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[edit] Predecessors

This site says,

"In 1946, leading Russian helicopter theoretician Professor B.N. Yurjev developed this design for a small delta-winged tail-sitter. Its single Kilmov VK-108 motor, situated aft of the cockpit, was to power both a small forward propeller (used for horizontal flight) and a larger aft propeller that would function during take-offs and landings, and then serve as a canard-like surface during in-flight operations.

"The so-called "KIT-1" never got passed the design stage. However, Yurjev was obviously on the right track as his design bears numerous similarities to the U.S.'s XFY-1 "Pogo" and XFV-1 "Salmon" developed a decade later."

Confirm & mention? Trekphiler 12:29, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maximum speed

Can anyone supply a reference for the maximum speed quoted for the Convair XFY? It seems too high, especially in terms of the data and references in the article on fastest propeller-driven aircraft. The National Air and Space Museum site lists a speed of much lower than that quoted in this article. Silverchemist 02:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First flight

Several online sources (eg. [1]) give the date of first flight as 29 April 1954, not 19 April. Drutt (talk) 21:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Convair XFY

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[edit] Predecessors

[edit] Maximum speed

[edit] First flight

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