The Early Vought XF6U-1

[hesham]

Hi,

here is the early Vought XF6U-1 Pirate configurations,which led to
F6U-1.

 

[Bailey]

Taken from The American Fighter - Enzo Angelucci & Peter Bowers - Foulis Aviation/Haynes Publishing, if I'm not mistaken.

Cheers Bailey.

 

[Bill S]

How about the V-359 (F6U-1 with after burning) and a camera?
I has a K-17 or K-18 camera installed aft of the cockpit.


This would have been a candidate for F6U-1P designation.


Credit: Vought Heritage Archives


bill

 

[Justo Miranda]

from The American Fighter - Enzo Angelucci & Peter Bowers - Foulis Aviation/Haynes Publishing,
Air International May 1976
Unknown source

 

[hesham]

Hi,


from the book; Chance Vought F6U Pirate,by Richard Koehnin.

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

For a partial comparison of the XF6U and the production F6U-1, see http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2012/03/f6u-variations.html and the following overlay...

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Tailspin.

 

[fightingirish]

Bill Spidle posted some pictures showing the mock-up of a XF6U-1 Pirate at his blog. B)

Link: http://voughtworks.blogspot.com/2015/06/mock-up-of-pirate-xf6u-1-that-is.html




Edit 1:
Mock-up of a Pirate (XF6U-1 that is!) Part II - kneeling, nose installation and cockpit
Link: http://voughtworks.blogspot.de/2015/06/mock-up-of-pirate-xf6u-1-that-is-part-ii.html


Edit 2:
Mock-up of a Pirate (XF6U-1 that is!) Part III - armament and landing gear
Link: http://voughtworks.blogspot.de/2015/07/mock-up-of-pirate-xf6u-1-that-is-part.html

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Rolf.

 

[Bill S]

I will post some of the images from my blog here for your viewing pleasure.
The rest are in three installments on my blog.


NARA II images RG 72AC-30D

 

[hesham]

I will post some of the images from my blog here for your viewing pleasure.
The rest are in three installments on my blog.


NARA II images RG 72AC-30D

Very nice photos Bill.

 

[Bill S]

"F6U-1N" from drawing CVS-14025 F6U-1 Electronics Equip Instal Wing Tip Night Fighter.
The radar in the right wing tank is APS-19 with associated equipment spread between
both wing tanks. VAHF microfilm.

 

[hesham]

Very Cool,thank you my dear Bill.

 

[circle-5]

Vought factory proposal model of XF6U-1 Pirate.

 

[Petrus]

So we have a basic fighter variant, an all-weather fighter, photo-recce plane.
What about a ground-attack version? Do you have any idea whether there was such a variant actually contemplated? If so, what air-to-ground ordnance was it to carry?

Piotr

 

[Mark Nankivil]

I would say in that time frame ground attack for the Navy was exclusively AD Skyraider. Heavy hauler and long loiter time, both missing from the F6U, first generation jet capabilities.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[hesham]

From Kryl'ya Rodine 1/2-2020.

 

[hesham]

From L+K 1997-2.

 

[AeroFranz]

Has anyone seen a cutaway of the Pirate? I'm talking about something like a Mike Badrocke-level drawing. I've been looking for one but am empty-handed. I'm surprised because while unsuccessful, the F6U did serve in small numbers.

 

[GTX]

Best I have seen is that here:

Vought F6U Pirate | Defense Media Network

A look at the Vought F6U Pirate, one of the Navy's first jets.

www.defensemedianetwork.com

 

[rieleyj]

You might be interested in this model I built of the first prototype after much interesting correspondence with Tailspin Turtle about how the jetpipe was kinked in order to raise the thrustline when the jetpipe was lengthened to accommodate the afterburner

Vought XF6U-1 Pirate prototype - converted Admiral 1/72

When Vought designed their first jet fighter, a simple design with straight wings which first flew in October 1946, they must have thought that the only problems would be those associated with the new method of propulsion. In fact almost everything went wrong. Performance, particularly on take-of...

www.britmodeller.com