MAIN FEATURES
Air brakes (shown extended)
Rearward retracting, steerable, dual
nosewheel unit, extending to give 20º
maximum angle of incidence
Arrestor hook (lowered)
Rearward retracting, single
wheel main gear unit
A-frame
arrestor
hook
F7U-3 (armed and dirty)
Cannons relocated from nose to upper intake lip:
4 x 20 mm (.79 in) Colt- Browning Mk.12 cannons
with 180 rounds per gun
Mk.11 gunsight
Sperry AN/APQ-51 radar
Mk.16 Mod 4 FCS
(Fire Control System)
Aero 10E ACS (Armament
Control System)
Underwing hardpoints/
missile launch rails with
Sparrow I AAMs
Vought designed centreline rocket
pack with 32 x 70 mm (2.75 in) FFAR
in 2 rows of 16 tubes, one mounted behind the other
Avionics: AN/ARC-27 UHF radio; AN/APN-1 radio altimeter; AN/APX-6 IFF; AN/ARA-25 ADF;
AN/ARN-21 homing system
F7U-3 (armed)
Tall, prominent fin
with 45º sweep
Clamshell
airbrakes
Large ailavator
on outboard
wing panel
Under fuselage A-frame
arrestor hook
Undernose pitot
Large wing slats
Pressurised/air
conditioned
cockpit
Vought 2 position
ejector seat
Fuel dump nozzle
Raised, rearward sliding canopy
with better view for landing
Removable tailcone
Barrier guard
Prominent antenna
2 x Westinghouse J46-WE-8
turbojets with afterburner
Mid-mounted wing with slight anhedral,
35º leading edge sweep and twin vertical stabilisers mounted inboard of wing fold
line and incorporating main landing gear
Main landing gear in
lower tail fin fairing
Large rudder
Wingtip antennas
Auxiliary rudder
Stainless steel
vents above
cannon blast
tubes
Air intakes with cannons in upper lip
Cannon cartridge ejector fairings
Pitch feel system
ram air inlet
Large, sloped radome
Wing fold line
Upward folding, outboard wing panel
F7U-3 (clean)
CUTLASS: 2
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