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Vought F7U Cutlass
« on: November 15, 2012, 09:34:41 AM »
One almost forgotten fighter Vought F7U Cutlass, very interesting design :) Lets start with technical drawings and continue with archive images ;)

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2012, 09:38:07 AM »
First set of images :))

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2012, 09:49:02 AM »
Beautiful!!!! :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2012, 11:28:31 AM »
I am glad ou like it, here is more images :) One more batch will upload later.

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2012, 11:43:00 AM »
Last pack, not much images but hope you have enjoyed ;)

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2012, 08:16:07 PM »
Really great images mate!!! :-clap :-flo

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2012, 08:38:51 AM »
Hi mate, hi everybody, :-salut :-salut :-salut

Great pictures !
There are some inaccuracies : plane 124419 is not an XF7U-1 but a production F7U-1 (BuNo 124415 through 124434).
The three prototypes were numbered 122472 to 122474.
The last photo of your last post shows an XF7U-3 (125410 and 125411)

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2012, 10:22:47 AM »
Thank you for info mate, very valuable :-clap

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2012, 02:57:30 PM »
http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/forum/borbene-letelice-combat-warplanes/vought-f7u-cutlass/?action=dlattach;attach=57880;image
This is a ptoduction F7U-3 (second batch of 25 aircraft : 128451 through 128475)

http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/forum/borbene-letelice-combat-warplanes/vought-f7u-cutlass/?action=dlattach;attach=57892;image
Maybe 129580 or 129680, not 129880, last batch being 129523 to 129756 including 128745 to 129756 as F7U-3P.

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2012, 03:29:44 PM »
Thank you :-ok

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2012, 09:50:35 PM »
This is a neat machine and thanks for the photos, No.1.

If only more powerful engines had been developed when the airplane was in service it might have stayed in the fleet for longer. I don't think the pilots were all that sorry to see them go, though. When that extra-long nose strut failed landing on the carrier it would cause some severe back injuries.

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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2012, 10:19:06 PM »
Earl jet age is very interesting for me mate :)


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Re: Vought F7U Cutlass
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2012, 12:56:27 AM »
:-ok