better and better! Take your time, you are on track!

[@billknudson7895]

Thanks for the ride-along! Felt like I was back in the pattern on a beautiful autumn evening.

[@charlyvictoria62]

I was wainting this moment for 1 year. Congratulations

[@Airsally]

Now we need a flight looking from the bottom to ck those gear doors to make sure they wont foul the gear when your ready to retract them.

[@mikewhitaker2306]

You gotta love the tail view camera. Great perspective , The plane flew really nice

[@courtman007]

Two cents here! That gap in the trailing edge of the canopy must create drag and turbulence over the control surfaces in the tail. Glad to see you’re flying now!

[@Dynodon64]

The gap is from me opening the canopy in flight to let in some cooler air. The rear lifts up, before it slides back.

[@Outlawracing713]

What an accomplishment! Took your time and did everything right! It’s been a journey and to see it finally come to fruition! Congrats, she’s beautiful!!

[@jwoodyr1]

I think I can see the rear tip of the right gear door for most of the flight and it didn't move around much at all!! That was another spectacular flight, Don, with a fantastic landing. I absolutely love those flaps. Thanks for sharing!!

[@geoffwatson6207]

You'll be doing carrier breaks any day now! 👍 I can tell you'll be having great fun with this for many years. Congrats.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day Don, Absolutely magnificent ! The new Flap-actuating Servo seems to be doing it's job a lot more authoritatively than the earlier one... I love the way that, as you unfold yourself and emerge from the Cockpit - it's like Doctor Who and his Crew all coming out of the Tardis, which looks far too small to possibly contain all that Humanity...! Great stuff..., and that "Tiger Country" surrounding the Aerodrome certainly must be a wonderful motivational factor nudging all who operate from there to become really intimate friends with their Powerplants...(!). By this stage, the people at W.A.R. must be pretty much ecstatic...; I'd bet that your Aeroplane is now the Poster-Child of their Corsair Diaspora (?) ! Well done. Keep on keeping on. Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@oldreddog1237]

Don, Congratulations on your 2nd successful flight. Thanks also for the filming done by your nieces, we loved their side commentary. Tell them they did fine. Its great to see the little corsair in a side view from the ground. BEAUTIFUL WHEEL LANDING!!!! Boy!, that little thing can sure land hot!!! After the debrief from your first flight, you expressed concern about the paint discoloration on the Ross re-drive. I`m wondering if this was due to scorching, maybe from internal oil temperature or heat generated by the planetary set. However, If the oil temp is no more than 210 , I wouldn`t think this could be. Anyway, congratulations on all your hard work and wishes for continued success. I look forward to more........Jim

[@Dynodon64]

Yes the oil temp was pretty hot after the first flight, @ 240 degrees. This flight, it never went above 210 degrees. I'll keep an eye on it. May need to add a cooler at some point.

[@JCGible]

She's got a nice climb rate by the looks of it. Everything looks great. 👍

[@Flyingtiger1726]

Fantastic ! Nice landing.

[@josephperry6822]

Outstanding! Great view from the tail. Well done buddy!!

[@thomasbullock6416]

Great video and a good safe flight 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍

[@CharlieTryon]

You must be so happy when a plan comes together. I like the way you go about things and never get in a rush. All I can say is WELL DONE and happy flying.

[@elmundodecoyotzi3056]

Ive been following your project, congrats from Mexico City !!!

[@TonyPaschal]

Great flight Don. Love the camera view and I was watching the flaps at the end. You nailed the landing! I noticed a little camera shake when the flaps were down. Looking forward to seeing flight with the gears up. 🙂

[@Dynodon64]

The camera shake is from engine harmonics. Power is changed when flaps are down.

[@richardehair-kz9np]

That was a beautiful second flight, loved it.

[@curbshoppin]

Beautiful bird

[@FloydStandiferIV]

this is truly inspiring, Extremely uplifting during these crazy times. I show my viewers what you have accomplished

[@Dynodon64]

Thanks

[@FloydStandiferIV]

@@Dynodon64 very welcome

[@rvaguitars]

I’ve been following along eagerly for a while, and I’m so proud! Looking great

[@jamesdalton7694]

Awesome buddy!! You should feel on top of the world!!

[@brettwoodard167]

Looking real nice Don!

[@Curtislow2]

Glad to hear the temps are lower. Can't help but comment on 5:30ish mark that the Corsair is back in the land of the "RISING SUN".

[@edb.2365]

Loving the payoff of hard work👏

[@vincentgroudeniutes1655]

THIS is so so Beautifull Thank you for sharing your voyage with us!

[@jamesjackson-lf2lw]

Watched this from the beginning. Well done. God bless your dream, determination, and skills!

[@stay_at_home_astronaut]

The airloads defiantly are pushing the flaps upwards until you are on landing roll out. Nice work.

[@757warbirds]

looking really good

[@Strada62]

Ha! Talk about wearing an airplane! Great job man, keep up the shake down flights, then enjoy your years of work! Ya gotta take her to Oshkosh next year sir!

[@superpapascott]

Great flight, loved watching from the tail view!

[@brianeisner492]

I have to congratulate you Don. I have not been very nice with my comments on your videos. I never thought you would fly the Corsair but you proved me wrong. I very much enjoyed this video and the best of luck in your future flights.✈️👍

[@Dynodon64]

Thanks for the comment.

[@jerryclayton4616]

Wow… 2 great videos in one day… awesome job Don!

[@edwardstephens247]

Great job, Don!

[@petercrowhurst]

happy as larry i bet . well done again , dont mind this view now

[@morpheus61361]

Good stuff happy to see your success 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@gotchagoing4905]

Congrats Don, job WELL DONE ;}>

[@JohnVHRC]

Nice job!

[@jeremyfeeney3074]

Hard work pays off.

[@euchreairgaming]

I smell a Lindy award at Oshkosh this year 👀

[@peterpatten5043]

Thanks for the lift, excellent landing : )

[@catlady8324]

2:17 I believe they call this part, “Turn and burn”! 🛫

[@dereksellars]

Oshkosh 2025!!! You have to take Her. I bet the Naysayers are EATING their words now, even more than ever. LOL. I had no doubt whatsoever. This is so Awesome!!

[@philelvy9654]

Looks like you have got her trimmed really well as she flies nice and level. Next step i guess is wheels up. Have you tested and put resistance on the wheel deploy as will be in real flight to make sure they still lock.

[@Dynodon64]

I can't hold the gear back when they are coming down.

[@onebladeprop]

This reminds me a lot of videos I too from my RC Corsair but less crashy.

[@glennjarvis7286]

Incredible!

[@thewrenchreviews9986]

Most excellent!

[@NbKXStorm]

I love it, go, baby go!

[@leemckee1272]

That tail camera give a good view. Maybe put a small monitor in the cockpit linked to tail camera to help see in front during taxiing

[@svharmsway2501]

Great footage and great job flying and smooth landing. Be interested to hear how the temperature was with the additional airflow and what you thought of the flap modification. Looks like everything worked just as you expected. Great job!!!

[@Dynodon64]

Did you read the description?

[@svharmsway2501]

@@Dynodon64I just did, sorry about that. I’ll have to get in the habit of reading the description, I was just too excited to watch I didn’t think of it. Take care.

[@louisorlando9694]

So cool!! Congratulations! 🎉

[@chrishidalgo5998]

That is awesome!!!!!!

[@xfirehurican]

During a second look, at ~ 03:55, the canopy appears to separate (rise), maybe < an inch, from the fuselage as you enter the turn. This might be by design - or simply a result of my less-than-optimal cellphone screen view. Edit: same effect ~ 07:20 in the turn. And ~ 13:12 turning on final.

[@Dynodon64]

I opened the canopy a little to let in some cooler air. It has to lift in the back first to open aftward.

[@xfirehurican]

@@Dynodon64 *Roger that!*

[@frankpuleo2009]

Need some flyby shots too!! She’s a beauty!

[@Dynodon64]

Did you not watch the last two vides, of this same flight?

[@frankpuleo2009]

@@Dynodon64 guess not I’ll check it out thanks

[@brucelytle1144]

That was a good one! I was watching the flap action, nice & smooth! Pretty quick too! Just curious here. What is your approach and landing speeds? When you were flying above the highway, there is a car that looks like it is going faster than you!

[@Dynodon64]

Approach is 90 mph to be on the safe side for now. The highway is 70 mph. I was doing 110-120 mph.

[@JoeHinson]

Don! Congrats again!! What’s been your max altitude? And what do you think the ceiling will be? Happy for you!!!

[@Dynodon64]

I was at pattern altitude of 2400 feet. I'll only fly this plane @ 5000 feet.

[@thomasking4136]

Really interested to know how cooling and flaps mods worked out. Great job.

[@Dynodon64]

It's in the description.

[@thomasking4136]

Sorry. Very glad your mods were successful.

[@glennspace1091]

Fantastic! 👍 You kept the wheels down the whole flight? And for the video of the flight from the ground, I wished you had an experienced camera operator 😞 I felt like it was my wife or grandkids trying to take the video… 😉

[@Blackstarr223]

Wonder how much a difference gear up will make in regards to the cooling.

[@Dynodon64]

None, I'm sure. The cooling is in the correct range now.

[@xfirehurican]

*SWEET!*

[@ronnydowdy7432]

❤I like this aircraft ❤

[@Dynodon64]

Thats funny, Ilike it too. LOL

[@985aviator]

Looking great Don. That bird jumps off the ground and seems to climb really good. What rate of climb are you seeing?

[@Dynodon64]

Haven't tried to figure it out yet.

[@andystoybox1723]

Awesome!!!

[@pcnorton]

I'm waiting for the gun camera footage

[@LTTUSA]

This is wonderful to see! All that hard work has finally paid off. Have you flown her clean? (Gear Up)

[@Dynodon64]

Not yet.

[@raybame5816]

Don, she really seems to fly well. I noticed no flaps on TO but then read your note. The landing flaps affected the airflow as the camera vibration increased on deployment which means their working. So happy for you. Also glad you worked on the tail wheel 'cause it sets down rather firmly. All that ground work surely paid off. Glad the temps are OK too. Like the idea of no gear doors in the test phase. Would it help to remove the front gear door panels for any reason? (drag or airflow) Are your enjoying yourself yet or still waiting for any problems to happen? Each flight is a confidence builder. Edit..."un-eventful" is good.

[@Dynodon64]

Flaps aren't used for takeoff. Some planes can use 10 degrees for short field takeoffs, but not this one. Camera vibrations have more too do with engine harmonics at certain frequencies. There are no vibrations in the plane when it's flying. This flight, I was banking a lot harder feeling it out. It's getting exciting.

[@raybame5816]

@@Dynodon64 I can't imagine the feeling and excitement. I do like the look of your masterpiece. Thanks.

[@thomascarmichael6760]

Hey Don,… have you retracted the gear yet in flight? The video you posted the other day shot from the ground it was hard to tell. Also what kind of numbers are you getting in the air?

[@Dynodon64]

A couple more flights before gear up test. I keep the airspeed below 120 with the gear down.

[@HombreDeLaNorte]

Top shelf accomplishment, Don! Did you solve your heating concerns? Did you have to tune the prop?

[@Dynodon64]

Did you read the description?

[@cosmoschtroumpf]

Love !💚💚💚

[@supernovaVII]

Excellent! The landing speed from the ground view looked faster than I expected. What was your approach airspeed? But, it looked like the air was dead calm, so that might impact the speed view.

[@Dynodon64]

Approach speed is 90 mph. I'll adjust it as more flights progress.

[@lelandwolfe5825]

I loved the video of your flight and the go arounds was great. I noticed that the canape was up in the back on the 2nd go around, do you get much wind on the back of your head. Thanks for sharing.😊😊

[@Dynodon64]

I cracked open the canopy a little. It lifts in the back before it slides aft.

[@midwestern_jeepguy]

Great video just curious. Is the canopy coming loose or did you have it cracked open a little bit upfront?

[@Dynodon64]

I opened it up a little in flight. The back lifts up before it moves back.

[@planeflyer21]

What fun! Again, kudos to your new film crew. I know you have this powered by a Subaru. Have you entertained the idea of getting one of the small, new radial engines?

[@Dynodon64]

They cost more than this plane is worth.

[@planeflyer21]

@@Dynodon64 I don't remember the name but 20 years ago and more, there was a guy selling radial engine plans. IIRC designed for either 5 or 7 VW cylinders.

[@collinmccallum]

wow!

[@ericsissenwein3601]

BORING! No strafing or aerial combat? KIDDING!! Amazing achievement!! 👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻😃

[@Fred_Morrison]

Amazing Don! where are you fliying at?

[@Dynodon64]

Port Meadville Pa.

[@EsihleMasoka]

What do you think the range is?? can you do acrobatics? How fast can you go? Can you fly it from cockpit veiw pls

[@Dynodon64]

Range should be better than 2 hours @ 150 mph. Positive G maneuvers only. Top speed Vne 200. I'm looking at my options for cockpit view. Not a lot of room for a head mount camera. It may hit the canopy bow.

[@davidprescott2742]

Awesome just noticed you added flaps to your ship. What was touchdown speed? Mine was pretty good but flaps must really slow it down.

[@Dynodon64]

I wasn't paying attention, but above 70 mph would be my guess.

[@frankdillon6127]

Don, if given the opportunity, would consider flying a real full size F4?

[@Dynodon64]

Sure would.

[@uh.videosig8515]

would it be legal to install paintball guns?

[@EsihleMasoka]

What do you think ?

[@Robnord1]

Certainly it's legal to install. Fire them even one time with witnesses though and the FAA would delight in giving you a bad, bad day.

[@uh.videosig8515]

@@EsihleMasoka you can get approval from the faa to launch fireworks from a helicopter, drop fire crackers and such so I really dont see why not unless you live in a highly populated area

[@uh.videosig8515]

@@Robnord1 🤣

[@catlady8324]

One time I said to a small aircraft Pilot that he could throw water baloons at people and he got VERY angry at just the suggestion!!! He was not joking.

[@Chadman03elantra]

How are the noise levels in the cockpit?

[@Dynodon64]

Not bad at all/ The exhaust is very quite on this plane.

[@thomascarmichael6760]

Roger that! 120 is pretty good. Is that what could be considered cruise speed or do you expect it to be in the 135-140 mph range?😊

[@edwardstephens247]

Is your canopy allowing wind in the cockpit? It does need to be better sealed!

[@Dynodon64]

I opened it up a little, to let in cooler air.

[@thomasfriedman9535]

What flight number are you going to retract the landing gear?

[@Dynodon64]

I don't have a set date for that.

[@Bigboy4018]

Were the temps where you wanted them this flight?

[@Dynodon64]

It's in the description.

[@tjpreston2261]

😊😊😊😊😊⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@crisco9645]

How was the overheating issue? Your mods fix it?

[@sonicimperium]

I won! First!

[@EsihleMasoka]

Nice

[@savagedabs8536]

Nope, you're third.

[@catlady8324]

@@savagedabs8536Update, his First place was disqualified!

[@JREone]

Ok next an a6m zero so you dog fight

[@Dynodon64]

WAR sell the plans for one.

[@richardbrowne3641]

I'm so happy for you and jelious at the same time, Don.😂 Don goes from drag racing to being a Black Sheep Squadern fly boy in a Pappy Boyington Vought F4U-1 CORSAIR 60% scale replica from W.A.R. Replicas. "FLY SUEYBELL!!!" "FLY!" "👍😁👍!" 6 years to build and fly!

[@virtualcarrierwing3429]

Fantastic. How was the cooling this time around? And how was the flaps working out after the adjustments made.