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The SB2U was this company's first low-wing monoplane and, like the earlier SBU, was a scout/bomber. Night-flying and deck-landing arrester gear were provided. Power for the initial production version was a Pratt & Whitney R-1535-96 radial engine. The generally similar SB2U-2 version was followed by the SB2U-3, which also formed the basis for the V-156 export model; some of these were delivered to France and the remainder of the order to Britain as the Chesapeake. Unfortunately the Vindicator was not as successful as Vought's earlier biplanes and was soon relegated to a training role.
| MODEL | SB2U-3 |
| ENGINE | 1 x Pratt-Whitney R-1535-02 Twin Wasp Junior, 615kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 4273 kg | 9420 lb |
| Empty weight | 2556 kg | 5635 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 12.8 m | 41 ft 12 in |
| Length | 10.36 m | 33 ft 12 in |
| Height | 3.12 m | 10 ft 3 in |
| Wing area | 28.33 m2 | 304.94 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 390 km/h | 242 mph |
| Ceiling | 7195 m | 23600 ft |
| Range | 1800 km | 1118 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2 x 12.7mm machine-guns, 450kg of bombs |
 | A three-view drawing (1426 x 1140) |
| Barrett, diamondback78(@)hotmail.com, 25.09.2008 This thing will be best remembered as the airplane in the bluescreen background images during the aerial scenes of the movie "Midway". | | Marty Reddington, MartyinO(@)aol.com, 28.03.2008 This plane from what I understand underpowered. This was a definite handicap in the battle of Midway. |
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