Never seen ( for me at least ): Vindicator on float
Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:14 pm
Never seen ( for me at least ): Vindicator on float
From Aerofiles:
From Aerofiles:
XSB2U-3 1939 = 825hp R-1535-102, extra fuel tanks. POP: 1 conversion from SB2U-1, experimentally fitted with twin EDO pontoons [0779]. Results were not impressive and the ship was returned to wheels
Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:22 pm
Found more pics & references
http://www.voughtaircraft.com/heritage/products/html/sb2u-3.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_SB2U
http://www.voughtaircraft.com/heritage/products/html/sb2u-3.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_SB2U
Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:26 pm
More weight and drag with no more HP? Hmmmm, wonder what that did to it' s flight envelope?!?! 
Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:49 pm
It's demise say's it all:
Results were not impressive and the ship was returned to wheels
Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:13 pm
I'm amazed it got off the water!!! I had never heard of a float Vindicator either. Ather aircraft that always looks to me as if it doesn't have the power to fly is the Junkers Ju-52 (not the -3m trimotor, the single engine job!!)
I had never heard of a float Vindicator either. Ather aircraft that always looks to me as if it doesn't have the power to fly is the Junkers Ju-52 (not the -3m trimotor, the single engine job!!)
Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:41 am
They put a set of floats on a TBD also.
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Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:50 am
i've seen these pics before. while it may have flown like a cinder block on floats i think it looks pretty nice. i've seen helldivers on floats, wildcats, spitfires, to name a few. i've got a soft spot for seaplanes & the above too even though the experiments never panned out in that experimental configuration.