I probably could have made matters clearer regarding the ultimate 'Canarded Cutlass' - the unbuilt F7U-6. Attached is a planview which shows some of the design options. This 'Super Cutlass' would have had a revised fuselage for the single engine and the canard surfaces of the F7U-5 variant. Vought offered the V-346X-A - with essentially F7U-3 type wing surfaces - or the V-346X-C - with extended 'delta ailevons' and a deeper inboard wing chord with revised flaps/speed brakes.
In either guise, the more powerful F7U-6 would have changed the reputation of the 'Gutless Cutlass' but by late 1953, other airframes had left the F7U behind. After the BuAer had reviewed and rejected the V-346X-A/V-346X-C proposal, further development of the Cutlass came to an end.