Vought SBU and Curtiss SOC
The combat radius was a mere fraction of a planeīs nominal range. An SBD had a range of 1,100 miles but the CB-radius with a 500lb bomb was just 225 miles, roughly a fifth.
An SOC would have a CB-radius of 180 miles, wouldnīt it? The SBU biplane had a range of 550 miles. Could it make an attack on a known target thatīs ~200 miles away?
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