Vought V-529 & V-531 Twin engined Corsair II projects

[Deino]

Some additional unbuilt projectsVought A-529D
Twin F404 engined version for the Navy
Source

• Al Adcock A-7 Corsair II in Action Squadron-Signal, 1991

Thanks for this tread ... here are two illustrations of this twin-engined version !

Deino

 

[Deino]

Just found at the ARC ... posted by "Phantomologist"

Cheers, Deino

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Thats a great find Deino. We may have tto rename this the "Vought Secret Projects" forum

 

[Jemiba]

I thought, we had the the V-529D here before, hadn't we ? Or is this another
variant ? ???
(from Aviation Week .11.77)

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Yes we did Jemiba but these were nice new pictures

 

[blackkite]

It had the same fascinating tail shape as Ye-152A.

 

[Bill S]

Just found at the ARC ... posted by "Phantomologist"

Cheers, Deino

Ah I see these beat me here. There was also a proposal for a two seat, twin engine A-7D rebuild
called the V-531.

bill
(phantomologist on ARC)

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Nice pic, Bill.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Twin-engined Corsair proposed

A TWIN F404-engined version of the Corsair II has been proposed by Vought as a future US Navy light attack aircraft. The two General Electric engines would total over 50 per cent more thrust than the single 15,000lb Allison of the A-7E. Vought has already built more than 400 A-7Es, and the type is in service with 24 USN squadrons. Although the force has so far flown for more than 750,000hr, the manufacturer claims that a typical squadron aircraft has more than 17 years of service life left and could soldier on into the 1990s. The proposed V-529D version is almost identical to the A-7E except for the two F404 engines, new tailpipes and a wider rear fuselage to house them, and 20in fuselage stretch to keep the e.g. within limits. Both engines would be fed from the existing nose intake, a bifurcated duct splitting the incoming airflow between the two powerplants. Maximum rear fuselage width would be only 29in greater than at present. Empty weight would rise from 19,050lb (A-7E) to 19,952lb as a result, but the internal fuel load would rise from 10,036lb to 12,674lb. The F404 will power the Navy's F-18 fighter, so its use in a modified Corsair would provide useful commonality. Vought does not plan to build all new V-529Ds, suggesting to the US Navy that existing A-7Es be rebuilt. Unit cost of the modification would be less than $3 million, the company claims. Vought has teamed up with General Electric and Grumman. Given a prompt go-ahead by the Navy, the companies hope to start ground tests early next year. First flight would be scheduled for 1979.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%203858.html

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

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[Mark Nankivil]

Greetings All -

During the last visit to the Vought Archives, I copied a few drawings of the V-529 from the A-7X development.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[velithcoigor]

Хороший !

(Good one! )

 

[elmayerle]

I've heard it claimed that the virtue of the twin-F404 A-7 variant at the time was that the engines were manufactured in district of the then Speaker of the House and in Ted Kennedy's home state, guaranteeing a fair measure of support on Congress. Sad to say, that's not too implausible.

The thought also occurs to me that a similar modification, but with afterburning F404s, would look interesting on a F-8.

 

[GTX]

The thought also occurs to me that a similar modification, but with afterburning F404s, would look interesting on a F-8.

Indeed