Michael teamed up with his lead engineer for the project, Henry Nguyen and built the dive bomber from Jerry Bates plans. The Dauntless has a 124-inch wingspan, is 100 inches long and weighs in at 90 pounds. Powered by a Moki 300 radial gas engine turning a 32×18 propeller, the...
Oklahoma plant. It had a 1,200-hp R-1820-60 engine and increased ammunition capacity. Over 2,400 SBD-5s were built, and a few were shipped to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, under the designationDauntless DB.Mk I, but these were never used operationally. Mexico also took ...