So what are people's opinions on the Martin AM Mauler?
From the Wikipedia article it's main problems seem to have been that it's size and weight made it difficult to handle on the aircraft carriers of the day and that outweighed it's capabilities in load carrying.
The article also mentions the Douglas Skyraider as being more reliable, but does that mean the Mauler was unreliable?
So even if the Mauler was a failure as a carrier based plane could it's impressive bomb load have made it a star as a strictly land based torpedo bomber?
From the Wikipedia article it's main problems seem to have been that it's size and weight made it difficult to handle on the aircraft carriers of the day and that outweighed it's capabilities in load carrying.
The article also mentions the Douglas Skyraider as being more reliable, but does that mean the Mauler was unreliable?
So even if the Mauler was a failure as a carrier based plane could it's impressive bomb load have made it a star as a strictly land based torpedo bomber?