The Vought F7U Cutlass
was an early US Navy carrier
-based jet fighter. It was an unusual tail-less design, a
radical departure from traditional aircraft design, but
as a result suffered from numerous technical and
handling problems throughout its short service career.
The type was responsible
for the deaths of four test
pilots and 21 other Navy pilots. Over one quarter of all
Cutlasses built were destroyed in accidents.
The poor safety record
was largely the result of the
advanced aerodynamic design and the poor reliability
and low power of early US jet engines.
320 examples were
built but they were in service for
only a few years.
This CD contains two Flight
Manuals for the F7U-3 Cutlass
plus the Erection and Maintenance Manual. The Flight
Manuals have been scanned from the original Flight
Manuals and retain colour pages, unless othewise stated.
This CD contains:
1. US Navy
Flight Handbook for the F7U-3 (128451 to
128466) AN 01-45HFC-1 dated 1-12-52, approx 120
pages. (Scanned from a photocopy.) These first
16 F7U-3 aircraft used the Allison J35 engine.
2. US Navy Flight Handbook for the F7U-3
(128467 and
up) AN 01-45HFD-1 dated 1-7-56, approx 232 pages.
This definitive production version used the
Westinghouse J46 engine.
3. US Navy Erection
and Maintenance manual for
the F7U-3
(128451 to 128466) AN 01-45HFC-2 dated
1-11-54, approx 671 pages.
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