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| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31942 | 02 Jul 14 04:26 |
| Back in the bank! |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 31942 | 01 Jul 14 14:58 |
| where do you put that after you are done flying? |
| poppy, Comment for image # 31942 | 01 Jul 14 09:20 |
| Whoa!!! |
| Dale1416, Image # 31942 | 30 Jun 14 21:26 |
Went to an RC Fly-In this weekend. Here are a few pics of the outstanding aircraft. It was a thrill to see this fly overhead. |
| poppy, Comment for image # 18373 | 24 Jun 10 12:59 |
| The book "Magnesium Overcast" is the definitive work on the B-36. It contains all info on the old bird. |
| Heinrich Dorfmann, Comment for image # 18371 | 24 Jun 10 09:02 |
| But this one apparently has no jet engines ... ? An early model? |
| jgood, Comment for image # 18373 | 24 Jun 10 05:44 |
| I think the fuel burn was reasonable for the recip engines, but went pretty bad when the turbojets came online. I'd like to see the fuel flow figures... |
| pakasit1812, Comment for image # 18373 | 23 Jun 10 14:11 |
| I wonder how much fuel it needs per one flight-hr. |
| Dale1416, Image # 18373 | 23 Jun 10 13:18 |
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. |
| Dale1416, Image # 18372 | 23 Jun 10 13:14 |
The huge new XB-36 alongside the first superbomber, the B-29 Superfortress. The wings of the 'Peacemaker' were 7 feet (2.1 m) thick at the root. |
| Dale1416, Image # 18371 | 23 Jun 10 13:12 |
Personnel and equipment required to get and keep a B-36 aircraft in the air |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 18334 | 22 Jun 10 09:26 |
| Back in 1949 or 1950, when my father was an engineer at Wright Field, he was actually "B-36'd" by one of the crews like Jimmy Stewart in "Strategic Air Command". He had just done a modification to the mixture controls for the piston engines and test flights were scheduled for the following day. The pilot of the test plane asked my father to go on a "short" test hop that evening to check the mixture control before the full scale test the next day. "We'll just get enough altitude to make sure it's working," he said, 'a turn around the pattern. One take off and one landing."
My father called my mother and said he would be a little late. He told her that they were just going to show him takeoff and one landing.
Twenty-four hours later, they got back to Wright Field. My mother was pissed, but it was only one take off and one landing.
By the way, during the trip they completed all the required tests and the mixture controls worked fine. |
| FLYBOYZ, Comment for image # 18334 | 21 Jun 10 14:55 |
| With a range greater than 6,000 mi (9,700 km) and a maximum payload of 72,000 lb (33,000 kg), the B-36 was the first operational bomber with an intercontinental range. This set the standard for subsequent USAF long range bombers, such as the B-47 Stratojet, B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, and B-2 Spirit. |
| Dale1416, Image # 18335 | 21 Jun 10 10:56 |
The Kit says the largest plastic scale model airplane kit ever produced! It has a 38 1/2" wingspan! |
| Dale1416, Image # 18334 | 21 Jun 10 10:54 |
1/72 Scale B-36 "Peacemaker" Bomber |
| Dale1416, Image # 18332 | 21 Jun 10 10:52 |
Since it was molded in silver plastic, there wasn't much painting required. This was an older model produced back in 1980. |
| Dale1416, Image # 18331 | 21 Jun 10 10:51 |
Here's a close-up of the cockpit. I did a little bit of detail work and painted the cockpit. Hard to see, but the model has two pilots and a lot of detail inside. |
| Dale1416, Image # 18330 | 21 Jun 10 10:49 |
Here's the B-36 "Peacemaker" Bomber. I built this model for a friend who purchased the kit over 30 years ago, but never got around to building it. In fact, the B-29 model that I recently finished was from this same gentleman who asked me to build it for him. The yellowed instruction sheet is dated 1980. The kit is produced by Monogram, and is reportedly the largest plastic scale model airplane ever produced. This was a fun build and a beautiful model. |
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