The Bell FM-1 Airacuda
Numerous experts believed that the Airacuda would be a great soaring success. It was towards the late thirties that the Airacuda was completed and revealed. The many experts cheering the aircraft on believed that it would be successful due to its revolutionary modeling and qualities. One of the great qualities of the Airacuda was the arrangement of its guns and the engines, allowing it also acts as a fighter jet if the need arose. Unfortunately, overheating quickly became one of its major fatal flaws. A ridiculous gunner position escape route meant that any person who occupied the position of the gunner aboard the craft would find himself fatally trapped in the event of an emergency. To add to its many weaponry flaws the whole cabin would become totally smoked out when the weapons were actually in use. How can one form a defense when he can barely breathe?
The Bell FM1 Airacuda
The Vought F7U Cutlass
The Cutlass was another spectacular disaster although it was famous for its rarely seen body structure, it was built with a pioneering tale and wing design. Other than the radical model, the Cutlass was riddled with countless irregularities that plagued it till the bitter end. Despite being quite a seriously zippy airplane it couldn’t stay up in the sky for very long, it couldn’t even match its counterparts’ altitudes. What was more concerning was that the Cutlass could barely make it out of its sheath. Disappointingly the plane often didn’t make it past the runway with around a quarter of its take-off attempt ended with it landing in a ditch!
The Vought F7U Cutlass
