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Vought XF3U

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Development and design
Operational history
Specifications
References
Notes Bibliography
External links

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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.

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

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|height main=11 ft 11 in
|height alt=3.6 m
|area main=295 ft²
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|empty weight main=3,435 lb
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|engine (prop)=Pratt & Whitney R-1535-80 Twin Wasp Jr.
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|power main=700 hp
|power alt=518 kW
|max speed main=208 mph
|max speed alt=334 km/h
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|loading alt=88 kg/m²
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References

Notes

1. ^¹²Angelucci 1987, p. 434.

Bibliography

Angelucci,Enzo. The American Fighter from 1917 to the present. New York: Orion Books, 1987. {{ISBN|0-517-56588-9}}.

External links

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