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	Vought F7U Cutlass - carrier-borne fighter
		The Cutlass was a swept-wing tailless single-seat carrier-borne fighter which entered service with the US Navy in several versions from 1952.
		The Cutlass wing, which was of symmetrical section, was fitted with full-span leading-edge slats, air brakes, power-operated irreversible 'ailavators' (combined ailerons and elevators) and vertical fin and rudder surfaces.
		The final version of the Cutlass (of which 98 were produced) was the F7U-3M, basically similar to the F7U-3 but with provision for carrying four Sparrow I beam-riding missiles.
	www.aviastar.org /air/usa/chance_cutlass.php (389 words)

	1955 Aircraft Photo Gallery
		F7U-3 Cutlass BuNo 128467 and F6F-5 Hellcat, BuNo 78199, China Lake, 15 Feb 1955.
		VX-5 F7U-3 Cutlass BuNo 129665, XE-2, circa 1955
		VX-5 F7U-3 Cutlass BuNo 129674, XE-4, circa 1955
	www.chinalakealumni.org /1955.htm (743 words)

	DVHAA Collection-F7U
		The "Gutless Cutlass", as it came to be called certainly had its share of problems, but it also was an aircraft of remarkable innovation.
		The Chance Vought F7U "Cutlass" was the result of a 1945 US Navy request for a high performance jet fighter capable of 600 mph speeds at 40,000 foot altitudes.
		During the short service life of the F7U, deploying squadrons would typically fly most of their aircraft to shore bases in the vicinity of the ship, leaving only a few "Cutlasses" aboard ship for fleet defense and carrier quals.
	www.dvhaa.org /aircraft/f7u.html (1212 words)

	There Was Something Special About the Cutlass...
		I saw pictures of the Cutlass in a magazine, blazing across the sky with its pointed nose, swept wing and double fins, and I thought it was extremely cool.
		The Cutlass was born in the latter part of 1945 out of the aerodynamical research on tailless designs brought over to the U.S from Germany.
		In late-1950s, the Cutlass was quickly forgotten, and the remaining aircraft were either scrapped or given away to museums - some with as little as 50 hours flying time.
	www.ipmsstockholm.org /magazine/2002/08/stuff_eng_johansson_cutlass.htm (809 words)

	F7U Vought Cutlass Carrier Fighter Jet of the US Navy.
		Among the large quantities of German aeronautical research data which began to reach the USA in the latter part of 1945 were details of some work on tailless designs done by the Arado company.
		The Cutlass was a very unusual Vought design for a tailless fighter, with a swept wing and twin fins on the trailing edge near mid-span.
		For the kids of the 50s, the Cutlass was the coolest jet in the whole world.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Vought-Cutlass/cutlass.php (353 words)

	U.S. Navy Blue Angels F7U Cutlass
		A pair of new and unusual aircraft joined the Blue Angels briefly during the 1952 season to augment the solo and high performance portions of the show, as well as fly with the Diamond during selected maneuvers.
		The two F7U's assigned to the team were taken from an initial batch of 14 dash-1 Cutlasses ordered by the Navy for research and development purposes.
		The two Blue Angels Cutlass pilots were LCDR Whitney Feightner and former Blue LT Harding C. 'Mac" MacNight, who had flown with the team during the Bearcat era.
	www.blueangels.org /Aircraft/Misc/F8U/Misc3.html (178 words)

	Fujimi 1/72 F7U-3P Cutlass
		Nicknamed the Cutlass, its initial flight was on September 29, 1948.
		The Cutlass was the first to meet the demand of a Navy Carrier born fighter to exceed the speed of sound.
		After extensive testing, the Cutlass was developed into 3 variants and had its engines upgraded to J46s as the J34 proved to be underpowered.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/korean/sachsf7upreview.htm (715 words)

	F7U-3 Cutlass by Fulvio Felicioli (Hobbycraft 1/48)
		The Cutlass was the first tail-less fighter of the US Navy, the first Navy fighter carrying a swept wing and the first Navy fighter equipped with afterburners.
		Although the Cutlass proved to be a sturdy aircraft, it was a poor fighter.
		If you ever want to put a Cutlass in your collection of early jets, you must be ready to spend a lot of time and to at least scratchbuild the cockpit.
	hyperscale.com /features/2002/f7u3ff_1.htm (710 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - CollectAire 1/48 F7U-3 Cutlass Conversion
		The Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was one of the most unusual aircraft of the U.S. Navy.
		Later in its life the F7U-3M version of the Cutlass was modified to carry four Sparrow I missiles.
		The thing with the Hobbycraft Cutlass was that it had so many problems that I had no idea where to start from.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/details/coll/detail_coll_f7u.shtml (528 words)

	[1.0] Crusader In Development
		Unlike the Pirate, the Cutlass at least appealing in appearance, incorporating exotic design ideas that had their roots in concepts dreamt up by the German Arado company before the end of the war.
		Although some sources say the Cutlass was very rugged and remarkably maneuverable, it was also underpowered, becoming known as the "Gutless" to pilots.
		The Cutlass was still dangerous to land, and there were tales of pilots impaled by the nose gear ramming up through the cockpit on hard landings.
	www.vectorsite.net /avcrus_1.html (5934 words)

	Aircraft: Vought F7U-3 Cutlass
		Redlands,, CA I was in VF 124 after being in Project Cutlass at NAS Miramar.
		During the time I was in 124 (1954/55) we had 12 a/c and I remember the time we had all a/c down with 24 Westinghouse engines out and in the hangar.
		The Cutlass design lead to some great planes by proving the swept wing worked along with other features like the after burner.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/vought/f7u-3.htm (1068 words)

	Hobby Craft 1/48th F7U-3/3M Cutlass
		Developed from captured German aeronautical research data, that was reaching the United States at the close of WWII, the Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was probably one of the most unconventional designed carrier based fighters to be put into service by the US Navy.
		The Vought F7U Cutlass was based on tailless aircraft design work done by the Arado Company during WWII.
		A significant redesign of the Cutlass was initiated as a result of this ATC evaluation.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2005/december/first-looks/hobbycraft_cutlass.php (1154 words)

	Chance Vought F7U Cutlass - History, Specifications and Pictures - Military and Civilian Aircraft
		With its unique design, the F7U Cutlass was to become the US Navy's premiere carrier-based fighter.
		It was reported that upwards of 25 percent of all Cutlass' were lost to accidents alone - a terrible and unacceptable ratio in the world of military aviation.
		As soon as the unique F7U Cutlass arrived on the scene (the F7U-3 would appear in 1954), it quickly gave way to more new and stable aircraft.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=356 (615 words)

	cursed Cutlass: The USN's Ensign eliminator, The Flight Journal - Find Articles
		Word on the Cutlass was out: it was underpowered, hard to maintain, had nasty spin characteristics and a tendency to kill or cripple its pilots.
		VF-81, 83, 122 and 124 were the first units to put the F7U into service and to enter the brave new worlds of afterburners, hydraulic flight control and swept wings.
		Even so, the Cutlass immediately got his attention, especially when he learned that he was next in line to fly it.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200310/ai_n9342016 (947 words)

	review 3
		The Cutlass was also the Navy's first sweptwing jet, its first with steerable nose wheels and an irreversible power control system.
		These aircraft were experiencing the compressibility phenomenon at around Mach.75 and since the F7U was expected to operate in the neighborhood of Mach.9+, a solution was necessary.
		It was known that at this high speed the downwash on the horizontal tail was causing the nose to tuck under.
	members.tripod.com /little_t_and_a/review_3.htm (2707 words)

	Aurora 1/ F7U Cutlass
		The F7U was the first tailless airplane to go into production in the United States and the first jet fighter in the U.S. designed from the outset with afterburners.
		The Cutlass was also the Navy's first swept wing jet, its first with steerable nose wheels and an irreversible power control system.
		Design for the Cutlass started in June 1945, and the tailless configuration was developed in an attempt to solve the compressibility problems then being encountered by such planes as the P-47 and F4U.
	www.modelingmadness.com /reviews/korean/cazf7u.htm (2737 words)

	CHANCE VOUGHT F7U CUTLASS
		The Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was the most radical fighter design ever to achieve fleet service.
		At the aircraft's unveiling, the press was so stunned by its unusual appearance that the plane was given such nicknames as bat-like, dart-like, praying mantis, preying petrodactyl, giant arrowhead and flying wing.
		The bold design of the Cutlass gave the Navy a pioneer airframe which was to test and develop many systems that are still in use today....
	www.ginterbooks.com /NAVAL/NF6.htm (74 words)

	Fujimi 1/72 F7U-3M/P Cutlass
		It was actually supersonic in a dive and was the first aircraft to release bombs at supersonic speed.
		Although it was popular with it’s pilots the Cutlass was not in service for long and was being replaced by F8U Crusaders by the end of 1957.
		In 55,000 flying hours the Cutlass was involved in seventy eight accidents, twenty one of them fatal, resulting in an accident rate of 17 per 10,000 hours compared to an average for Navy combat types of 9.81.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/50s/f7u-3mp.htm (1053 words)

	Tailhook Daily Briefing: Flightdeck Friday: F7U Cutlass
		Try this – shortly after the Cutlass arrived at Pax River in 1949 for flight evals, it was taken up for a formation flight/photo shoot – and had a midair with the photo plane, causing both to crash with the loss of their crew.
		In Vought tradition, it was a good gun platform, with the singular exception of the location of the muzzles under the cockpit created a good bit of flash which took the Cutlass out of the night fight.
		With fistfuls of drag, the Cutlass was relatively stable around the pattern with high levels of power utilized to control altitude.
	tailhookdaily.typepad.com /tailhook_daily_briefing/2007/08/flightdeck-fr-3.html (1481 words)

	f7u-3
		The planned powerplant, two Westinghouse J46-WE-8 engines with 6000 pounds thrust and afterburners, was not available for the first 16 airplanes.
		The wing and aircraft ruggedness were such that pilots were known to have pulled 9 g’s in aerodynamic dive pull-ups (without external stores).
		Substantial maintenance improvement was made in this Cutlass by adding more and larger access doors for replacements and repairs of system components.
	www.vought.com /heritage/products/html/f7u-3.html (338 words)

	F7U Cutlass - Vought F7U Cutlass Jet Fighter Wood Model Airplane - $249.95 : Model Airplane Factory, Mahogany Wood ...
		F7U Cutlass - Vought F7U Cutlass Jet Fighter Wood Model Airplane - $249.95 : Model Airplane Factory, Mahogany Wood Model Airplanes, Wooden Model Helicopters, Military Wall Plaques in Wholesale and Retail.
		The Vought F7U Cutlass (Vought V-346A Cutlass) was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War.
		It was a highly unusual, semi-tailless design, based on aerodynamic data captured from the German Arado company at the end of World War II.
	www.modelairplanefactory.com /index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=74 (282 words)

	Being a model citizen: F7U-3 Cutlass
		I built this for a former employer who worked on the Chance Vought production line for the F7U Cutlass in the 1950s.
		This is basically a stock Fujimi 1/72 Cutlass kit with minor weathering and pencil accent of the kit panel lines.
		The display base is a scribed, painted piece of styrene sheet, and the entire rig was mounted in a clear display case.
	beingamodelcitizen.blogspot.com /2006/08/f7u-3-cutlass.html (339 words)

	U.S. Navy fighter F7U Vought Cutlass
		Basic armament of the F7U-3 comprised four 20 mm cannon in the upper lips of the intake fairing, with provision for underwing rocket pods or various other stores.
		Subsequently, provision was made for the Cutlass to carry four Sperry Sparrow I beam-riding missiles in the F7U-3M version, of which 100 were built, and 12 examples of a camera-equipped variant, the F7U-3P, also went into service.
		Special photos (Sept,00) of a Cutlass rebuild in progress.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Vought-Cutlass/cut_info/cutlas_info.php (346 words)

	Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass by Rene Hieronymus
		Few years ago I had the chance to buy a couple of Fujimi models form a hobby shop which closed for a very low price, so I could not resist and went home with about 2 dozens of kits.
		Among those kits was this Cutlass model and I always had the plan to build a US Navy Aircraft with the natural Aluminum surface.
		This kind of color scheme was used on a few Navy Aircrafts during the early 60´s, but was soon dropped, cause of it´s almost non existent resistance against corrosion and therefore a lot of maintenance problems.
	www.carrierbuilders.net /gallery/20050420_Cutlass/20050420_Cutlass.htm (316 words)

	1/72 NAVY BLUE ANGELS F7U-1 CUTLASS SOLO JET FIGHTER - (eBay item 320176796087 end time Nov-04-07 18:00:50 PST)
		The Ch ance Vought F7U Cutlass was the most radical fighter design ever to achieve fleet service.
		The problem with attempting to build a model of an F7U-1 Cutlass is that although there are a considerable number of F7U-3 variants to choose from, it is difficult to find a 1/72 scale "dash one".
		I am being "forced" to clean up my office and garage and "get rid" of a lot of "junk" in order to maintain domestic harmony; this is one of many "composite set" kits to be offered and I have more yet to be presented.
	cgi.ebay.com /1-72-NAVY-BLUE-ANGELS-F7U-1-CUTLASS-SOLO-JET-FIGHTER_W0QQitemZ320176796087QQihZ011QQcategoryZ2590QQcmdZViewItem (1606 words)

	f7u-1
		The F7U-1 Cutlass was basically the same as the XF7U-1 airplane with changes resulting from the XF7U flight testing.
		The tail area was substantially enlarged, the landing gear positions for take-off and landing were modified, and two wing pylons were added which permitted carrying two 250-gallon external fuel tanks for extended range.
		The carrier suitability testing, which was completed in August 1951, essentially doomed further production of the F7U-1 and led to the design of a completely modified F7U, the F7U-3.
	www.vought.com /heritage/products/html/f7u-1.html (307 words)

	Picture of Chance Vought F7U Cutlass Jet Fighter Plane and information
		The prototype of Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was ordered in 1946, as with other contemporary American and Russian Jet Aircraft such as the "Lockheed Shooting Star" and "Mig 15", it was bases of captured German WW2 data, in this particular case from the Arado company.
		The F7U Cutlass was designed as a tailless carrier based fighter-bomber for the U.S. Navy with many new ideas which unfortunately proved to be problematic.
		As soon as the supersonic F8U Crusader flew the Cutlass was effectively abandoned, all development work coming to an immediate halt suggesting that the design team at Chance Vought were of the same opinion!
	www.military-aircraft.org.uk /jet-fighter-planes/chance-vought-f7u-cutlass.htm (246 words)

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