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The Vought XF3U was the prototype of a two-seat, all-metal biplane fighter, built by Vought Aircraft Company of Dallas, Texas for the United States Navy.

XF3U
Role Fighter
National origin United States
Manufacturer Vought
First flight May 9, 1933[1]
Number built 1
Developed into SBU Corsair

Development and design


The XF3U was designed to meet the Bureau of Aeronautics 1932 Design Specification No. 111, which called for a high-performance fighter with a fixed undercarriage and powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior air-cooled radial engine. Of the seven proposed aircraft the XF3U and the Douglas XFD were chosen. The XF3U was the first all-metal aircraft produced by Vought. The aircraft was also equipped with an enclosed cockpit. During flight testing in 1933, it outperformed the Douglas entry and was chosen the winner.


Operational history


The Navy no longer was interested in two-seat fighters, and therefore only the one XF3U prototype aircraft was built. The XF3U subsequently evolved into a dive bomber, and became the XSBU prototype for the SBU-1 Corsair.[1]


Specifications


Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament
3 × .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns


References



Notes


  1. Angelucci 1987, p. 434.

Bibliography




Media related to Vought XF3U at Wikimedia Commons


На других языках


- [en] Vought XF3U

[fr] Vought XF3U

Le Vought XF3U était le prototype d'un chasseur embarqué biplan biplace américain à construction entièrement métallique, conçu et construit par la société Chance Vought de Dallas, au Texas, pour la marine américaine.

[it] Vought XF3U

Il Vought XF3U fu un aereo da caccia biposto imbarcato, monomotore e biplano, sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica statunitense Vought nei primi anni trenta e rimasto allo stadio di prototipo.



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