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Offline Karnak

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2014, 08:21:34 PM »
Quote from: Coalcat1 on March 30, 2014, 07:39:03 PM
The only other CV AC that has 4 20 mils, the F4U-1C, is perked for a reson, CV attacks would mainly consist of them otherwise. For this reson HTC MAY perk it.
SB2C had two 20mm cannons, not four.  You need a Firefly to get another with four.
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2014, 02:13:15 AM »
Well, look at the success with the Tu-2 and it's not perked!

Another one would be the La-5N - it has 2 cannons and not perked...

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2014, 02:22:37 AM »
There is no way the SB2C would be a perk plane.  The idea is absurd.
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2014, 04:13:23 AM »
Quote from: Karnak on March 31, 2014, 02:22:37 AM
There is no way the SB2C would be a perk plane.  The idea is absurd.
Hehe, from what I head, pilots that converted to the SB2C wanted their SBDs back :)
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2014, 08:34:24 AM »
Quote from: bozon on March 31, 2014, 04:13:23 AM
Hehe, from what I head, pilots that converted to the SB2C wanted their SBDs back :)

Yeah, the early marks suffered from horrible handling characteristics. It took until the -3 and -4 before they finally got the kinks worked out.
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2014, 02:01:23 PM »
Quote from: bozon on March 31, 2014, 04:13:23 AM
Hehe, from what I head, pilots that converted to the SB2C wanted their SBDs back :)

My grandfather used to talk about how he would have taken his Vought Vindicator back instead of the Son of a Beetch 2nd Class let alone the his beloved Dauntless but ...he did say that after they received the later dash variants it started to grow on him a bit. He was eventually impressed with the amount of damage it could absorb and get him back aboard his carrier but he never really fell in love with its handling.
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2014, 02:20:42 PM »
I'll take one Helldiver please. :salute



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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2014, 04:53:24 PM »
Quote from: Coalcat1 on March 30, 2014, 07:39:03 PM
The only other CV AC that has 4 20 mils, the F4U-1C, is perked for a reson, CV attacks would mainly consist of them otherwise. For this reson HTC MAY perk it.

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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2014, 06:30:52 PM »
Quote from: Fish42 on March 31, 2014, 04:53:24 PM
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2014, 07:27:50 PM »
Sorry, was a bit of wrong info but I ment to say the only LW/ Figter with higher ENY.
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2014, 08:30:31 PM »
The beast? 7000 units produced, many "targets" destroyed ( though I'm highly skeptical of those who say it destroyed the most Japanese targets of any warbird -the problem lying in the definition of target)... It clearly qualifies under the criteria of the game. I don't want to fly it but I'd love to try to smash one to bits with a George or hayate. It'd be a real challenge to try to kill one with an Oscar.
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2014, 08:00:15 AM »
Quote from: PJ_Godzilla on March 31, 2014, 08:30:31 PM
( though I'm highly skeptical of those who say it destroyed the most Japanese targets of any warbird -the problem lying in the definition of target)

Which it didn't. The only US weapon that sunk more tonnage than the Dauntless was the submarine.
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #27 on: April 01, 2014, 06:33:06 PM »
And that's part of the reason... If tonnage is the yardstick, dauntless. If it's square footage of city made uninhabitable, or building count, for that matter, ni-kyu-ju, as they called it. That claim was in wiki, and I'd want to examine the Metric they based it on . Sounds shammy...
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Re: SB2C Helldiver
« Reply #28 on: April 01, 2014, 08:09:48 PM »
Here's a picture of a SB2C-3 doing a fly by near the IJN cruiser Kashima at Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands.



The SB2C that should be added to the game should be the SB2C-4 model as it added the ability to carry 5 inch HVAR rockets in addition to a more powerful engine.

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