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MarketPlace Showcase F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2025 Feb 20 8:45 am)
Some progress.
The propellers have variable pitch blades.
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The XF5U-1, two of which were built, was experimental in many ways. Designed for very slow takeoff and landing speed, but high cruise speed, was essentially a lifting body with no real wings although it had "ailavators" that resembled stubby wings. Its disc-shaped body earned the nickname "Flying Pancake". Although a smaller scaled prototype made many flights, including some flown by Charles Lindbergh, the XF5U never flew.
Here are a couple of early renders:
These images look asymmetrical, but the left-side structures will eventually be duplicated on the right side as seen in the construction drawings
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