Wanna play ID this aircraft..........

rsv1cox Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:15 am

I used to watch this plane take-off, stand on it's tail, and go straight up. At the time the only one able to do so. Loved it then, love it still.

Wanna play ID this aircraft.......... Guess10

Who was it, Cox or Testors?

Kim Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:21 am

What's left of a Vought Cutlass.

rsv1cox Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:26 am

Kim wrote:What's left of a Vought Cutlass.

Yes, F7U. Who modeled it, Cox or Testors?

Kim Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:29 am

Think it was Wen Mac. Back in the 80's, Midwest marketed a nice-size R/C kit (.40) that I wish I'd bought. A very cool jet indeed!

rsv1cox Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:21 am

One of the Marks would know for sure. I remember seeing them on ebay some months ago but never bid on one, now I wish I had.

Yes, 1940's design and tested at Patuxent River where I was stationed, but I didn't see it until at Jacksonville NAS in the mid 50's. Phased out in 1959 I think.

Known as the "Gutless Cutlass" it topped out around 600+ MPH, but on full burners it would take-off straight up.

Bob