USN Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Dive Bomber Aircraft /w 02 Pilots in WW2 1/48 - Original kit by Academy 12329 - Built by Probuiltmodel

The Douglas Aircraft Company developed the SBD Dauntless in a pre-war competition for the 'next generation' carrier dive bomber. The aircraft was two-place monoplane of all-metal construction (except for the flight control surfaces) powered by the Wright R1820 radial engine. The Dauntless was a dive bomber, the steeper the dive, the more likely the bomb will go where you're aiming after release. Like other USN dive bombers, the SBD employed split flaps that doubled as dive brakes to keep the aircraft from accelerating beyond its maximum speed and ripping the wings off the aircraft. Consequently, when the bomb is released, it will accelerate away from the diving bomber. To keep the bomb that is hung on the centerline bomb rack from falling through the spinning propeller (a bad thing), a trapeze mechanism was used to swing the bomb out below the propeller arc during release. This Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Dive Bomber Aircraft (Battle of the Philippine Sea) & 02 Pilots are built at the scaled ratio of 1/48 by Probuiltmodel team.