Navy's 'Flying Pancake': Shown is the full-scale, low-powered flying model of the XF5U-1, Chance Vought Aircraft's radical design which hovers on its props like a helicopter. This version, the V-173, was first flown in 1942. The XF5U-1 itself has been completed and will be test flown probably in September 1946.
Novel Design Nears Test Stage: Shown is the completed XF5U-i, and a rear view of a mock-up of still another model of Chance Vought's revolutionary design which, despite its seeming aerodynamic inefficiency, kicks far upward the ratio between landing speed and top speed, which for many years has stood at 1 to 4.
Aviation Week | July 1, 1946
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