"Vought"@en . . "{| |} 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."@en . "300.0"^^ . "1"^^ . . "2774.0"^^ . "Vought FU"@en . "943.0"^^ . . "122"^^ . . . . "0.13"^^ . "0.079"^^ . "Fighter aircraft"@en . "106"^^ . "309.88"^^ . "164.0"^^ . "at sea level"@en . "8.65 m"@en . . "3.10 m"@en . "Navy N-9"@en . . "410"^^ . . "25.1"^^ . "10.3"^^ . . "1927"^^ . "357.0"^^ . . "1046.48"^^ . "20"^^ . "1929"^^ . "10.47 m"@en . . "1260.0"^^ . "2"^^ . . . "50.2"^^ . "{| |} 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."@en . . "9"^^ . "26500.0"^^ . "28"^^ . . "United States Navy Aircraft since 1911"@en . . . "8,080 m"@en . . "220.0"^^ . "270.0"^^ . "2074.0"^^ .