The rear gunner's cockpit boasts a fully animated gunner and twin machine guns, housed in a retractable 'turtledeck' which is also fully and authentically animated. This is the most authentic rendition of this venerable USN dive bomber available and will provide many hours of challenging, simulation pleasure.Įvery detail of this amazing machine has been authentically modelled in perfect detail. SB2C HELLDIVER Wingfold PhotoEtch Brass Set 1/48th WWII KMC 48-5078 - NEW - USA. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production Hell Divers (1932), starring Clark Gable and Wallace Beery as rival. The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a rather unassuming dive bomber / reconnaissance aircraft serving throughout World War 2 beginning in 1943. Hell diver was a heroic and death-defying name for both pilots and aircraft in the popular American imagination beginning in the 1920s. Your tax-deductable donation will help keep this extremely rare warbird alive. The SB2C was the third carrier-based dive bomber called Helldiver and produced by Curtiss. You will be fully briefed on the history and significance of the SB2C and its role in defeating the Imperial Japanese fleet. The flight dynamics in this unique simulation have been engineered to give a challenging, authentic flight experience based on contemporary reports and pilot notes. Rides are 1,195 for 20 minutes of actual air time. 50s in the rear cockpit, a 1,000-pound bomb in an internal bomb bay and an additional 1,000 pounds of bombs under the wings. 50-caliber machine guns in the wings, two power-driven. The 200 SB2C-1 S ('SB' for Scout Bomber) were armed with four. The Curtiss SB2C package from Aeroplane Heaven includes the -3 and -4 variants of 'The Beast' for FSX and P3D, with details such as two animated crew members, gunner's cockpit, simulated dive bombing with droppable bombs, folding wings and a working tail-hook for carrier landings. All pictures were taken at the Thai Air Force Museum, Bangkok in 1994. SB2C Helldiver (another write-up) Helldivers were built in great variety. It was disliked by aircrews and carrier skippers and dismissed by foreign governments, who cancelled their orders in droves. This is a brand-new simulation of the last purpose-built dive-bomber used by the US Navy. The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Throughout much of its development and early deployment, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was plagued with problems, delays and disappointments.
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