The Vought F7U Cutlass is a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance Vought.It was the first tailless production fighter in the United States as well as the Navy's first jet equipped with swept wings and the first to be designed with afterburners. [1]The Cutlass was developed from the mid 1940s to early 1950s as ...

The wingspan is 12.1 meters, 6.80 meters when folded, and the wing area is 46.1 square meters. It has an empty weight of 8,260 kg, a gross weight of 12,174 kg, and a maximum takeoff weight of 12,174 kg. The maximum payload is 3000 kg and the fuel tank capacity is 971 US gal. The aircraft is powered by two Westinghouse J46-WE-8B engines.

It was one of the U.S. military’s first jet-powered aircraft. The Cutlass actually conducted its first aircraft carrier landings and catapult takeoffs from the USS Midway (CV-41) in July 1951 during its carrier suitability testing phase. ... 14 ft 7 in (4.48 m) Wing area: 535 sq ft (49.7 m²) Empty weight: 18,210 lb (5,353 kg) Max. takeoff ...

Boasting a unique "tailless" design, the F7U Cutlass incorporated a number of new and advanced features for its time. Designed by Rex Beisel, who also designed the unconventional looking F4U Corsair, the F7U was ahead of its time and the capabilities of available power plants, resulting in its nickname the "Gutless Cutlass."

Our Aircraft’s History. Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass (Serial #129685) ~ A Cold War era carrier-based jet fighter/fighter-bomber for the US Navy, this tailless aircraft was the last aircraft designed by Rex Beisel, who was responsible for the first ever fighter for the US Navy, the Curtiss TS-1 in 1922.. This aircraft was Chance Vought’s submission into the US Navy’s competition for a ...

The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a highly unusual, semi-tailless design, allegedly based on aerodynamic data and plans captured from the German Arado company at the end of World War II, though Vought designers denied any link to the German research at the time.[1] The F7U was the last aircraft ...

Based on initial flights of the XF7U-1 airplane in 1948, the U.S. Navy ordered fourteen of the production versions of the airplane, the F7U-1. Powered by two J34-WE-32 engines with Solar afterburners, the production model incorporated several improvements. The vertical fins were extended to provide more area to eliminate directional “hunting ...

airplanes, the U. S. Navy awarded Vought a contract for a bigger, faster, Cutlass with more thrust and pilot visibility. The planned powerplant, two Westinghouse J46-WE-8 engines with 6000 pounds thrust ... 7 mission and designated F7U-3P. It was a modified version of the F7U-3 with all armament provisions deleted and the existing radar nose ...

The Cutlass was a “tail-less” Navy fighter that first flew in 1948. It was very innovative in that the conventional horizontal tail was eliminated to avoid the extreme nose-down forces experienced by conventional airplanes at speeds above Mach 0.75.

F7U Cutlass . The Vought Company designed the Cutlass as a tailless, carrier-based fighter for high speed and high rate of climb. Three models were designed, F7U-1, F7U-2 and F7U-3, but owing to ...