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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

SBD Dauntless released.

gajit said:
So did the Dauntless enter the war before the SB2C or after?
Which aircraft was produced in the largest numbers?
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The SBD was already in service before the war. The SB2C didn't see combat action until around November of 1943. Initially, the SB2C wasn't very popular with aircrews, but they quickly learned that it had its advantages over the Dauntless. Principally, (and I'm sure that Helldiver could give you better info here) it could keep up with the fighter escort better, and it could carry a larger and more varied payload.

I'm not sure about the numbers produced, but the Helldiver has the better record of the two. I think developers and simmers (and a lot of WWII aviation buffs) prefer the Dauntless just based on looks. It's a better looking airframe imho (don't hit me, Helldiver). The SB2C looks somehow out of proportion. I guess it's the oversized tail, the huge wings, and the extended cylindrical body. She does look mean somehow, though -- kind of like a civil war cannon with wings and a cockpit.

Sorry, back to the discussion about the excellent VS SBD . . . :kilroy:
 
Re texture and cowl :

Texture: well spotted added this to the fix list.
Cowl: I could be wrong here but I think the modeler went as far as he dare go with rounding off the cowl.

Old Crow said:
Sorry Deano, I don't know why Webshots will not display the single image. :isadizzy:
Here is the link to the image at default size, be sure to click on the image and select "Full Screen". The image is 1920 x 1200 resolution.
http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2079780920012641883auRPdW
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Thanks Deano, I can understand the issue, given the amount of detail that this model has. It does not really detract, just certain veiwing angles are where it is really noticeable. I keep thinking from the Solid Modeler's point of view and not someone who has created using Vertices.

Cheers :wavey:
 
I will be releasing development screenshots more frequently over the next few weeks as we have quite a few products in the pipeline, enabling us to catch any problems throughout the development phase.

So please, all current and future customers please signup to the newsletter for important product patches, special offers and also development updates, oh and dont worry your emails are safe with me.

The newsletter is located on the bottom left of our site and also via your account.
 
Just a small point re WWII naval aircraft, amongst my collection I have a book called "Wings Of The Navy - Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft Of World War Two". The author is well known Royal Navy Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown who is in the Guiness book of records as having flown the most types of aircraft over a long career as a naval aviator and test pilot. He was most certainly around at the time and flew them all, Dauntless, Helldiver, Hellcat, Wildcat, Avenger plus all the British a/c of the periiod. His accounts of the naval aircraft of the period are very well detailed and for anyone interested I did see that second hand copies of this book are still available on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Every type covered has a wealth of detail including detailed cut away drawing and lots of detail on performance and what they were like to fly.

Deano I look forward to Vertigo Studios forthcoming Wildcat and must sometime get the MAAM Avenger.
 
Excellent screenshots you made there ijay.

Thanks for the kind words regarding customer support, Its top of my list hence me re-working the website to be as easy as possible for customers.
 
This plane is too much fun! You just can't roll over and dive at a 70 degree angle from 20,000 feet down to 5000 and not die! You'll overspeed in seconds, and that's it. But this baby will. I know, it's supposed to. But it's still fun to actually do it!

(Oh, good web site, AZ1USN...)

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PRB said:
This plane is too much fun! You just can't roll over and dive at a 70 degree angle from 20,000 feet down to 5000 and not die! You'll overspeed in seconds, and that's it. But this baby will. I know, it's supposed to. But it's still fun to actually do it!
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i can do it without overspeeding, drive brakes out, flaps full down, cut the throttle and roll it over, goes from 20k to 5k without going faster than 154knts :)
 
Yes, that's what I meant... The fact that you can go straight down from 20,000 to 2,000 feet without over speeding is, while normal and expected for a dive bomber, rather "abnormal behavior" for most planes in FS, which is why it's such fun! :jump:
 
Kind of off topic but I am trying to remember the name of the other major dive bomber in WWII. Thereis the Dauntless, theHelldiver, and one other one. What is it called?
 
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