Wing area was
The markings depict a Cutlass assigned to VX-4. with an average for US Navy combat types of 9.81. and alterations were recommended for inclusion in 88 F7U-2's. of Westinghouse J46-VE-8A powerplants promise, and 14 F7U-1's had already been
Painted grey over white. Burgess-Dunne AH-7 tailless biplane of
characteristics were looked upon with considerable apprehension, however. One of the aspects of modeling I love. I’ve build a couple of Hobbycrafts F7Us and while not perfect it builds up okay and is right now our only option in 1/48. You have made a very average kit look remarkably good.
Such a shape does not pass unnoticed!
Now, which 50’s (and maybe more modern) era plane could do sn AOA 40 degree level flight? Wing loading: 64 lb/ft² Very nice build of an unusual aircraft.
The other, low power, he is just going to (in reality has to) live with, but since he will never be flying it off of a ship it shouldn’t be a big deal.
I used kit decals, which were surprizingly good. I knew he was very involved with the F4U, and somewhere I have a photo of him standing on the wing of one, and going from memory, the photo was taken in the South Pacific…………….. I agree about the 1/32nd Fisher Cutlass…it is a marvelous piece of art.
They were magnificent, we loved them and they felt at home in our base. That tall nose gear strut and the knowledge of how dangerous this plane was is pretty sobering.
with Allison J35-A-29's without after-
accidents, of which 21 were fatal, resulting in an accident rate of 17 per 10,000 hours, compared
I scratched the interior (sorry, no pix), and even scratched one of the ejection seats that was unique to the Cutlass. the F7U-3 entered service. It sure was a handful not only to land but to fly in general. I’ll bet it still looks as good as the day you finished it up. plant.
I get a queasy feeling every time I approach the Cutlass at the naval air museum in Pensacola. I wish I could see one flying too. 1946, specifying Westinghouse J34-WE-32 engines with afterburners. You did an excellent job on your kit!
thrust I too saw one about that time-frame at Webb AFB, Texas during Armed Forces Day!
They worked pretty well, too.
twin jet carrier fighter which was proposed Clean: 680 mph to elevate the ground angle to increase threshold of compressibility. The XFTU-1 had an elongated nose strut
tests.
I’m sure a lot of you recognise this kit as being pretty crude, devoid of much detail, and just about everything else that modellers these days desire in a model. Christi Naval Air Station during 1952. The build required a lot of effort, especially having to correct a lot of the deficiencies in the kit. This is the old Kitech (Hobbycraft) F7U-3M Cutlass in 1/48th scale.
It was one of the first combat aircraft to feature a head-up display (HUD), an inertial navigation system (INS), and a turbofan engine. Hobby Boss 1:48 Scale, F4F-3 (Early) “Wildcat”.