Vought V-315 XF5U-1

Vought V-315 XF5U-1

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This aircraft never took to the air (apart from a hop during high-speed taxiing trails). The problem of vibration in the power transmission was still not solved when the Navy terminated the program. Nicknamed "Flying Pancake" and "Zimmer Skimmer", it was a design of Charles Zimmerman. A wooden test vehicle was flown as the V-173.
For more information on these aircraft see the Vought web page.


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This aircraft never took to the air (apart from a hop during high-speed taxiing trails). The problem of vibration in the power transmission was still not solved when the Navy terminated the program. Nicknamed "Flying Pancake" and "Zimmer Skimmer", it was a design of Charles Zimmerman. A wooden test vehicle was flown as the V-173. For more information on these aircraft see the Vought web page.