ORIGINAL: shupack
thanks f4u, but it wasn't a drag chute, it was the tailhook, it came out of the tail cone like on wildcats, it was changed to being integral with the tailwheel on the production run.
You need to do your research again on this. The prototype XF4U did have a chute. It was a drag chute used for spin recovery. If the plane was to get into an unrecoverable spin then the chute would be deployed and the aiplane recovered. I have a book that shows the drag chute deployed from the XF4U while sitting on the ground. So this business about a hook like the Wildcats is questionable.
Leo