Hmmmmmm! Big blue navy plane with bent wings? And the hobby store thinks your stupid for not knowing what it is? I agree, they are jerks.

What you might be looking for is the Chance Vought F4U Corsair.

Be aware that there was also a navy jet called the A7 Corsair. So when doing a search, be sure to put in F4U.

A little trivia about the Corsair...

The Corsair was used by both the Navy and the Marines from late 1942 to 1958, the French flew the Corsair until 1962 and Brits also used the Corsair to help sink the German battleship Tripitz. The last active duty Corsair was flying with the Honduras Airforce in 1979.

Great Planes at Tower makes a great kit of a semi-scale Corsair that is the easiest to build and fly. Kyosho seems to make a good ARF. These are both .40 planes.

Look in the Warbirds forum for all the discussions about the Corsair. There is something about every kit and ARF that has been made. There are a lot of guys who really know this plane here on RCU.

I am presently building the PICA .60 semi scale laser cut kit. This too is a fine kit.

By the way, unless you have some stick and rudder time, do not attempt to fly the Corsair. This design is unforgiving while flying at low speeds and can be a bear to take off and land. I prefer Corsairs with flaps for easier control of my attitude and stall speed when landing.