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Title: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: AlphaTwo on April 06, 2002, 02:08:04 AM

(http://216.219.216.110/douglas/sbd1a.jpg)
Dimensions:  
Wing span:  41 ft 6 in (12.65 m)  
Length:  33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)  
Height:  12 ft 11 in (3.94 m)  
Weights:  
Empty:  6,535 lb (2,964 kg)  
Max T/O:  9,519 lb (4,318 kg)  
Performance:  
Maximum Speed:  255 mph (410 km/h) @ 14,000 ft (4,265 m)  
Service Ceiling:  25,200 ft (7,680 m)  
Range:  773 miles (1,244 km)  
Powerplant:  
One Wright R-1820-66 Cyclone , 1,350 hp (1007 kw),
9-cylinder radial, air cooled engine.  

Armament:  
Two forward firing .50 inch (12.7 mm) machine guns
and two 0.30 inch (7.62 mm) machine guns on flexible mounts.
Fuselage mount for up to 1,600 lbs (726 kg) of bombs plus,
up to a total of 650 lbs (295 kg) of bombs carried on the wings.  

Dive bombers, carrier launched ones are not present in the game, and are being missed by people like me. :rolleyes:

Title: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: Jester on April 06, 2002, 03:52:53 AM

PRAISE BE! A FELLOW VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS!!!!

:D

Would also like to see a carrier dive bomber. The fleet's a/c have been sadly neglected.

Title: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: Dr Zhivago on April 06, 2002, 04:34:33 AM

Hhhhmmm.. SBD was the standard shipborne dive-bomber of the US Navy from mid-1940 until november 1943, when the first curtiss helldivers arrived to replace it. Not standard plane at AH :rolleyes:

Title: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: spitfiremkv on April 06, 2002, 08:30:37 AM

Bring the  HELLDIVER to AH!!!!

Title: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: Charon on April 06, 2002, 11:04:49 AM

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Bring the HELLDIVER to AH!!!!

Dude! The Helldiver made pilot's palms sweaty, the Dauntless made history.

Charon

Title: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: Steven on April 06, 2002, 12:10:19 PM

Dauntless!  Dauntless!  

Early-war Pac!

Title: Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: HoHun on April 06, 2002, 02:46:07 PM

Hi Alphatwo,

>Fuselage mount for up to 1,600 lbs (726 kg) of bombs plus,
up to a total of 650 lbs (295 kg) of bombs carried on the wings.  

That's interesting, I wasn't aware it could carry such a heavy loadout. Do you have a ore detailed breakdown of its armament options, perhaps station by station? I'd love to learn more about the SBD.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Title: Douglas SBD Dauntless. U.S. Dive Bomber.
Post by: AlphaTwo on April 06, 2002, 10:29:35 PM

Well, I had this plane in WarBirds, and am pretty sure that it could carry that loadout...
No wait, I think it had a total bomb loadout of 1200lbs.
By the way, SBD stands for "Scout Bomber Douglas" or "Slow But Deadly" :)