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North American XB-70 Valkyrie

39.6k maverickvii  9.1 years ago

Reupload with airbrakes, sorry to those that had already upvoted/commented

The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie is a prototype deep-penetration strategic bomber for the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command. North American Aviation designed the Valkyrie bomber as a large, six-engined aircraft capable of reaching Mach 3+ while flying at 70,000 feet.

Group 1 and VTOL adjusts trim
Group 2 and VTOL opens bomb bay
Group 3 drops Mk. 28 nuclear bomb
Group 4 activates bomb mechanical retardation
Group 5 and VTOL folds variable geometry wings
Group 6 activates afterburners (will bring from Mach 1 to 2)

General Characteristics

  • Successors 4 airplane(s) +16 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 48.1ft (14.7m)
  • Length 102.2ft (31.1m)
  • Height 17.7ft (5.4m)
  • Empty Weight 22,888lbs (10,382kg)
  • Loaded Weight 59,915lbs (27,177kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.575
  • Wing Loading 26.3lbs/ft2 (128.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,282.1ft2 (212.0m2)
  • Drag Points 9865

Parts

  • Number of Parts 247
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 841
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    I love it!

    5.9 years ago
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    Great craft. Reminds me of the time I spent on my Xplane 9 HDEP on my iPhone. Glad i still had a backup as this is a great build to remind me.

    9.1 years ago
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    Very nice!

    9.1 years ago
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    This is the single best XB-70 valkyre I've seen, EVER

    9.1 years ago
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    One of my favorite aircraft. Few can rival the number of innovations in a single aircraft necessary to make it a reality. Too bad only 2 were built and one of those met such a tragic end.

    9.1 years ago
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    @XVIindustries The B-70 would have kicked the snot out of the Vulcan.

    9.1 years ago
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    27.4k JovianPat

    Whoa this one's much better than my version :D

    9.1 years ago
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    This is basicly the American Vulcan ;) therefore I love it too, shame one crashed tho :(

    9.1 years ago
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    39.6k maverickvii

    @scriefers, inspired by your build. Was looking through some of your older planes and thought this deserved some of the new parts

    9.1 years ago
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    39.6k maverickvii

    @General360 ya you have some awesome stuff!

    9.1 years ago
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    78.0k Cedy117

    Nice work here

    9.1 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray

    Still, a great build!

    9.1 years ago
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    Love this plane. Didn't know it was real till a googled it though. I thought it was just a prototype that never got off the drawing board. Really cool plane still @maverickvii

    9.1 years ago