1947 - The North American FJ-1 Fury was the first operational jet aircraft in United States Navy service, and was developed by North American Aviation as the NA-135. The FJ-1 was an early transitional jet of limited success which carried over similar tail surfaces, wing, and canopy derived from the piston-engined P-51D Mustang. The evolution of the design to incorporate swept wings would become the basis for the land-based XP-86 prototype - itself originally designed with a very similar straight-wing planform to the FJ-1 airframe - of the United States Air Force's enormously influential F-86 Sabre, which in turn formed the basis for the Navy's carrier-based North American FJ-2/-3 Fury. VTOL for flaps; 1=hook, 2=lights, 3=air brakes, 4=gyro. No folding wings on this one -the FJ-1 didn’t have those.
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General Characteristics
- Predecessor 1945-1950 Naval Aviation Challenge (Closed)
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 42.3ft (12.9m)
- Length 34.1ft (10.4m)
- Height 16.8ft (5.1m)
- Empty Weight 7,752lbs (3,516kg)
- Loaded Weight 13,267lbs (6,017kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.693
- Wing Loading 18.5lbs/ft2 (90.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 718.1ft2 (66.7m2)
- Drag Points 1834
Parts
- Number of Parts 376
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,267
Here is the result for this entry!
Design: 18/20
Functionality: 7/10
Performance: 10/15
Build quality: 12/15
Paint scheme: 5/5
Personal opinion 5/5
Overall: 57/70 (5 upvotes!)
@asteroidbook345 I would say that a more accurate naval Sabre would be the FJ-2 (based on the F-86E, if I remember correctly) and the FJ-1 was actually developed before the Sabre
Will you ever make an FJ-2?
I believe there is only one of these remaining in the world today and it's on display at Yanks Air Museum It's a amazing plane to see in person
You really make beautiful planes . I love the details . Great job .
this needs a bit more attention
Well, it looks good...and we don’t see many/any Fury’s on the site. If I may suggest: next time make the flaps move down when you move the flap handle (VTOL slider) down, no airplane in the world (there may be exceptions, but I know of none) has flap controls reversed as they are here.
I would say that this has gone into the realms of AMAZINGNESS :3
Incredible! Thank you very much for this entry for the challenge
Looks nice