Build by Douglas Aircraft in 1940, the SBD (scout bomber Douglas) Dauntless was the most widely-deployed dive bomber in the US Navy. With specially designed flaps for extreme G-pulling and slow dive bombing, the Dauntless was rugged, maneuverable, and effective in its service in WWII while sinking four Japanese carriers in the battle of Midway.
New plane for you guys! I've been wanting to make this one for a while, and I think the results were pretty nice. This was a fun project to take on whilst taking a break from updating the Zero, and I feel my skills with making planes are improving with every build. Enjoy :)
Want an extra test? Try dogfighting a Zero with this plane!
Activation Groups:
1 - Arresting Hook
VTOL - Flaps
Trim - Rear gunner panning
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
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General Characteristics
- Successors 10 airplane(s) +105 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 44.4ft (13.5m)
- Length 35.1ft (10.7m)
- Height 15.0ft (4.6m)
- Empty Weight 7,092lbs (3,217kg)
- Loaded Weight 8,293lbs (3,761kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.422
- Wing Loading 20.7lbs/ft2 (101.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 399.9ft2 (37.2m2)
- Drag Points 8518
Parts
- Number of Parts 169
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 810
Midway!
We'll meet at Midway!
Naval war!
Thanks! This outta teach em japs not to touch our boats!
69th upvote!
love this plane please make more!
Dude, can you make a dive speed brake, please
I use this to shoot down the zero
This plane remembers in Cod Vanguard where there were Mateo Hernandez and Wade Jackson
Beautiful! here, take my Upvote & spotlight 👍🏻
im getting some vanguard vibes from this plane
@Bellcat for self-defence, for strafing and for suppressing the target so it has hard time shooting back.
Dude, this thing is awesome!
DAUNTLESS
@Bellcat shows the purpose of the guns
@Bellcat theres a mission in cod vanguard?
where you have to shoot down a6m zeros in a sbd dauntless
holy shit we have so many good sbd's
@PapaKernels Thank you!!
Very pretty build
Beautiful replica. Would have maybe liked a darker or light blue like it normally has. The black hides alot, and its a really well made aircraft
@Bellcat well if their getting attacked, dont yoy think it would be good to make sure they can shoot a plane heading right at them? Just saying.
That’s pretty nice plane. Mobile friendly either. I don’t know why the SBD Dauntless have a frontal armament, maybe to make them act like fighter bombers?
Im not currently doing requests but i’ll consider it @JustLookingForFriends
Thank you! I sure will @VisionAviation
Neat, can you make a Fairey Barracuda next?
Very nice build, keep m coming!