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B-29 SuperFortress

620 WW2PlanEnthusiast  3.8 years ago
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The Boeing B-29 SuperFortress is an American four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United states during World War 2 and the Korean War.Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Flying fortress, the Superfortress was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing and dropping naval mines to blockade Japan.B-29s also dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Also dropped a nuclear bomb, codenamed Able.Able is a nuclear bomb used in the nuclear test codenamed Operation Crossroads, And then the B-29 Superfortress became the only aircraft that has ever used nuclear weapons in combat.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor B-29 Superfortress
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 81.0ft (24.7m)
  • Length 64.8ft (19.8m)
  • Height 21.5ft (6.6m)
  • Empty Weight 18,066lbs (8,194kg)
  • Loaded Weight 23,690lbs (10,745kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.371
  • Wing Loading 34.6lbs/ft2 (169.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 683.7ft2 (63.5m2)
  • Drag Points 6663

Parts

  • Number of Parts 172
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,160