GC3HGYJ SBD Dauntless
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Tom.dog @ | Hide Date: 04/20/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 06.356 W104° 49.649 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
       

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Military aircraft series.

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Some may recognize the cache name. This was one of the five caches placed in the South Woodmoor open space. The container is different to fit the new location.

Douglas SBD Dauntless

Type: Two seat carrier based scout and dive bomber

Powerplant: One 1,200-hp. Wright R-1820-60 Cyclone air cooled radial piston engine

Maximum speed: 254 M.P.H. at 10,000 ft.

Initial climb rate: 1,700 F.P.M.

Range: 453 miles on a bombing mission; 771 miles on a scouting mission

Service ceiling: 24,275 ft.

Armament: Two .50 cal. fixed machine guns in the nose and two .30 cal. manually aimed machine guns in the rear crewman’s position, plus up to 1,600 lb. of bombs under the fuselage and 650 lb. of bombs under the wings

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 42 ft.
Length: 33 ft.
Height: 14 ft.
Wing area: 325 sq. ft.

BYOP and have fun!

FTF congrats to TheGolden Retrievers!

11/29/2018 By geoguru1
Probably missong

09/04/2018 By noellesparks
Pretty sure I know where it is but too much water :(

10/27/2017 By kkcjrlma
Quick find after checking the obvious and coming up empty. Tftc on a cold morning.

10/14/2017 By K Trackers
Picked this one up while in the local area. Thanks to the CO for placing this cache for everyone to find, TFTC.

10/11/2017 By StarWarsNerd007
Took us a while

08/14/2017 By paelgorf
TFTC!

02/26/2017 By sara crow
Thanks