stikpusher
The Tigercat was the right aircraft at the wrong time. Too late to for WWII, and in Korea it was a niche job aircraft. But nevertheless an impressive machine
Somehow the Grumman company survived.
Round about that same time the Brits were working on the Sea Hornet, and then there were the tests about how to get big heavy fighters on and off carriers without wandering into the islands.
Id suspect a big problem with the F7F being accepted was the F9F