29.11.2007, 02:23
I wonder how the cockpit thing works? When the first TMB3 Avenger came out, it had a Dauntless cockpit. The Dauntless had a functioning canopy, and even though all the TBF/M's don't have opening canopies, the canopy of the Dauntless cockpit opened (as seen from the inside anyway) when installed in the TBM3. Now, the cockpit of the P-40B has an opening canopy, but when it is placed in the Hawk 75, it no longer opens. That's odd. The new cockpit for the TBF/M's is from the B-239, the export version of the Brewster Buffalow. The US Navy version has an opening canopy. I wonder if that would work in the TBF/M series with an opening canopy? The early TBFs had a telescope sight, just like the SBD-3 and the F2A-2 Buffalow. Not only that, everything is in English too. I'd gladly put up with that sight to have the opening canopy....but that's just me. :oops: