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Vought Flying Pancake
I was unaware that one even existed. It's been restored. Is there a really good paper model available?
Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation Retirees Finish Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” Following 8-Year Restoration Effort AirSpace
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As far as i know there isn't one ,only the XF5U from Dr Zarkov on Moshe's site ML Paper Models: Home Page
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OK, oddball Question: If one of the prop-jobs survived, what happened to the jet-job versions?
As far as I knew, (or likely, anyone else, knew, for that matter) all of the flying pancakes had been either museumed or scrapped. I have to confess Maj. Charles my friend, this item has confused me a bit. Kind and Respectful Regards Maj. Charles my friend, Uyraell.
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As far as I know, there was only ever one XF5-U protype ever made and that was damaged while being trucked to Muroc for it's first flight - WW2 being over by then, there was not felt a big need to continue with the design.
The jet versions never progressed beyond paper designs. As above, I think that the ModelArt one is the only paper model of any of the pancakes...
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This is the only example of this plane left . the Xf5-u was powered by radial engines in it's fuselage . I read that it was ground run and taxi tested but never left the ground . The USAF ordered it scraped and the took a wrecking ball to it . I guess it was strong because it took alot of drops from the ball to get it to break
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Sorry US navy scraped it
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For anyone who want to give it a shot designing.. I have excellent 4-way view pictures..
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Thanks, Maj. Charles and Skidoosnopro.
I'd thought my memory must have been badly slipping a cog or two. Yes, I did mean the turbine-powered (extended-drive turboprop?) version when I wrote "jet-job". I had also at some stage thought I'd seen film of the tubroprop version in flight, but now am thinking I must have been mistaken. Kind and Respectful Regards my friends, Uyraell.
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It's the jet job that Billy was noting when he posted the url. It appears to be a fairly decent model. I've never built any that designer's models, so I can't comment authoritatively.
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