Chance-Vought XF5U-1. The XF5U-1 was to have been a heavily-armed very capable shipboard fighter airplane that had the misfortune of being a piston-engine design that lasted into the jet age. It never flew, though several were produced. It appeared as a static display at several postwar Navy Airshows and was then broken up for scrap. Only the historical record and models remain. The XF5U-1 is a popular subject for radio-control flying models. The excellent flight characteristics of the 'flying flapjack' planform lend themselves to R/C modelling as well.
