History

The Vought F7U Cutlass was designed immediately after World War II for the US Navy. It included many innovative features in its radical design but proved difficult to fly in service and was unsuitable for carrier operations.

The Vought F7U was designed in 1945/6 to meet a US Navy competition for a new fleet fighter.

It incorporated many new features including swept wings, nose-wheel, pressurised cockpit and advanced aerodynamics based on German World War II research.

The prototype made its first flight on 29 September 1948 and they were introduced into service in July 1951.

The first version of the F7U, the F7U-1, suffered from many problems and was judged not to be suitable for carrier operations.

Only 14 were constructed before a new version, the F7U-3, was developed and introduced into service.

This model represents a F7U-1 in US Navy service in 1952.

Anigrand 1/144 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in October 2020.

Data

MODEL: Vought F7U-1

ROLE: fighter

TIME PERIOD: 1951-1959

ENGINES: two Westinghouse J34-WE-31 turbojet engines with afterburners of 14.5kN thrust each

WING SPAN: 38.66m

LENGTH: 39.358m

GROSS WEIGHT: 10,886kg

MAXIMUM SPEED: 1,082km/h

RANGE: 1,569km

CREW: 1

ARMAMENT: four 20mm cannon and three packs of Mighty Mouse rockets

SCALE: 1/144

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