IL2 1946 Curtiss SBC Helldiver

[@mikepette4422]

what a plane to pick ! thats really outstanding that someone modeled this plane

[@holeshotshane5692]

Agreed I love how many obscure aircraft IL-2 1946 has. Seriously I've been a ww2 aviation nerd my whole life an I still learn of new concepts from this sim I've never seen before.

[@SportacusTheGreat]

I really love your videos, excellent job as always!

[@joeshmoe9978]

Wow, that's the next best thing, since a color film doesn't exist, for seeing the Marines' Helldiver in action. 👍

[@rodneypayne4827]

The Chinese Airforce used these pretty successfully in combat against the Japanese Army and were a handful for Ki27s to shoot down. Very manuverable and pretty fast for a biplane dive bomber. Unfortunately for them at that stage of the war they were facing superior numbers and all eventually lost.

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

Beautiful old bird. Looks like a drag queen though, with all those flying wires weaving a basket around the forward view of the pit.

[@callsignnictmere465]

Thanks for the link, I gotz to get this one. Thumbs up video!

[@sandspar]

Thanks again, enjoyed that!

[@billkallas1762]

I haven't played that Sim in years.....Looks like sas IL2 finally did a mod for the SBC. I can't quite place what cockpit they used for it. I've got the old 4.13.4m modded version, that is 5 years old.

[@holeshotshane5692]

Why did they call this plane the helldiver?? There already was the the SBD Helldiver

[@joeshmoe9978]

SB2C Helldiver was designed after the SBC4 biplane Helldiver. SBD was the Dauntless. ✌️

[@holeshotshane5692]

@@joeshmoe9978 friggin naval aviation designations (SBD, SBC, SB2C, F4F, F4U, F6F, FM2, PBY, PBL, PBN etc.,) It's like hmm what part of the alphabet will we be flying into combat today?

[@cjmanson5692]

@@holeshotshane5692 Tbh, the designations at that time were, as Falcon's Fighter Tales put it, were a f*cking mess prior to 1962.

[@Derpy-qg9hn]

@@holeshotshane5692 Still less eye-watering than the army "everything is an M1", which continues to this day