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	Vought XF5U - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vought XF5-U1 Flying Flapjack was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft which was designed during World War II by Charles H. Zimmermann.
		The XF5U overcomes the tip vortex problem in a radical way, by using the airscrews to actively cancel the drag-causing tip vortices.
		The XF5U is present on the PC/XBOX game Secret Weapons over Normandy, in which the gamer flies the "flying pancake" on one of the missions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vought_XF5U (901 words)

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		The model performed as predicted and after NACA executives reviewed films of the tests, it was suggested that he try to interest private industry or the military in the concept.
		Whereas other designers could not better a one-to-four ratio in landing speed to top speed, the Vought machine was expected to achieve a range from 40 to 415 m.p.h with the original engines, 20 to 460 with water injection and 0 to 550 with gas turbine powerplants.
		Vought claimed that the propeller slipstream minimized the impact but this would not be the first time that a manufacturer was overly optimistic about an unusual and basically unproven aerodynamic feature based on small scale or even full scale wind tunnel tests.
	www.anomalies.net /ufo/ufodocs/text.documents/p/pancakes.info (4998 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Weird Wings - Chance Vought V-173 / XF5U 'Flying Flapjack'
		The XF5U discoidal aircraft was an invention of Charles H. Zimmerman, who conceived the design in the early 1930s.
		Zimmerman joined Chance Vought Aircraft in 1937, and there was able to produce an electric powered model of his design, designated V-162, flown by remote control in test situations, tethered in a hangar.
		In October 1939 manufacture by Chance Vought of a small scale model for wind tunnel testing was approved.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /wings/cv_flapjack.php (686 words)

	Vought xf5u flying - Pegasus 1/72 XF5U-1, by Joel Hamm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Vought xf5u flying - Pegasus 1/72 XF5U-1, by Joel Hamm
		This unusual aircraft was the test-bed for the Vought XF5U-1 "Flying Pancake".
		Vought XF5U Flying Pancake Wood Desktop Model Airplane, $69.00.
	websitelib.com /?q=vought-xf5u-flying (211 words)

	Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake by Allen K. Hess (Scrathcbuilt 1/48)
		Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake by Allen K. Hess (Scrathcbuilt 1/48)
		Design information based on the Vought General Arrangement Drawing and Paul Matt 3-view drawings.
		Since it is currently being restored by volunteers at the Vought plant in Texas I’m hoping someone might have access to lots of good info…I’m especially interested in the shade of yellow used on the upper surfaces, since it seems to vary widely in the different photos I’ve seen.
	hsfeatures.com /features04/xf5u1ah_1.htm (309 words)

	Vought V-173 / XF5U-1 Flying Flapjack Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the most unusual aircraft ever designed for the U.S. Navy was the Chance Vought V-173, also known as the Zimmerman "Flying Pancake".
		Mock-ups of the XF5U-1 were done in the summer of 1943, but due to Vought's preoccupation with the Corsair and Kingfisher, the program proceeded slowly during the war.
		The arrival of the jet age saw the cancellation of the XF5U-1 contract by the Navy in March 1947, despite the fact that the aircraft was due to take its first test flight later that year.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /usplanes/aircraft/flapjack.htm (335 words)

	F5U Flying Flapjack
		Some commentators claim that the aircraft's large propellers served as lifting rotors in hovering flight, but this is counter-factual, as they were only used for forward flight.
		The Vought-Sikorsky V-173 "Zimmer Skimmer" or "Flying Pancake" was the airplane prototype on which the XF5U was based.
		The Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics established the Navy Liaison Office at Edwards AFB on Aug. 28, 1946, to oversee development of the Vought XF5U-1 Skimmer -- a fighter aircraft with an almost circular wing.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/f5u.htm (573 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Vought XF5U
		The Vought XF5U Flying Pancake (or Flying Flapjack) was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft which was designed during World War II.
		It is one of the most unusual-looking aircraft to ever fly, consisting of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body (hence its name) serving as the lifting surface.
		The first flight of the XF5U was on Nov. 23, 1942.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Vought_XF5U (253 words)

	Vought
		Other Vought strictly-military types made it into civilian dress, as well — eg: SB2U-1 [NC30447], which was WW2 surplus.
		Vought O3U-1 Retractable gear in pontoon (Eugene Palmer coll)
		Vought UO-1 [A-6493] hoisting aboard USS Richmond (USN)
	www.aerofiles.com /_vot.html (3066 words)

	Schofields News - March 2004
		The V-173 flew in November 1942, due to lack of power, it had sluggish performance but it was able to take-off and land within 50 feet, and the aircraft proved to be stall and spin proof; the concept worked.
		The XF5U-1 (the last piston powered aircraft from Vought) was not just remarkable in its shape and performance but also in its construction.
		Its patented Metalite structure proved so strong that a wrecking ball had to be dropped through the wing between the spars to start its demolition; cutting torches did the rest of the job.
	www.schofields-flying-club.com.au /newsletter/mar04.htm (3390 words)

	FLUG REVUE Datafiles: Chance Vought V-173 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Vought V-173 was designed by Charles Horton Zimmerman to prove his concept of circular wing planforms.
		The peculiar looking aircraft first flew November 23, 1942 and despite several emergency landings the test program was successful.
		His ideas led to the Vought XF5U-1 STOL fighter with a similiar layout as the "flying pancake" V-173.
	www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRtypen/FRV-173.htm (148 words)

	Vought xf5u flying - pilot resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Behind the capture of the first flyable FW-190; Resurrecting the Douglas DC-10; Vought XF5U: The Navy's Forlorn Flying Saucer Fighter; Handley Page's Flying
		Vought V-173 / XF5U-1 "Flying Flapjack" or "Flying Pancake" To this day the V-173 / XF5U-1 project remains one of the more interesting anecdotes in
		We are convinced that they have nothing to do with the Chance Vought V-173 configuration pictured on the cover of FLYING, nor with the Chance Vought XF5U
	infoant.com /?q=vought-xf5u-flying (239 words)

	Vought V173 XF5U markings?
		Does anybody know if there are plans or 3views for the Vought V173 "flying flapjack".
		This is one of my MUST model planes and would make a great electric plane.
		This is the first I've seen of it and don't know what those jet looking things are on the front.
	www.rcuniverse.com /forum/m_2923580/printable.htm (229 words)

	Pegasus 1/72 XF5U-1, by Joel Hamm
		The Vought Company scooped him on board to develop the idea after the Navy started salivating over astounding performance possibilities.
		Their limited editions of only a few hundred of each kit were snapped up, but often left un-built; so this 1/72 scale version of Vought’s XF5U-1 may still be found at swap sales or internet trades.
		Perched on the “oddities” shelf alongside Northrop’s XB-35, the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender (Ass-Ender), and other erstwhile ne’er-do-well’s, Pegasus’ Vought XF5U posited an intriguing point, Flying wings, canards, VTOL, and other anomalies were excellent ideas ahead of their time, foiled in their potential until required technologies caught up.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/allies/us/hammf5u.htm (1726 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Weird Wings
		THE REICH'S DISCS - Although claims crop up regularly that flying saucers were developed by the Third Reich's scientists during World War Two, the first substantial evidence of a flyable disc-shaped aircraft is lacking until the US' postwar Flying Flapjack.
		CHANCE VOUGHT XF5U - The disc-plan XF5U Flying Flapjack Navy fighter design promised to be a very fast fighter capable of near-vertical takeoff.
		Its development was overtaken by the jet age and further work was cancelled in 1947.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /wings/wings.php (665 words)

	VoughtXF5U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the most unusual looking aircraft to ever fly.
		The Vought XF5U/V-173 was an experi- mental fighter designed for carrier use by the U.S. Navy prior to World War Two.
		The unusual configuration was designed to minimize drag thus increasing top spe- ed, yet with the ability to take off and land at very low speeds.
	www.aviationtrivia.homestead.com /XF5U.html (91 words)

	Royal Air Force Museum Aircraft Thesaurus - Vought
		Use for Vought SU Corsair, Vought X0SU Corsair, Vought XO3U-1
		Use for Vought RF-8 Crusader, Vought TF-8 Crusader, Vought XF-8 Crusader, Vought XF8U Crusader, Vought YTF-8 Crusader
		Vought A-7 Corsair II Use instead Ling Temco Vought A-7 Corsair II
	www.mda.org.uk /aircraft/18107.htm (144 words)

	Vought Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		F.425 Chance Vought Corsair Mk IV 1/72 s By Frog 70's!!
		Vought F-8E Crusader USN & Marines Hasegawa 1:72
		VOUGHT A-7E CORSAIR II 'DESERT STORM' 1:72 scale
	www.atbalancecreditdirectory.com /vought.html (189 words)

	The Flying Flapjacks, V-173 and XF5U-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I think that even though it claims to show the XF5U-1 flying, what it really is the V-173.
		I have pretty extensive clippings about the Vought airshow on 18-20 June 47, and several times it is mentioned in various papers that the show was the very first public showing of the V-173, which was finishing its flight test program and was about to be declassified and grounded.
		Latest report on strange objects in the western skies was provided yesterday by Richard Rankin, veteran Pacific Coast pilot, who said he saw the "flying saucers" over California, the Associated Press reported.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/1998/nov/m11-022.shtml (1067 words)

	F7U Cutlass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was a US Navy jet fighter of the early Cold War.
		It was a highly unusual, tailless design, based on aerodynamic data captured from the Arado company at the end of World War II.
		Designation sequence: F4U - XF5U - F6U - F7U - F8U
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/F7U_Cutlass (212 words)

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		This is a one shot wonder that almost flew.
		Yes folks, it’s our favorite flying saucer from our friends in the navy, the Chance-Vought XF5U “FLYING FLAPJACK” an earlier and simpler version (the V-173) flew with few problems, but the more complex and powerful xf5u only did some high speed taxi tests before falling to the wreckers ball.
		Appearance: light gray plastic, single 2-sided instruction sheet, recessed lines.
	www.njipms.org /Reviews/has-xf5u.htm (314 words)

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