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New vertigo studios plane readies itself

warchild

warchild

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and man is it a good one. No, i had nothing to do with it, but i did get a chance to take her out of the barn for a while.. It was a short trip. The plane will come back and bite ya hard if you dont fly her right.. I have to admit, i was impressed. very very imoressed. I dont have many shots cuz frankly, the weather generator in rex is telling me it's foggy and snowing outside my door ( odd, it looks like sunshine to me.. hmmm ) But what i did get is not too shabby.. hope you all enjoy them..
Pam

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Just another SBD. Why? It only lasted the first two years of the war. Got shot down everywhere it went. It couldn't fold its wings. Had no fire power, could't carry a decent share of bombs and couldn't keep up wiith the fighters.
It was replaced by the SB2C, everything the obsolete SBD couldn't do.
 
I would love to see a nicely done SB2C in FSX. But to answer your question, I suppose it comes down to four words:

Coral Sea
Midway
Eastern Solomons
Santa Cruz

:salute:

Ok, seven words. Four battles...

To all SBD and SB2C crews: :medals: :guinness:
 
Regardless of how the plane actually did in the war, this rendition of it looks amazing and I can't wait to fly it!
 
Wow, Helldiver, I realize you were a gunner on the Curtis SB2C during the war, but the Douglas SBD was a war-winning aircraft in the Pacific Theater, my friend. It sank four Japanese carriers at Midway when every other aircraft we threw at them got wiped out!

Let's give the Douglas design its just credit, sir!

Ken
 
SBD looks great. I'm looking forward to it.

I'd also like to see a good SB2C for FSX. It's really an interesting aircraft that took part in battle of the Philippine Sea, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and I believe the sinking of the battleship Yamato.

It's a controversial plane, but I think everyone can agree that its crews were top notch.
 
WillKGTF said:
SBD looks great. I'm looking forward to it.

I'd also like to see a good SB2C for FSX. It's really an interesting aircraft that took part in battle of the Philippine Sea, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and I believe the sinking of the battleship Yamato.

It's a controversial plane, but I think everyone can agree that its crews were top notch.
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Controversial to a degree. It had some teething problems, but these were worked out fairly quickly. However, it replaced a legendary aircraft that earned great love from its crews. As happens many times, when pilots are forced to transition from a beloved airplane to a new mount, they tend to grumble. The SB2C was considerably more powerful and fast than the SBD. Nothing comes free in aviation, and often more power means the aircraft needs to be handled more carefully to avoid accident.

You are correct that the SB2C played a key role in the sinking of the Yamato. Along with TBF Avengers the Yamato was sunk by several attacks by dive bombers and torpedo bombers. SB2C's were also part of the team that sank the Yamato's sister battleship Musashi.

The SB2C did enjoy a lower loss rate. No doubt some of that was due to higher speed. However, to be fair the SBD faced an IJNAF laden with a far larger number of highly skilled pilots. One thing the Japanese never figured out was how to produce quality pilots in quantity needed to replace combat losses. In fact, the IJNAF never really recovered from Midway, and the Battle of the Philippine Sea (Marianas Turkey Shoot) destroyed the IJNAF for the rest of the war.

From July 1944 onward, the SB2C's primary danger was the flak thrown up by Japanese ships and ground units. It was most certainly deadly, but at least these crews did not have to face the additional threat of hundreds of highly skilled Japanese fighter pilots with considerable combat experience.

Ken
 
Very very nice. Did you edit these at all, Pam? I hope so, cause I'm too busy to take on more reviews, but with an exterior like that :monkies:

Cheers :ernae:
 
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Very very nice. Did you edit these at all, Pam? I hope so, cause I'm too busy to take on more reviews, but with an exterior like that :monkies:

Cheers :ernae:
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i pulled them into photoshop 7 and applied auto color, levels and contrast, then resized them downward from 1920x1080.. those were the only edits i made and only to brighten the image up so it wasnt too dark.
:;chuckles:: afraid Deano has a winner here, your gonna have one more bird to review :D..
 
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