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XB-59-B “Bambi”

434 NotInfected  2.3 years ago

XB-59-B was a proposed strategic bomber design in the 1950’s. It had a rotary bomb bay with an impressive load of 84 bombs and that intrigued the higher-ups. It was approved and went to the prototype stage, where they encountered a massive problem. It was too heavy, too big and simply too complex to build. It was later cancelled and the prototype were scrapped for parts.

Controls:
AG1: Drops first row of bombs.
AG2: Drops second row of bombs.
AG3: Opens bomb bay.
VTOL: Rotating the bomb rows.
Trim: Flaps.

Note:
Very front heavy, gyroscope had to be overclocked and turned into a ball of fire and may have almost made a black hole.
Hard to pilot, it never progressed to testing phase so flight performance is unknown.
Accelerates surprisingly fast, too fast in fact. Chances of impacting a gap in the ground and sudden height change may result in spontaneous implosion.

Background of why i made this:
It was a challenge between 3 friends, and while they already posted theirs, i took a 3 months procrastination session and decided to finish it today. Part i hate the most is the landing gear, absolutely dreadful to make and gave up on it.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 176.8ft (53.9m)
  • Length 170.6ft (52.0m)
  • Height 38.9ft (11.9m)
  • Empty Weight 112,913lbs (51,216kg)
  • Loaded Weight 183,517lbs (83,242kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.435
  • Wing Loading 179.6lbs/ft2 (876.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,021.9ft2 (94.9m2)
  • Drag Points 48854

Parts

  • Number of Parts 432
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 3,094