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FS2000/FS2002 Vought XF5U. The Vought XF5U-1 Flying Flapjack was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body serving as the lifting surface. The body drove propellers located on the leading edge at the wingtips. Two aircraft were constructed. The only completed XF5U-1 proved to be so structurally solid that it had to be destroyed by a wrecking ball. Model and textures by Richard Alexander van Hien.