[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.

[zeebee]

Exactly. The wings were bent for propellor clearance.