# F4U Corsair

Carrier fighter. Why the bent wing?

Object · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `margin-aces-aircraft-corsair` · Revision 2 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-corsair/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-corsair/record.json)

## At a glance

- Fast wings and small splash bursts. Closely packed patrols are your opportunity. In this notebook its specialty is bursting rounds. All twelve aircraft are available from the hangar; the selection is a playful comparison of handling, not a reconstruction of historical opposing forces.

- Real aircraft design · fictional arcade handling and matchups.

## Appearances

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) (context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/))

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Why is the Corsair’s wing bent? The inverted gull wing gave the large propeller clearance while allowing relatively short landing gear. The unusual outline answers a practical engineering problem.

## Sources

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![F4U Corsair, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-corsair/01-notebook-aircraft-v1-1200.webp)

F4U Corsair, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-corsair/01-notebook-aircraft-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/marginaces.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `ac993d5d802a0ccae3c48e5ec0626e9016a7625e9422855ef0b3836bf60434a7`