F7U-3M Cutlass
Virtavia F7U-3M Cutlass for MSFS 2020
In 1945, Vought Corporation was asked to design a carrier-capable jet which would exceed 600 mph and have a service ceiling of 40,000 feet at 0. 95 Mach. The result was the F7U-1, an unfortunately lackluster aircraft. The plane was redesigned as the F7U-3, with uprated engines and other improvements. Still, the plane was underpowered and suffered many problems, among them a weak nosegear strut which could collapse on a carrier landing and break the pi... Virtavia F7U-3M Cutlass for MSFS 2020
In 1945, Vought Corporation was asked to design a carrier-capable jet which would exceed 600 mph and have a service ceiling of 40,000 feet at 0. 95 Mach. The result was the F7U-1, an unfortunately lackluster aircraft. The plane was redesigned as the F7U-3, with uprated engines and other improvements. Still, the plane was underpowered and suffered many problems, among them a weak nosegear strut which could collapse on a carrier landing and break the pilot's back. The plane suffered from high fuel consumption and engine responsivenes from low revs was far from ideal. However,it was rugged and was known to have pulled over 9 gs on more than one occasion, with at least one visibly bent aircraft after such a maneuver. In all, 307 of all types were produced, 98 of which were the F7U-3M depicted here.
Features :
- highly detailed undercarriage and wheel wells.
- 3 variants, including a bare-metal livery.
- sharp 4K textures with fine rivet details and small text decals.
- 4x Sparrow Mk. 1 missiles, can be toggled off using switch.
- pilot ladder, intake blanks and wheel chocks.
- VR ready. Control yoke latch-on enabled.
- Wwise sounds package, turbines, switch clicks and other unique cockpit sounds.
- detailed cockpit with numerous animations and mousable controls.
- start-up smoke, afterburner flame, wingtip vortices and (faint) engine cruise smoke fx.
- animated folding wings, speedbrakes and arrestor hook.
- animated afterburner petals and dorsal blow-in doors.
- in-game checklist.
- 15-page illustrated User Operating Manual
