Zimmerman and Vought worked to finalize a design for a fighter version, and designated it the VS-315. The Navy requested two prototypes, naming them the XF5U-1. Layout was similar to the V-173 ...
One successful design was the Vought V-173, known as the "Flying Pancake" by anyone who caught a glimpse of it. The Vought V-173 entered development in the early 1940s and took its first flight in ...