Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats

[Captain Kurt]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - American

Description: Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VF-2 USS Lexington (CV2) Lt. Albert O. Vorse Coral Sea May 1942


The original Grumman F4F-1 design was a biplane, which proved inferior to rival designs, necessitating a complete redesign as a monoplane, the F4F-2. This design was still not competitive with the Brewster F2A Buffalo which won initial U.S. Navy orders. Grumman completely rebuilt the prototype as the XF4F-3 with new non-folding wings and tail and a supercharged version of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 "Twin Wasp" radial engine.Testing of the new XF4F-3 led to an order for F4F-3 production models, the first of which was completed in February 1940. The U.S. Navy officially adopted the aircraft type as the Wildcat. Armed with four .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns, it joined active units in 1940. At the time of Pearl Harbor, only Enterprise had a fully equipped Wildcat squadron, VF-6. By the end of February, 1942 the US Navy had replaced its Brewster F2A's with the F3F-3 and F3F-3A Wildcats.


The fixed wing F4F-3 Wildcat was generally outperformed by its major opponent the Mitsubishi Zero, but it was more successful in combat partly because, with relatively heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, the Grumman airframe could survive far more damage. In the hands of an expert pilot with a tactical advantage, the Wildcat could prove a difficult opponent even against the formidable Zero. USN Commander "Jimmy" Thach devised a very effective defensive tactic that allowed Wildcat formations to act in a coordinated crossover maneuver to counter a diving attack, called the "Thach Weave".




Credits


Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tank, bomb rack, bomb, VC, paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp
Shessi: Pilot figure
Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified to an F4F-3 version
Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture
Microsoft: Gauges and .air file

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VF-2
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[Captain Kurt]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - American

Description: Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VF-6 USS Enterprise (CV6) February 1, 1942


The original Grumman F4F-1 design was a biplane, which proved inferior to rival designs, necessitating a complete redesign as a monoplane, the F4F-2. This design was still not competitive with the Brewster F2A Buffalo which won initial U.S. Navy orders. Grumman completely rebuilt the prototype as the XF4F-3 with new non-folding wings and tail and a supercharged version of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 "Twin Wasp" radial engine.Testing of the new XF4F-3 led to an order for F4F-3 production models, the first of which was completed in February 1940. The U.S. Navy officially adopted the aircraft type as the Wildcat. Armed with four .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns, it joined active units in 1940. At the time of Pearl Harbor, only Enterprise had a fully equipped Wildcat squadron, VF-6. By the end of February, 1942 the US Navy had replaced its Brewster F2A's with the F3F-3 and F3F-3A Wildcats.


The fixed wing F4F-3 Wildcat was generally outperformed by its major opponent the Mitsubishi Zero, but it was more successful in combat partly because, with relatively heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, the Grumman airframe could survive far more damage. In the hands of an expert pilot with a tactical advantage, the Wildcat could prove a difficult opponent even against the formidable Zero. USN Commander "Jimmy" Thach devised a very effective defensive tactic that allowed Wildcat formations to act in a coordinated crossover maneuver to counter a diving attack, called the "Thach Weave".




Credits


Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tank, bomb rack, bomb, VC, paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp
Shessi: Pilot figure
Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified to an F4F-3 version
Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture
Microsoft: Gauges and .air file

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VF-6
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[Captain Kurt]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - American

Description: Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VMF-211, Wake Island December 1941


The original Grumman F4F-1 design was a biplane, which proved inferior to rival designs, necessitating a complete redesign as a monoplane, the F4F-2. This design was still not competitive with the Brewster F2A Buffalo which won initial U.S. Navy orders. Grumman completely rebuilt the prototype as the XF4F-3 with new non-folding wings and tail and a supercharged version of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 "Twin Wasp" radial engine.Testing of the new XF4F-3 led to an order for F4F-3 production models, the first of which was completed in February 1940. The U.S. Navy officially adopted the aircraft type as the Wildcat. Armed with four .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns, it joined active units in 1940. At the time of Pearl Harbor, only Enterprise had a fully equipped Wildcat squadron, VF-6. By the end of February, 1942 the US Navy had replaced its Brewster F2A's with the F3F-3 and F3F-3A Wildcats.


The fixed wing F4F-3 Wildcat was generally outperformed by its major opponent the Mitsubishi Zero, but it was more successful in combat partly because, with relatively heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, the Grumman airframe could survive far more damage. In the hands of an expert pilot with a tactical advantage, the Wildcat could prove a difficult opponent even against the formidable Zero. USN Commander "Jimmy" Thach devised a very effective defensive tactic that allowed Wildcat formations to act in a coordinated crossover maneuver to counter a diving attack, called the "Thach Weave".




Credits


Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tank, bomb rack, bomb, VC, paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp
Shessi: Pilot figure
Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified to an F4F-3 version
Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture
Microsoft: Gauges and .air file

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VMF-211
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[Captain Kurt]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - American

Description: Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VMF-212 Lt. Col. Harold W. Bauer, Guadalcanal September 1942


The original Grumman F4F-1 design was a biplane, which proved inferior to rival designs, necessitating a complete redesign as a monoplane, the F4F-2. This design was still not competitive with the Brewster F2A Buffalo which won initial U.S. Navy orders. Grumman completely rebuilt the prototype as the XF4F-3 with new non-folding wings and tail and a supercharged version of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 "Twin Wasp" radial engine.Testing of the new XF4F-3 led to an order for F4F-3 production models, the first of which was completed in February 1940. The U.S. Navy officially adopted the aircraft type as the Wildcat. Armed with four .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns, it joined active units in 1940. At the time of Pearl Harbor, only Enterprise had a fully equipped Wildcat squadron, VF-6. By the end of February, 1942 the US Navy had replaced its Brewster F2A's with the F3F-3 and F3F-3A Wildcats.


The fixed wing F4F-3 Wildcat was generally outperformed by its major opponent the Mitsubishi Zero, but it was more successful in combat partly because, with relatively heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, the Grumman airframe could survive far more damage. In the hands of an expert pilot with a tactical advantage, the Wildcat could prove a difficult opponent even against the formidable Zero. USN Commander "Jimmy" Thach devised a very effective defensive tactic that allowed Wildcat formations to act in a coordinated crossover maneuver to counter a diving attack, called the "Thach Weave".




Credits


Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tank, bomb rack, bomb, VC, paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp
Shessi: Pilot figure
Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified to an F4F-3 version
Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture
Microsoft: Gauges and .air file

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VMF-212
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[Captain Kurt]

Here you go. Hope you all enjoy these.

[stoney]

Beautifully done CK! Many thanks for these new 'cats.

[msfossey]

Thank you Captain Kurt, they look great.

msfossey

[bearcat241]

Thanks, always a pleasure CK

P.S. and that goes for ALL the Cats!

[Hiede]

Thanks Captain Kurt.

My already replaced the Wildcat in The Fast Carrier Raids.He is loves it.

Hiede

[Worthless]

I wondered after the FM-1 and FM-2, if just maybe, something else might be in the works. And here it is. Outstanding.

[Shadow Wolf 07]

A tad too late for my "Desperate Battles 2023"campaign, but right on time for "Saratoga..."

Thank you , sir!

Shadow Wolf 07

[eddie]

Thank you !

[UncleTgt]

Thank you for the -3 Kurt. A great selection of paint jobs too

[Ludo]

Thank you for these 'cats, they look beautiful !

[skylane]

Thank you for the new Wildcats, Kurt, I'll try them out as soon as I can.

[normb]

Thank you for sharing your talent and expertise!


normb

[wbuchart]

Thank You Captain for another great round of Wildcats. I may get slapped for saying this in the CFS2 section but my CFS 2 install crashed a while back so i just fly FS9 now.

Adding a few lines in the [fltsim.x] section and adding some lights make these look pretty darn good and they fly great in FS9

Again, thank you for the great work, I appreciate it and the talent you have for doing these.

Bill

[hawk_sh]

I have uploaded a texture package to the library featuring the colorful prewar paint schemes with the yellow wings.


Thanks to Captain Kurt for his beautiful models and for providing me the paint kits.

[highpockets]

Classy skins! "Yellow Bird" by Mills Brothers

[Roxane-21]

Thank you, these are great!!! They will be perfect in any early-PTO installation!