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This jet is supposed to replace the SBD and the TBF with a faster alternative. It has a turret on the back(vtol slider). You can dive bomb ships pretty easily and this plane can take off from carriers. Maybe these can help Australia against Japan's navy. Enjoy!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 40.7ft (12.4m)
- Length 29.1ft (8.9m)
- Height 12.8ft (3.9m)
- Empty Weight 9,367lbs (4,249kg)
- Loaded Weight 12,517lbs (5,677kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.795
- Wing Loading 56.7lbs/ft2 (276.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 220.9ft2 (20.5m2)
- Drag Points 2432
Parts
- Number of Parts 46
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 327
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@TheRubyArmy1134
She does carries a fair warload at 750 Lb. but that's pretty light compared to the Dauntless's 2,250 Lb. and the Avenger's 2,000 Lb. of Bombs or a 2,000 Lb Torpedo. Also the aircraft is smaller than either and so would likely carry less fuel while she carries two very thirsty jet engines. Armament wise she's better off than the Dauntless as you can turn that turret fully 45 degrees to the right or left. The Avenger's turret only had a single gun mount so its better than that BUT it also had a ventral rear firing machine-gun that killed many Japanese pilots though who would exploit this typical carrier based bomber's weak spot. Even Saburō Sakai, the leading Japanese Ace of WW2, made that critical mistake and went nearly completely blind from that gun blowing apart his windscreen and instrument panel sending glass shards into his eyes.
She'd be a great forward marine air base close air support aircraft though. If the arrestor wires could sustain 6 1/4 tons of aircraft hurtling in for a landing at 200~240 mph-ish landing I'd even say she's well suited to navy escort carrier duty where her short range would not be an issue as she'd go up, strike whatever ship/submarine was threatening the convoy of merchantmen and return to the carrier. Thus I don't think you quite have an aircraft able to yet replace either the Dauntless or Avenger yet. As SPs doesn't have arrestor wires or hooks yet we can't simulate that matter either, unfortunately, and her speed/landing roll would prevent a landing on Tiny which is basically an Escort Carrier. Despite all I've said I will say you did an excellent job of creating a well balanced aircraft where sustaining a singular altitude is not terribly difficult, take-offs are quite simple and landings are smooth as silk. She could have benefitted from the wing folding being linked to an action group and the Trim in the horizontal stabilizers left on. You might also have considered putting the turret on an AG and the wing guns on another, since the pilot wouldn't be pulling his trigger just because his gunner is shooting at something 30 degrees off to the port side of the tail. ^_~ Just a few ideas for future builds. Personally, as a representative of Finland in the same RP, I HOPE some get sent to the Norwegian theatre. We'd gobble these down faster than you could say, "Olet kuollut." (Tr: "You are dead," in Finnish. XD)
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