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The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. Despite its size, the SB2C was much faster than the SBD it replaced. Crew nicknames for the aircraft included the Big-Tailed Beast (or just the derogatory Beast), Two-Cee and Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class (after its designation and partly because of its reputation for having difficult handling characteristics). Neither pilots nor aircraft carrier skippers seemed to like it.

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  • Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
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  • The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. Despite its size, the SB2C was much faster than the SBD it replaced. Crew nicknames for the aircraft included the Big-Tailed Beast (or just the derogatory Beast), Two-Cee and Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class (after its designation and partly because of its reputation for having difficult handling characteristics). Neither pilots nor aircraft carrier skippers seemed to like it.
  • Requiring a crew of 3, the aircraft was powered by a single Wright R-2600-8 Cyclone radial engine. Armament consisted of two or four 12.7mm machine guns, two 7.62 mm Browning M1919s, and a payload of either up to 1,360 kilograms of bombs or 1 Mk. 13 torpedo. Designed to replace the SBD Dauntless, the SB2C Helldiver was faster, more heavily armed, and had a larger payload, although, the Helldiver did have several drawbacks compared to the Dauntless. Chief among these was that fact that it had troublesome handling traits, which made it very unpopular originally among crews.
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Length
  • 11.1 m
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max takeoff weight alt
  • 7553.0
max speed more
  • at 16,700 ft
Guns
  • **2 × 20 mm cannon in the wings **2 × 0.30 in M1919 Browning machine guns in the rear cockpit
climb rate main
  • 1800.0
number of props
  • 1(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 11.18 m
span main
  • 1516.3799999999999
emptyweight
  • 4700.0
Speed
  • 474.0
Produced
  • 1943(xsd:integer)
cruise speed main
  • 158.0
Affiliation
cruise speed alt
  • 137(xsd:integer)
height alt
  • 4.01 m
Introduced
  • December 1942
Name
  • Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
primary user
Type
type of prop
  • radial engine
range alt
  • 1013(xsd:integer)
range more
  • with 1,000 lb bombload
length main
  • 1117.6
power alt
  • 1417.0
area main
  • 422.0
power main
  • 1900.0
bombs
  • in internal bay: 2,000 lb of bombs or 1 × Mark 13-2 torpedo
  • on underwing hardpoints: 500 lb of bombs each
height main
  • 401.32
Wingspan
  • 15.1 m
span alt
  • 15.17 m
range main
  • 1165.0
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 295.0
engine (prop)
  • Wright R-2600-20 Twin Cyclone
climb rate alt
  • 9.1
ceiling main
  • 29100.0
National Origin
empty weight main
  • 10547.0
area alt
  • 39.2
First Flight
  • 1940-12-18(xsd:date)
more users
max speed alt
  • 257(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?
  • prop
empty weight alt
  • 4794.0
Engine
  • Wright R-2600-8 Cyclone
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 8,870 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 16616.0
Retired
  • 1959(xsd:integer)
Crew
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • Two, pilot and radio operator/gunner
Armament
  • 2(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 7140(xsd:integer)
Year
  • 1943(xsd:integer)
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