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The Vought F6U Pirate was the Vought company's first jet fighter, designed for the United States Navy during the mid-1940s. Although pioneering the use of turbojet power as the first naval fighter with an afterburner and composite material construction, the aircraft proved to be underpowered and was judged unsuitable for combat.

2006年5月26日 · Vought factory proposal model of XF6U-1 Pirate. So we have a basic fighter variant, an all-weather fighter, photo-recce plane. What about a ground-attack version? Do you have any idea whether there was such a variant actually contemplated? If so, what air-to-ground ordnance was it to carry?

2024年1月23日 · 海军飞行员也轻蔑地称F6U为“土拨鼠” 。1950年10月30日， BuAer （The Bureau of Aeronautics ；即 航空局）向沃特通报了海军对海盗的看法，既有官僚主义的留言，也有严厉的措辞： “事实证明，F6U-1的性能非常低

F-6U，这种喷气式飞机的绰号是“海盗船”，在飞行中很难控制。 为此，沃特公司为了改进它的操纵性，把它的垂直尾翼加大、并做了很多其他的修改，并使其成为第一种使用“素拉（solar）”A-103A加力燃烧室这种动力助推装置的海军飞机。 尽管问题很多，1947年2月，海军还是订购了30架F6U-1，1949年3月，首架生产型飞机分配到VX-3发展中队。 不过，人们即清晰地认识到“海盗船”不适合一线使用，它们全部被降格为地面试验用机。 1944年9月， 美国海军 发布了一项 …

The F6U-1 was the first USN jet aircraft to have an afterburner. 122479 is the only survivor of the 30 F6U-1 a/c built. It was restored over a ten year period (2002 - 2012) by the Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation.

Metalite panels used to cover wing, fuselage, and tail surfaces. Dorsal-type extensions on vertical-tail and horizontal-tail leading edges. Fins attached to horizontal stabilizer. The basic engine for the F6U-1 was the Westinghouse J34-WE-30A rated at a …

I had a great opportunity to take walkaround photos of a F6U-1 Pirate on the flight line at National Museum of Naval Aviation. Pirate was a Vought company's first jet fighter, which made its first flight in October 1946.

The Vought F6U Pirate was a single set jet fighter developed for the United States Navy, following on from the company's F4U Corsair. Before World War ll ended, Vought was busy with the design of the V-340 single-seat jet-propelled fighter for service with the USN. It was the first...