The single-seat Cutlass fighter had a very unusual tailless, swept-swing design. It was purportedly developed using American research into the jet designs of the Arado company, who was responsible for designing various jet aircraft for Germany before the fall of the Third Reich.
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| - The single-seat Cutlass fighter had a very unusual tailless, swept-swing design. It was purportedly developed using American research into the jet designs of the Arado company, who was responsible for designing various jet aircraft for Germany before the fall of the Third Reich.
- The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a highly unusual, semi-tailless design, allegedly based on aerodynamic data and plans captured from the German Arado company at the end of World War II, though Vought designers denied any link to the German research at the time. The F7U was the last aircraft designed by Rex Beisel, who was responsible for the first fighter ever designed specifically for the U.S. Navy, the Curtiss TS-1 of 1922.
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| - The single-seat Cutlass fighter had a very unusual tailless, swept-swing design. It was purportedly developed using American research into the jet designs of the Arado company, who was responsible for designing various jet aircraft for Germany before the fall of the Third Reich. The untraditional design of the Cutlass suffered from multiple technical and handling problems. The problems experienced in testing the Cutlass may have been due at least in part to the design being "advanced," built to apply new theories of aerodynamics. In any case, its very poor safety record led to its removal from front-line service in 1956.
- The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a highly unusual, semi-tailless design, allegedly based on aerodynamic data and plans captured from the German Arado company at the end of World War II, though Vought designers denied any link to the German research at the time. The F7U was the last aircraft designed by Rex Beisel, who was responsible for the first fighter ever designed specifically for the U.S. Navy, the Curtiss TS-1 of 1922. Regarded as a radical departure from traditional aircraft design, the Cutlass 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 U.S. Navy pilots. Over one quarter of all Cutlasses built were destroyed in accidents. The poor safety record was largely the result of the advanced design built to apply new aerodynamic theories and insufficiently powerful, unreliable engines.
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