Grimleo Posted July 8, 2020 Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) Why not the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. The "Beast" was not a well liked plane, but not every plane in DCS can be a winner. The quirks should be fun when landing on a pitching Essex carrier deck. :joystick: Edited July 8, 2020 by Grimleo Added link
MiG21bisFishbedL Posted July 8, 2020 Posted July 8, 2020 And, there's an airworthy example. She's gorgeous, too. 1 Reformers hate him! This one weird trick found by a bush pilot will make gunfighter obsessed old farts angry at your multi-role carrier deck line up!
AG-51_Razor Posted July 9, 2020 Posted July 9, 2020 I couldn't possibly agree more with this wish....unless of course, it were a choice between this and the Turkey. I'd have to go with the Grumman Avenger. Having said that, I can't see arguing against ANY a/c with a tailhook installed - Allied OR Axis!! :thumbup: 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Jester986 Posted July 9, 2020 Posted July 9, 2020 Not my first choice... Would rather see an Avenger or Dauntless, but would I buy this? Absolutely. I could get behind a hell diver. 2
Jester986 Posted July 9, 2020 Posted July 9, 2020 Also I agree we need more second rate aircraft in DCS instead of only the cream of the crop. But the Avenger is just awesome and I've slowly been building an R/C Dauntless from scratch. Not trying to take anything away from the Helldiver. 1
WinterH Posted July 9, 2020 Posted July 9, 2020 I'd rather like Dauntless instead. Or Avenger. Wishlist: F-4E Block 53 +, MiG-27K, Su-17M3 or M4, AH-1F or W circa 80s or early 90s, J35 Draken, Kfir C7, Mirage III/V DCS-Dismounts Script
Razorback51 Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 Of the US Navy WWII aircraft, I would much prefer to see a Hellcat following the Corsair, for its exceptional flying qualities, but I've always had an interest in the Helldiver too. In addition to the one Helldiver currently flying, owned by the Commemorative Air Force, there are two more under restoration to fly which should be flying within the next two years. One is a SB2C-1A under restoration at Westpac Restorations for Jim Slattery in Colorado, and the other is an SB2C-5 under in-house restoration at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Minnesota.
Kiwi_Viper Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 if i can figure out how to change my 3d models into dcs ive got a heap of ww2 stuff including a nice helldiver. ill try an get a photo of it out of 3d max 1 Ryzen 7 7800x3D, MSI 4080 Super, 64GB DDR5 6000mhz, 2x 4TB & 1x 2TB nvme ssd. Pimax Crystal light, Windows 11 Pro
danythunder14 Posted August 7, 2023 Posted August 7, 2023 In addition it would go perfectly with the Essex Magnitude3 class aircraft carrier. 1 Wishlist : SBD Dauntless, F9F Panther, F6F Hellcat, TBF Avenger, USS Enterprise CV-6
Gunfreak Posted August 7, 2023 Posted August 7, 2023 On 7/9/2020 at 6:28 AM, Jester986 said: Also I agree we need more second rate aircraft in DCS instead of only the cream of the crop. But the Avenger is just awesome and I've slowly been building an R/C Dauntless from scratch. Not trying to take anything away from the Helldiver. I mean we are getting the MiG23 probably one of the worst jets ever made. i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive.
Enceladus828 Posted November 27, 2023 Posted November 27, 2023 I would love to fly the Helldiver, don’t know what the last sim was where it was flyable 2
VIKBELL Posted November 27, 2023 Posted November 27, 2023 IL-2 Pacific fighters. There are 2 categories of fighter pilots: those who have performed, and those who someday will perform, a magnificent defensive break turn toward a bug on the canopy. Robert Shaw
WinterH Posted November 27, 2023 Posted November 27, 2023 Once again, call me boring but I'd much rather have SBD. More iconinc and historically significant, at least by some degree, a lot prettier :P, and from what I've read much nicer to fly too. 4 Wishlist: F-4E Block 53 +, MiG-27K, Su-17M3 or M4, AH-1F or W circa 80s or early 90s, J35 Draken, Kfir C7, Mirage III/V DCS-Dismounts Script
Angelthunder Posted December 13, 2023 Posted December 13, 2023 If ED is planning a 44-45 era Marianas Map then the SB2C Helldiver would be the only choice as a fully module or AI asset since the SBD Dauntless was being phased out of service at that time.
Gunfreak Posted December 13, 2023 Posted December 13, 2023 24 minutes ago, Angelthunder said: If ED is planning a 44-45 era Marianas Map then the SB2C Helldiver would be the only choice as a fully module or AI asset since the SBD Dauntless was being phased out of service at that time. True, but hopefully we'll get more than Marianas to play with in the PTO. And Marines used SBDs until the end of the war. If we do get a Solomons map which would be logical choice(not that DCS development always follows logic) Then SBD would be better. As it saw fighting from 42 to 44. But I don't think we'll see either dive bomber in game, not even as AI. 2 i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive.
Seaside Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 There is excellent AI version from a modder. 1
ggrewe Posted January 23 Posted January 23 On 8/7/2023 at 4:55 PM, danythunder14 said: In addition it would go perfectly with the Essex Magnitude3 class aircraft carrier. 3
AG-51_Razor Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Well, for God's sake, at least get rid of those anti sway bars, or whatever those are on the belly, and pretend that you know the Helldiver had a bomb bay in the belly that was covered by actual bomb bay doors!! 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
ggrewe Posted January 28 Posted January 28 On 1/25/2025 at 6:23 AM, AG-51_Razor said: Well, for God's sake, at least get rid of those anti sway bars, or whatever those are on the belly, and pretend that you know the Helldiver had a bomb bay in the belly that was covered by actual bomb bay doors!! No problem - won't release the mod then, because its non-historic and don't want to offend anyone else
Art-J Posted January 28 Posted January 28 I suppose source model doesn't have animated bomb bay doors - thus the external hardpoint "realism shortcut"? Would it be possible to just remove the harpoint then and make bombs drop out of the belly through the closed bay doors? It's not like super detailed collison modelling within the fuselage is needed anyway. Might be a good compromise for both butthurt rivetcounters and guys who don't mind some inaccuracies. 2 i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
ggrewe Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Spot on @Art-J Sometimes you got to make the best of what you have & work around non animation issues. Hawkeye60, the mod creator, also offers a full money back guarantee to those not 100% satisfied or you can wait between 2yrs & infinity and pay $50+ for ED to create. Always good to have choices 1
MAXsenna Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Spot on @Art-J Sometimes you got to make the best of what you have & work around non animation issues. Hawkeye60, the mod creator, also offers a full money back guarantee to those not 100% satisfied or you can wait between 2yrs & infinity and pay $50+ for ED to create. Always good to have choices Cheers! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk 1
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 28 Posted January 28 3 hours ago, ggrewe said: Spot on @Art-J Sometimes you got to make the best of what you have & work around non animation issues. Hawkeye60, the mod creator, also offers a full money back guarantee to those not 100% satisfied or you can wait between 2yrs & infinity and pay $50+ for ED to create. Always good to have choices By all means , Release it , There will be Plenty of Grateful Customers . 2
ggrewe Posted January 28 Posted January 28 20 minutes ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: By all means , Release it , There will be Plenty of Grateful Customers . Original mod found here The Warbird Hanger Hawkeye60 is working on an upgrade and will release new version when he's finished, along with upgraded liveries He appreciates the support 1
352ndDeacon Posted January 29 Posted January 29 If it wasn’t for Hawkeye and all his WWII mods, DCS for WWII would be very boring. 2
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