The Bell FM-1 Airacuda
Toward the late 30s the Airacuda was completed and unveiled, with plenty of experts believing it would be a soaring success thanks to its revolutionary modeling and qualities. A fantastic feature of the Airacuda was its arrangement of guns and engines, allowing it to act as a fighter jet when needed. Overheating quickly became a fatal flaw in the Airacuda, however, with a shoddy gunner position escape route meaning that any poor soul who occupied that space could find themselves trapped in the event of an emergency. Further to its weaponry flaws, the entire cabin would become smoked out whenever someone actually used the weapons!
The Bell FM1 Airacuda
The Vought F7U Cutlass
The Cutlass is famous for its rarely seen structure, having been constructed with a pioneering tail and wing design. Other than its radical model, the Cutlass was plagued with irregularities. Despite being one seriously zippy airplane, it could not maintain its presence in the air for very long, nor could it match its counterparts’ altitudes. Even more concerningly, the Cutlass could barely make it out of its sheath. The plane often didn’t make it past the runway, with around a quarter of takeoff attempts landing in the ditch.
The Vought F7U Cutlass
