History
By 1945, the Navy realized pure-jet aircraft were the future of aviation, so a specification was issued for a single-seat, carrier based fighter-bomber. Chance Vought, a well known naval aircraft manufacturer, set out to create a small jet made to be light and agile, while still being able to carry ordnance.
The result was the Vought F9U, the navy fighter who couldn’t operate from a carrier. Even though composite materials were used, making the jet light, the engine was too weak and unreliable for use in carriers, so in order for the program to not be a total failure, Vought sold it’s design to the Army, who also needed jet aircraft. With the removal of the naval equipment (tail hook, strengthened gears and etc) and the replacement of it’s engine for a more powerful one, the jet was deemed ready for combat operations by 1946, and so production started.
The F9U served to great success in the beginning of the Korean War, where it was faster than most other aircraft, until the North Koreans and Chinese acquired soviet jets. It saw service in other countries as well, such as France, who used it during and after the war. Pilots praised it for it’s responsiveness and ease to fly, but mechanics hated it for being difficult to repair and maintain.
This aircraft is the “Aspirateur” (vacuum cleaner in french, funny name I know), an F9U operated by the French during the Korean War, it became famous for getting the last air kill of the war, a Mig-15, and is now being restored to flight-worthy conditions in a museum, so it can soar to the skies once again.
Performance
(Tested only with full payload)
Top Speed(TAS): 955 km/h at 6,000 m, 790 Km/h at sea level Takeoff Speed(IAS): 220 km/h
Stall Speed(IAS): 210 km/h
Manufacturer: Chance Vought
Produced: 1946-1953
Numbers Built: 4,715
Powerplant: 1 turbojet producing 3,400 lbf
Armament: 4 AN/M3 20mm cannons, 24 HVAR rockets
Features
-VR compatible
-Semi-detailed damage model
-Ejection seat
-Realistic handling (kinda)
-Custom landing gear
-Detailed cockpit
Controls
VTOL: Flaps
AG-1: Bail out
AG-2: Airbrakes
Some tips and warnings
-Optimized for high physics
-It takes 8 seconds to fire all rockets, have that in mind when going for a bombing run
(Yes, I got lazy with the roundels and landing gear, sorry about that)
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
- LonelyAustrianUhlan 1.5 years ago
- Rondine 1.5 years ago
- LieutenantSOT 11 months ago
- Bryan5 1.5 years ago
- YarisSedan 1.5 years ago
- NARGII 1.5 years ago
- SPAircraftOfficial 1.5 years ago
- Dragoranos 1.5 years ago
- AnomalyYeet 1.5 years ago
- Marulk 1.5 years ago
- mmsace 1.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Korean War Specifications Challenge! [CLOSED]
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 32.8ft (10.0m)
- Length 31.7ft (9.7m)
- Height 13.5ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 8,247lbs (3,741kg)
- Loaded Weight 11,022lbs (4,999kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.835
- Wing Loading 36.5lbs/ft2 (178.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 302.0ft2 (28.1m2)
- Drag Points 1153
Parts
- Number of Parts 402
- Control Surfaces 2
- Performance Cost 1,965
@LieutenantSOT Ayyyy, you’re back! No problems man, sorry if I bothered you a bit too much, and thank you!
Apologies, m8. I've been having a hard time getting back into this as my IRL life is insane lol. You are the pretty obvious #1 victor of the challenge, so I'm going to award you 10 upvotes and close the challenge. Thank you so much for your submission!
@SPAircraftOfficial Hell yeah! I’ll make a celebration soon
Eyy, your Gold now!
NICE
Explosions make things fly back up at you, just like a plunger
@Graingy Tbf, it does kinda remind me of a plunger now that you said it
And with that I have successfully met my preschool humour quota.
Good day, everybody.
F9U-2 Plunderer when the FU-No.2 Plunger walks in:
@Jabuticaba23 blz Man de boa ent
@Gabriel747 Poxa mano, tô sem cell agora ent zap n vai dar, mas quando eu puder eu te aviso
@Jabuticaba23 criei um grupo de BR jogadores de Simple Planes para Whatsapp quer entrar?
@Jabuticaba23 Karai Man suspeitei pelo teu nome no jogo e pelo teu avião chamado Bichinho
F9F Says:
Ahmmm
@Gabriel747 Sou sim :)
@Jabuticaba23 Hey man are you Brazilian?
Yay :)
@Hahahahaahahshs Yep, it’s heavily inspired by the F6U’s predecessor, the Vought V-340
very cool
Looks like a Vought F6U Pirate
Hey @DeezDucks, sorry for bothering you once again, but could you make this aircraft a sucessor to this challenge, pretty please?
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/3xxdka/Korean-War-Specifications-Challenge-OPEN?showAllComments=true#comment-4308773