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Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator Dive Bomber

31.3k Mostly  6.0 years ago

"MoStLy, ThE JeTs ArE CoOl BuT WheRe ArE ThE WaRBiRdS -" SHTTHeFkP
After two weeks of hard, seemingly endless work, I've completed my little project, experimenting with hollow cockpits. Here, ya big cry-babies.
(jk ily)

HISTORY:

September, 1935, the US navy was trying to refresh it’s naval aircraft. Many contenders stood strong, most were horrible designs, others were clever, but didn’t meet the proper criteria. One of those aircraft was the SB2U Vindicator. The problems were that it was clunky, heavy, hard to fly, slow, could barely land on a carrier, and the 12-cylinder radial engine burned too much fuel. But, it’s plan was to never win the competition, it was actually using the competition as a way to gain attention, and attention it gained. Even though the US navy turned away from the design, other countries like france and britain were interested in using it due to the low budget and universal uses; even the USMC used it for training purposes. It was soon renamed to V-156 overseas and served as not a naval aircraft, but a dive bomber to counter german infantry. The V-156 version was used until the end of the second world war in 1945, and the USMC modified trainer variants were used until 1949.

CONTROLS:

~AG1: open/close dive-bombing arm
~AG2: Release bomb (do this while AG1 Is activated)
~AG3: Activate/deactivate tail hook.
~Spacebar: Guns
~VTOL: Fold wings
~Trim: Flaps
~Cam1: Gunsight
~Cam2: Bomb cam

CREW: 2

~Pilot
~Gunner (unarmed)

ARMEMENT:

~x4 Browning M2 Machine guns
~x1 1,000lb. AN-M65A1 bomb

NOTES:

~Best used under 10,000 feet (3.3k meters)
~Dogfighing not really recommended but sure
~RIP yamato
~If a prop overspeeds and breaks, it’s OK, the plane still flies fine.

CREDITS:

WIZARD2017 - Some sub-assemblies
Othawne - Design ideas
Blue0bull, Supercraft888, FarrowAirlines - Feedback

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 40.0ft (12.2m)
  • Length 37.1ft (11.3m)
  • Height 15.1ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 8,252lbs (3,743kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,861lbs (6,287kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.252
  • Wing Loading 12.4lbs/ft2 (60.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,116.8ft2 (103.8m2)
  • Drag Points 8647

Parts

  • Number of Parts 288
  • Control Surfaces 17
  • Performance Cost 1,320
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    1,249 Bobobobob

    @Mostly nope like you said b-26,PBY,wildcats,and SBD Dauntless

    3.1 years ago
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    4,355 LBAereo

    so beauty work - love the "sbd dauntless" - maybe I'll build one again :)

    3.8 years ago
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    Huh. Well, I was wrong. @Mostly

    6.0 years ago
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    31.3k Mostly

    @Strikefighter04 Nope, vindicators never served in the US navy, there were Dauntless's Devastators, Wildcats, B-26s, and Whales (PBYs) in Midway.

    6.0 years ago
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    They had Dauntless's, Devastator's, and Vindicator's at Midway. @Mostly

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    31.3k Mostly

    @Strikefighter04 Those were SBD's lol

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    Good job, though I hate the Vindicator because of Midway. @Mostly

    6.0 years ago
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    31.3k Mostly

    @Strikefighter04 Yeah, it came as a surprise to me too

    6.0 years ago
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    I didn't know that it was used against German infantry!

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    31.3k Mostly

    @Razor3278 lol

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    31.3k Mostly

    @communisticbanana @Mustang51 Thanks

    6.0 years ago
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    9,475 Razor3278

    "RIP Yamato"
    my sides

    6.0 years ago
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    25.4k Mustang51

    This is fantastic!

    6.0 years ago
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    Amoozing!

    6.0 years ago
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    31.3k Mostly

    @GINGER01 Thanks, I noticed that too, originally the vertical and horizontal stabilizers were very rigid, like steps, and got too complicated and flawed, so I just used a smooth one-way 90º style, completely transforming the actual shape.

    6.0 years ago
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    Sweet beans

    +1 6.0 years ago
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    8,281 12ocketguy

    Love the detail you did on this. Though the tail looks off from the pictures I've seen. The tail look too long from the end of the Vertical Stabilizer to the tip of the plane. Over all nice job.

    +1 6.0 years ago
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    31.3k Mostly

    @Mainblocks Oops yes, thanks for telling me that

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    5,786 Mainblocks

    Do you mean 1935? @Mostly

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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Kewl!

    6.0 years ago