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Can someone build a b-54?

764 Imbadatbuildingplens  12 days ago

I was wondering if anybody could build a b-54, for anyone that doesn't know The Boeing B-54 was an American strategic bomber designed by Boeing for use by the United States Air Force. Derived from the YB-50C Superfortress, construction of the prototype was canceled before completion, and the aircraft was never flown. I would really like to see this concept come to life in simpleplanes.

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    8,995 F16xl

    I also went on a saga for this, I think there’s one here

    10 days ago
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    @StockPlanesRemastered doesn't have to be really accurate.

    11 days ago
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    No and here's why.

    the B-54 was a testbed for a new kinda engine with this really obscure theory that if you slapped a turbo onto every pistons exhaust, putting them in line with each other and running the inducted air into a compressor instead of the intake to the piston engine, you could create a turbine basically being turned by a piston engine.

    This thrust, however was less than what was coming off the 4300 hp propeller engine, rendering it inert, and it drank gas like crazy. additionally, cooling this new engine was a Total Fn Nightmare. and a month later, the turboshaft engine was born.

    we could never recreate that in Simpleplanes.

    11 days ago
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    Why did this appear a day after I saw a video about the B-54?

    11 days ago
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    Make it yourself and gain skills

    11 days ago
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    no

    12 days ago
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    @LoganAviation ok.

    12 days ago
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    This is above my skill level

    12 days ago
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    (Wiki) Begun in 1947, the B-54 was the planned production version of the YB-50C prototype. The standard Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines of the normal B-50 bomber were replaced with R-4360-51 Variable Discharge Turbine (VDT) engines, the fuselage was lengthened by over 10 feet (3.0 m) and the wingspan was extended by 20 feet (6.1 m), which required the installation of outrigger landing gear in the first and fourth engine nacelles. Large fuel tanks under the outboard wing section were required to carry an additional 3,000 US gallons (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) of fuel to reach the intended 9,300 miles (15,000 km) range; 14 .50-caliber machine guns comprised the specified defensive armament.[1]

    On May 29, 1948, contracts were placed by the Air Force for 14 B-54A bombers and 29 RB-54A reconnaissance aircraft.[2][3][4][1] However, on April 18, 1949, the B-54 project was canceled due to the development of better-performing jet aircraft; construction of the prototype B-54A had started at Seattle but was never completed.[1] The cancellation was lambasted by the Seattle press, who claimed that it was a political decision instead of a military one.[5]

    General characteristics

    Crew: 10
    Length: 111 ft (34 m)
    Wingspan: 161 ft 0 in (49.08 m)
    Height: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
    Gross weight: 230,000 lb (104,326 kg)
    Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-51 radial piston, 4,500 hp (3,400 kW) each
    Performance

    Maximum speed: 430 mph (690 km/h, 370 kn)
    Cruise speed: 305 mph (491 km/h, 265 kn)
    Range: 9,000 mi (14,000 km, 7,800 nmi)
    Ferry range: 10,562 mi (16,998 km, 9,178 nmi)
    Service ceiling: 40,000 ft (12,000 m) service
    Armament

    Guns: 14 × .50-caliber machine guns in turrets
    Bombs: 36,000 pounds (16,000 kg)

    12 days ago