Vought F7U Cutlass?

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Lucky13

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Was there anything that they could have done to improve the Cutlass, for a more lengthy, more successful, USN career, or was she that flawed in her design that nothing would have helped?

 
Another promising airframe that fell victim to the learning curve with early jet turbine engine design, a la XF-90, X-3, etc. In the case of the Cutlass it was aggravated by the stall characteristics of the delta wing and the unique requirements of carrier operations.
 
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