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Offline DMVIAGRA

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SB2C Helldiver
« on: November 15, 2011, 05:53:41 AM »
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Type:           two-seat carrier-based scout bomber
Crew:           2: Pilot, Gunner
Armament:       two 20mm cannon in wings,
                two .30 cal machine guns in rear cockpit

Specifications:
        Length:         36' 8: (10.97 m)
        Height:         13' 2" (4.01 m
        Wignspan:       49' 9" (15.16 m)
        Gross Weight:   16616 lb

Propulsion:
        No. of Engines: 1
        Powerplant:     Wright R-2600-20
        Horsepower:     1900 hp

Performance:
        Range:          1165 miles (1876 km)
        Cruise Speed:   158 mph (254 km/h)
        Max Speed:      295 mph (475 km/h)
        Ceiling:        29100 ft (8869 m)

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Offline Pigslilspaz

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2011, 01:51:12 PM »
+1 to the ugliest plane that deserves inclusion
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2011, 01:56:14 PM »
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2011, 01:58:33 PM »
Which version?  The -1 and -2 were basically failures, with the -3 variant having fixed most of the problems of the -1 and -2 variants.

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2011, 06:28:04 PM »
Quote from: alpini13 on November 15, 2011, 01:56:14 PM
no

What?!!! teh k1ng 0f w15hl15t p05t r3qu35t5 doesn't want this plane?!!!
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2011, 10:36:48 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on November 15, 2011, 01:58:33 PM
Which version?  The -1 and -2 were basically failures, with the -3 variant having fixed most of the problems of the -1 and -2 variants.

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2011, 10:38:02 PM »
+1 to the -3 version.
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Offline MachFly

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2011, 10:38:36 PM »
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2011, 10:40:29 PM »
Almost forgot this,

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Offline Muzzy

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2011, 10:49:07 PM »
Well I suppose it's a bigger target than the Dauntless, so why not? :)
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2011, 03:13:37 AM »
We would more than likely get the variant that was most produced. :noid

I'd fly her anyways. :x
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2011, 01:31:57 AM »
Whats the GIB do?  I see no tailguns  :huh
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2011, 03:47:00 PM »
Quote from: STEELE on November 18, 2011, 01:31:57 AM
Whats the GIB do?  I see no tailguns  :huh

He's the tail gunner.



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Offline mthrockmor

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2011, 03:54:44 PM »
Years ago I met a vet who flews these during WW2. He proudly claimed to have drobbed a bomb on a Japanese carrier. I have no reason to doubt him. I can't remember if it was the Marianas Turkey Shoot or right after Leyte. In any case, the biggest take away was how they referred to the SB2C Helldiver. They called it the Son-a-B****, 2nd Class. what a hoot!

Anyway, +1

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Offline Seanaldinho

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2011, 10:47:13 PM »
Saw one fly at the NAS Pensacola Airshow last week definitly not the sexiest bird.
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