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5-high Yes ..SBD-3 wings did fold for storage on carriers ..I have the trump version and I folded the wings to save room on my shelve...pete
Yes ..SBD-3 wings did fold for storage on carriers ..I have the trump version and I folded the wings to save room on my shelve...pete
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That is what's great about this site, questions that pop up that some of us never thought about or just have overlooked. I was under the impression that all US Navy planes had some sort of folding feature for storage reasons but it's not the case.
Taken from Wiki, not the best place for info but it sums it up very simple:
"Since the monoplane supplanted the biplane in the late 1930s, virtually all fixed-wing aircraft designed for shipboard duty have been equipped with folding wings. Notable exceptions include the SBD Dauntless, F2A Buffalo, and A4D/A-4 Skyhawk (all USN types) and the Sea Harrier (British). All four are relatively small designs."
And another non folder is the Tomcat as previously mentioned by GM.
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No versions of the SBD had folding wings. You must be confusing with another kit.
Early F4Fs up to the -3 also had non folding wings.
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GMorrisonSo what dive bombers had folding wings? The SB2C.
I'm confused. Obviously no pro on Naval Aviation, but I've never seen an SBD of any mark with folding wings.
The earlier TBD did, however.
EDIT: Right, I looked at the Trumpeter SBD and it has rigid wings. Their TBD has folding wings.
So what dive bombers had folding wings? The SB2C.
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Everything I've read about the SBD-3 states no wing fold due to strucural integrity in a dive with early wing fold technology..........I think Trumpeter got it wrong.
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Right, they do "oversweep". I'm with you.
But F-14s are parked with wings swept in for ease of parking on aircraft carrier decks.
I'd toss the Tomcat in there. It's wing movement was a function of flight characteristics, not storage area.
Nope. F2A, SBD, A-4, AV-8, only Navy/Marine without folding wings.
Can anyone tell me if the SBD-3 Dauntless had folding wings? I've never seen a picture or film that shows one with wings folded, and did not notice wingfold actuators on a schematic of the hydraulic system. Because of that I think that it did not but I might be wrong.
Thanks, Dave
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