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Convair YB-60 (reupload)

106k SimpleFlow  8.3 years ago

Hello everyone this is just a nother variant of the b-36 that i made earlier and i just want to thank @poopatron71 for helping me out on the cockpits, he is amazing so please go check him out.

I added the trim and fixed the problem xith the wings and the landing gear.

Controls: Vtol for flaps

History:
On 25 August 1950, Convair issued a formal proposal for a swept-winged version of the B-36 with all-jet propulsion. The United States Air Force was sufficiently interested that on 15 March 1951, it authorized Convair to convert two B-36Fs (49-2676 and 49-2684) as B-36Gs. Since the aircraft was so radically different from the existing B-36, the designation was soon changed to YB-60.
The YB-60 had 72% parts commonality with its piston-engined predecessor. The fuselages of the two aircraft were largely identical, although the YB-60 had a longer, pointed nose with a needle-like instrument probe instead of the B-36's rounded nose; its tail surfaces were swept to match the wings and a wedge-shaped insert added at the wing root. The swept wings also used many B-36 parts.
The YB-60's unofficial competitor for an Air Force contract was Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress. Convair's proposal was substantially cheaper than Boeing's, since it involved modifying an existing design rather than starting from scratch. Like the B-52, it was powered by eight Pratt & Whitney J57-P-3 turbojets mounted in pairs in four pods suspended below the wing.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 131.6ft (40.1m)
  • Length 114.8ft (35.0m)
  • Height 33.0ft (10.1m)
  • Empty Weight 85,130lbs (38,614kg)
  • Loaded Weight 95,540lbs (43,336kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.822
  • Wing Loading 47.9lbs/ft2 (233.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,995.4ft2 (185.4m2)
  • Drag Points 44624

Parts

  • Number of Parts 360
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,748
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    995 MEGANOOB

    @SimpleFlow LOL, brooo)))

    8.3 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @MEGANOOB
    Omg im so inlove with the noise it makes 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

    8.3 years ago
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    995 MEGANOOB

    I really like this big bad boy (bbb Confirmed)

    8.3 years ago