U.S. Navy Chance Vought F7U-3 CUTLASS Pilot Flight Operating Instruction BOOK

Description: Here is something you won't find for sale ANYWHERE else! Exclusively from Periscope Film, a full and complete reprint of the Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions, all 120+ pages of it! This is NOT I repeat NOT a CD or a .pdf file! What you are getting is a wonderful 8.5x11 book made with high quality paper, and beautiful glossy covers!! Why buy a CD of this and then have to print out all the pages?? It'll cost much more and the result will be inferior! Okay, more about this book: Chance-Vought’s F7U Cutlass was inspired by design data retrieved from Germany’s Arado Company at the end of WWII. To avoid extreme nose-down forces, the Cutlass was a “tail-less” aircraft. Its swept wings had vertical fins and “ailevator” control surfaces. Although intended to operate at up to Mach .95, the aircraft was hampered by under- powered Westinghouse turbojets, and its nose-up profile made carrier landings dangerous. Although its in-flight performance was acceptable, the Navy initially rejected the plane as unfit for carrier use. While nearly 200 F7U-3s were eventually delivered, they were retired only five years after their introduction. Originally printed by the U.S. Navy, this F7U-3 Flight Operating Manual taught pilots everything they needed to know before entering the cockpit. Classified “Restricted”, it was recently de- classified and is here reprinted in book form. This facsimile has been reformatted. Care has been taken however to preserve the integrity of the text. 127 pages, 8.50" x 11.00", softbound, with attractive front and rear covers in full cover. High bidder pays $7.00 shipping in USA for this book, $12 to anywhere in the world! We combine shipping on multiple item purchases! More on this aircraft: The Vought F7U Cutlass (Vought V-346A Cutlass) was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War. It was a highly unusual, semi-tailless[1] design, based on aerodynamic data captured from the German Arado company at the end of World War II. The F7U was the last aircraft designed by Rex Beisel, who was responsible for the first fighter ever designed specifically for the US Navy, the Curtis TS-1 of 1922. The Cutlass had broad, swept wings, with twin tail fins mounted on them. Pitch and roll control was provided by elevons. The very long nosewheel strut was rather weak, and a collapse could seriously jeopardize the pilot. The F7U was also largely betrayed by its anemic Westinghouse turbojet, an engine which some pilots wryly observed put out less heat than the same company's toasters. [edit] Operational history Vought F7U-3 Cutlass Vought F7U-3 Cutlass Three prototypes were ordered in 1946, with the first example flying on 29 September 1948, piloted by a Robert Baker. Production orders were placed for the F7U-1 in a specification very close to the prototypes, and F7U-2 and F7U-3 versions with more powerful engines. Because of development problems with the powerplant, however, the F7U-2 would never be built, while the F7U-3 would incorporate many refinements suggested by tests of the -1. The first 16 F7U-3 had non-afterburning Allison J35-29 engines. The -3 with its Westinghouse J46-WE-8B turbojets would eventually become the definitive production version, with 288 aircraft equipping 13 US Navy and Marine squadrons. Further development stopped once the F8U Crusader flew. The Cutlass bore the fleet nickname of "gutless." Its carrier handling was notoriously poor. The J35 was actually known to flameout in the rain, a very serious fault. The Blue Angels Navy aerobatics team flew two F7U Cutlass as a side act during their 1952 show season in an effort to promote the new aircraft, but did not use them as part of their regular formation act. Both the pilots and ground crews found the aircraft generally unsatisfactory.

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