[zeebee]

Trivia question:

Do you know why the wings were shaped that way?

[tanknetter]

Do you know why the wings were shaped that way?

Big engine turning a HUGE propeller. On an aircraft that needed tough, stubby landing gear to absorb carrier landings.

The bent wing with the mains centered at the angle was the logical solution to permitting propeller clearance while also permitting carrier landings. The F8F Bearcat had the same issue, but the Grumman engineers chose a more advanced (permittable by that time) cantilevered landing gear design.

[Dysart]

Trivia question: Do you know why the wings were shaped that way?

I've heard this before but not certain I recall the answer. But I'll take my best guess anyway, did it have to with facilitating carrier landings or working with them on the deck? IE, allowing men to easily walk under the wings? Seem to recall something about that. There's an embedded youtube video of an Air show from Dover AFB on the first link tanknetter posted. A good one.

Grumman F6F Hellcat

[6SJ7]

Do you know why the wings were shaped that way?

So Zero pilots could easily identify what was about to blow them out of the sky... ;-)

[getarope]

I believe it was to accomodate the large diameter of the propeller used on the Corsair. Flat wings would have resulted in no ground clearance for the propeller while the Corsair was parked.

[PAR35]

Do you know why the wings were shaped that way?

So the wheels will reach the ground. Otherwise the landing gear would have to be too long or the prop would have to be too small.