XF5U | |
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General information | |
Type | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Vought |
Designer | |
Status | Cancelled 17 March 1947 |
Primary user | United States Navy |
Number built | 2 |
History | |
First flight | 1943 |
Developed from | Vought V-173 |
The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc-shaped body (resembling a flying flapjack/pancake, hence its nickname) serving as the lifting surface.[1] Two piston engines buried in the body drove propellers located on the leading edge, at the wingtips.