North American P-51 Mustang vs Vought F4U Corsair Comparison

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Direct side-by-side comparison of two aircraft.

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Subjects

North American P-51D Mustang
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

Vought F4U-4 Corsair
Carrier-Based Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Night Fighter

Basics

ORIGIN
United States

YEAR
1942 [Diff.0 yrs]

CREW
1

PRODUCTION
15,586 units [Diff.+3,015]

PRODUCTION
12,571 units [Diff.-3,015]

Dimensions

LENGTH
32.3 ft (9.9 m) [Diff.-1.3 ft]

LENGTH
33.6 ft (10.3 m) [Diff.+1.3 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
37.0 ft (11.3 m) [Diff.-4.0 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
41.0 ft (12.5 m) [Diff.+4.0 ft]

HEIGHT
13.6 ft (4.2 m) [Diff.-1.1 ft]

HEIGHT
14.8 ft (4.5 m) [Diff.+1.1 ft]

Relative Size Comparison

Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed.

North American P-51D Mustang

Vought F4U-4 Corsair

Weights

EMPTY WT.
7,121 lb (3,230 kg) [Diff.-2,083 lb]

EMPTY WT.
9,204 lb (4,175 kg) [Diff.+2,083 lb]

M.T.O.W.
11,601 lb (5,262 kg) [Diff.-2,399 lb]

M.T.O.W.
13,999 lb (6,350 kg) [Diff.+2,399 lb]

Installed Power

1 x Packard V-1650-7 Merlin liquid-cooled inline piston engine developing 1,590 horsepower driving four-bladed propeller unit at the nose.

1 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-18W 18-cylinder "Double Wasp" two-row, air-cooled, radial piston engine developing 2,325 horsepower driving a four-bladed propeller unit at the nose.

Performance

SPEED
437 mph (703 kph) [Diff.-9 mph]

SPEED
446 mph (718 kph) [Diff.+9 mph]

RANGE
951 miles (1,530 km) [Diff.-54 miles]

RANGE
1,005 miles (1,617 km) [Diff.+54 miles]

CEILING
41,900 ft (12,771 m) [Diff.+561 feet]

CEILING
41,339 ft (12,600 m) [Diff.-561 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
3,475 ft/min [Diff.-885 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
4,360 ft/min [Diff.+885 feet]

Armament

Dependent upon model, includes any of the following:

4 x 20mm long-barrel Hispano-Suiza cannons in wings (two guns to a wing).
2 x 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns in nose (A-36).
4 x 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns in wings (two guns to a wing).

P-51D:
6 x 0.50 cal Browning M2 Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) in wings (three guns to a wing).

OPTIONAL:
Up to 1,000 lb (454kg) of conventional drop bombs, rockets, or fuel drop tanks carried under wing.

STANDARD:
6 x 12.7mm M2 Browning heavy machine guns (three to a wing).

ALTERNATIVE:
4 x 20mm M2 automatic cannons (F4U-1C).

OPTIONAL:
Mission-specific armament (up to a maximum of 4,000lb) to include aerial rockets and conventional drop bombs.

Going Further

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(Vought F4U Corsair)

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