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    Have you guys seen this newly added pdf?

    http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/seafury-x.pdf

    I didnt realise how good the Sea Fury was, does anyone have a link for similar Bearcat data?

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    K_Freddie's Avatar Senior Member
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    Radial engine, Tapering fuselage, squarer wingtips and tail sections... Hmmmmm !! I'm sure I've seen this plane over Europe a few years ago.

    Nice find
    Thanks
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    The Bearcat is much faster in climb.

    They are designed for different roles.

    The Bearcat was designed as a pure point interceptor for close in fleet defense.

    The Sea Fury is much closer in concept to the late "Super Corsairs"

    Having the Sea Fury in the upcoming Korean War sim will be much fun.
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    Originally posted by ElAurens:
    The Bearcat is much faster in climb.
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    Really? What was it's rate of climb? Must've been spectacular for a prop if it's better than 5,640 ft/min at S.L.

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    The Fury has a rate of climb of over 5,600 ft a min a sea level. What was the Bearcats ElAurens?

    edit beat me to it Ratsack

    I have always thought that the SeaFury's rate of climb was closer to that of the Tempests but its performance was phenomenal.

    410 mph at sea level!

    Also Id disagree about the concepts between the SeaFury and the Bearcat differing that much. Both were designed as light fighters, lighter and smaller than their forebearers and both were heavily influenced by the Fw 190.
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    I don't know much about the Bearcat, other than that a modded one was supposed to have held the world air speed record for props.

    cheers,
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    The Bearcat was very manuverable and had a rocket like rate of climb but was slower than the SeaFury and now after reading the performance data for the Fury I wonder just how much better its roc actually was.
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    Wikipedia, very dodgy source, but for a first impression:

    Rate of climb: 4,570 ft/min (23.2 m/s)

    No alt given for that.
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    The Bearcat time-to-climb record was 94 seconds to 10,000 ft. No ammo, 50% fuel. Sea Fury was a hot plane though, no doubt, and certainly faster than an F8F-1.
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    Good aircraft, bit outdated by Jets at this time tho.

    Its like a cross between the Typhoon and the FW190.

    As has already been stated, the FW190 was a significant design influence for the Bearcat and the Fury.
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