History and Information
The TBD was ordered at the year of 1934, it's first flight was in 1935, and it finally went into service in 1937. During it's debut it was the most advanced aircraft and torpedo bomber in the USN and possibly for every navy in the world. But the fast pace of aviation development quickly rendered it obsolete and out classed by better aircraft.
During early battles of the Second World War the Devastator proved itself well. However during the battle of Midway it had earned notoriety for the terrible performance of 41 shot down, and no recorded hits, and with only six surviving aircraft after the battle. It was severely outclassed by the Mitsubishi A6m Zeroes.
The Zeroes quickly annahilated the planes but then the Devastators distracted the fighters from the SBD Dauntlesses that sank the four carriers(Hiryuu, Soryuu, Kaga and Akagi) and an additional cruiser. The TBD Devastator was replaced with the TBF Avenger after Midway.
Contriversial Mk 13 torpedo
The terrible performance was because of the Mark 13 torpedo, this torpedo had flaws which caused it to not detonate, and the torpedo required the plane delivering it to go low and slow, which is a prime target for both fighters and AA gunners. It caused the plane to go so slow that even a Type-96 25mm gun could even hit it, and the Type-96 triple and double mounts were infamously terrible because of the lack of their radar tracking and the terrible traverse and elevation speed.
Controls
Torpedo activation
-less than 220kph
-less than 200meters of altitude
-pitch at the range of 20 to -20 degreed
Flaps
-VTOL down
Arrestor gear
-VTOL all the way down
AG 1 to fold wings
Other builds used
Masotan15's A6m2
Quackie's Triple Type 96 tripple AA/AT gun
Pls leave an upvote adn leave a comment so i know what i should improve on, thanks
Specifications
Spotlights
- Trainzo 4.5 years ago
- TheBlueRobotProduct 4.5 years ago
- EpicPigster1 4.5 years ago
- masotan15 4.5 years ago
- Bernkastel 4.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 45.9ft (14.0m)
- Length 32.6ft (9.9m)
- Height 15.7ft (4.8m)
- Empty Weight 9,928lbs (4,503kg)
- Loaded Weight 11,963lbs (5,426kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.075
- Wing Loading 24.9lbs/ft2 (121.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 479.7ft2 (44.6m2)
- Drag Points 4906
Parts
- Number of Parts 165
- Control Surfaces 16
- Performance Cost 694
@1gauge that's how torpeado's worked in ww2
It's trash just like the real thing!
You should have asked me for the torpedo. I made two of them some time ago and now that I better know custom weapons and FTs I made a remùastered version I'll post soon.
Very great job and magnific screens . Great build .
This torpedo is garbage just like the real thing. Excellent work!
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Great work! I really love how this actually flies like a torpedo bomber and doesn't accelerate instantly. Looks pretty good too.
Alas a plane that caused a huge change useualy becomes obsolete first
Pretty neat and I like how you made the torpedo only able to be deployed within a certain speed and altitude. One small mistake which causes a pretty big problem though is that you set the traction of the front wheels to 150%. This way, you can’t takeoff or land properly. Reduce this to 50% and it will take off perfectly
Owari da !!!