The “Gutless Cutless” earned its nickname primarily from its underpowered engines. A Vought F7U-3 in May 1953. Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum In November 1951, at Patuxent River Naval ...

Lastly, the Vought F7U Cutlass had an unusual design but was underpowered and unreliable, leading to its early retirement.

Finally, the Vought F7U Cutlass, with its experimental design, was underpowered and unreliable. These five fighters serve as reminders that not all innovations take off. The fighter jet might be ...

F7U-3 Cutlasses crashed on at least four occasions in 1955, the year this photo was taken over New Jersey. One beautiful southern California afternoon in the summer of 1954, I watched a Navy F7U-3 ...