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Northrop XB-35

5,476 thomin  9.8 years ago
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Another flying wing. Very stable in the air. Please rate, comment, enjoy.

Historical info:
The Northrop XB-35 was an experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after World War II. The airplane used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are eliminated and all payload is carried in a thick wing. Only prototype and pre-production aircraft were built, although interest remained strong enough to warrant further development of the design as a jet bomber, under the designation YB-49.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 76.8ft (23.4m)
  • Length 27.9ft (8.5m)
  • Height 5.7ft (1.8m)
  • Empty Weight 12,169lbs (5,520kg)
  • Loaded Weight 19,267lbs (8,739kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.632
  • Wing Loading 21.9lbs/ft2 (106.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 879.6ft2 (81.7m2)
  • Drag Points 5530

Parts

  • Number of Parts 139
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 503
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    452 FoxChaos
    Great, but suffers problems with compression
    9.8 years ago
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    6,104 thomasjaf
    @Lolivier C'est en fait plutot rare, et voter soi meme reduit l'influence des comptes fakes et en plus fait vraiment plaisir aux utilisateurs, surtout aux nouveaux arrivant qui n'ont pas encore reellement de reconnaissance.
    9.8 years ago
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    144 Lolivier
    @thomasjaf Parce que de toute manière ça ne sert à rien vu les comptes fake qui mettent 5 étoiles
    9.8 years ago
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    144 Lolivier
    @thomasjaf Parce que de toute manière ça ne sert à rien vu les comptes fake qui mettent 5 étoiles
    9.8 years ago
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    Just awesome.
    9.8 years ago
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    19.3k SkipperBing
    Great design and very stable flight for a wing. Nice workaround for the push props too.
    9.8 years ago
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    6,551 Nassassin
    Good looking and mostly stable. But it needs it needs some more vertical stabilizers somewhere to stop that little wiggle; that's more 1940's Northrop's problem than yours though
    9.8 years ago
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    5,476 thomin
    @jammer Yes, the original did have a slightly asymmetrical layout.
    9.8 years ago
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    216 jammer
    Nice model of the "wing". This one seems very stable! Were cockpits arranged like that?
    9.8 years ago
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    6,104 thomasjaf
    @Lolivier Why do you never rate...?
    9.8 years ago
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    144 Lolivier
    Cool, I was waiting for a XB-35...
    9.8 years ago