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{| |} The Vought FU was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in service during the late 1920s. Pleased with the company's VE-7, in 1926 the Navy gave Vought a $459,709 contract for convertible land/sea 20 fighters. Vought already had a two-seat observation plane, the UO-1, basically a VE with additional fuselage streamlining and a Wright J-3 radial engine. This was made into a fighter simply by covering over the front cockpit of the observation plane, mounting machine guns in that area, and upgrading to a 220 hp Wright R-790 Whirlwind with a supercharger. With the help of the supercharger, the newly designated FU-1 was able to reach a speed of 147 mph at 13,000 ft.

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  • Vought FU
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  • {| |} The Vought FU was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in service during the late 1920s. Pleased with the company's VE-7, in 1926 the Navy gave Vought a $459,709 contract for convertible land/sea 20 fighters. Vought already had a two-seat observation plane, the UO-1, basically a VE with additional fuselage streamlining and a Wright J-3 radial engine. This was made into a fighter simply by covering over the front cockpit of the observation plane, mounting machine guns in that area, and upgrading to a 220 hp Wright R-790 Whirlwind with a supercharger. With the help of the supercharger, the newly designated FU-1 was able to reach a speed of 147 mph at 13,000 ft.
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loaded weight main
  • 2774.0
airfoil
  • Navy N-9
max speed more
  • at sea level
Guns
  • 2(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 8.65 m
span main
  • 1046.48
power/mass alt
  • 0(xsd:double)
more performance
  • 300.0
height alt
  • 3.10 m
primary user
Type
  • Fighter aircraft
type of prop
  • 9(xsd:integer)
loading main
  • 10(xsd:double)
range alt
  • 410(xsd:integer)
length main
  • 28(xsd:integer)
power alt
  • 164.0
area main
  • 270.0
power main
  • 220.0
height main
  • 309.88
span alt
  • 10.47 m
range main
  • 357.0
Manufacturer
  • Vought
max speed main
  • 106(xsd:integer)
engine (prop)
power/mass main
  • 0(xsd:double)
ceiling main
  • 26500.0
National Origin
empty weight main
  • 2074.0
loaded weight alt
  • 1260.0
Developed From
area alt
  • 25.1
max speed alt
  • 122(xsd:integer)
loading alt
  • 50(xsd:double)
empty weight alt
  • 943.0
ceiling alt
  • 8,080 m
Retired
  • 1929(xsd:integer)
Crew
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Introduction
  • 1927(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 20(xsd:integer)
ref
  • United States Navy Aircraft since 1911
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  • {| |} The Vought FU was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in service during the late 1920s. Pleased with the company's VE-7, in 1926 the Navy gave Vought a $459,709 contract for convertible land/sea 20 fighters. Vought already had a two-seat observation plane, the UO-1, basically a VE with additional fuselage streamlining and a Wright J-3 radial engine. This was made into a fighter simply by covering over the front cockpit of the observation plane, mounting machine guns in that area, and upgrading to a 220 hp Wright R-790 Whirlwind with a supercharger. With the help of the supercharger, the newly designated FU-1 was able to reach a speed of 147 mph at 13,000 ft. The FU-1s were delivered to VF-2B based in San Diego, California. With their float gear mounted, one was assigned to each of the battleships of the Pacific Fleet, where they were launched from catapults. They spent 8 months in this role, but as the squadron went to aircraft carrier operations, the further-aft cockpit proved to a visibility problem when maneuvering around a carrier deck. In response, the forward cockpit was re-opened, the result being designated FU-2. By this time they were no longer state-of-the-art, and the two-seaters primarily served as trainers and utility aircraft.
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