Product Highlights
The Vertical Take-Off Fighter 1/48 Kit by Atlantis Models (L526) is a 1:48 scale plastic model kit of the Convair XFY Pogo, an experimental vertical takeoff and landing fighter developed for the U.S. Navy in the 1950s.
Features
- Molded in silver
- Updated decals
- From the original Lindberg tooling
About the XFY Pogo
Designed to take off and land vertically balanced on its tail, the XFY Pogo used contra-rotating propellers driven by a turboprop engine, eliminating the need for a runway or aircraft carrier deck, and could transition to horizontal flight in the air. Landing proved extremely difficult, since pilots had to look back over their shoulders during the vertical descent, and the program was ultimately canceled in favor of advancing jet technology despite successful test flights.
