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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: M0nkey_Man on March 16, 2011, 05:24:54 PM

Title: SBD Dauntless
Post by: M0nkey_Man on March 16, 2011, 05:24:54 PM

didnt the SBD have an electric arming switch? and if it did, how was it used?

Title: Re: SBD Dauntless
Post by: Wmaker on March 16, 2011, 05:33:12 PM

*click!*

Title: Re: SBD Dauntless
Post by: M0nkey_Man on March 16, 2011, 05:36:37 PM

i was reading a book and it talked about how glitchy they were.

Title: Re: SBD Dauntless
Post by: Wmaker on March 16, 2011, 05:38:55 PM

Quote from: M0nkey_Man on March 16, 2011, 05:36:37 PM

i was reading a book and it talked about how glitchy they were.

Ahh, cc! :)

Sorry couldn't resist. ;)

Title: Re: SBD Dauntless
Post by: M0nkey_Man on March 16, 2011, 05:39:51 PM

lol

Title: Re: SBD Dauntless
Post by: curry1 on March 16, 2011, 06:06:55 PM

If you watch the movie Midway the SBDs had that new electric arming device and about half the planes dropped their bombs while arming them.  Not sure if that actually happened but I presume it did.