b-29er
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So for my Flite Fest build, Pigfarm1403 and I are working on one of the lesser known bombers, the B-36.
The B-36 was one of the largest aircraft in the world, an engineering marvel of its time. Its roots can be traced back to 1941, before the U.S. was directly involved in WWII, when design requirements came up for an aircraft capable of a range of 10,000 miles and a ceiling of 40,000 feet. Consolidated Aircraft answered the call, but their aircraft wouldn't make its debut until August 20, 1945, just twelve days before the formal surrender of Japan, and wouldn't make its first flight until nearly a year later, on August 8, 1946.
When the B-36 did fly, it set records. For over a year before the Spruce Goose took its first flight, it was the largest flying aircraft in the world. The aircraft was so large that its rudder could not fit through the manufacturing facility doors at Ft. Worth, TX, forcing the nose of the aircraft to be lifted up by a gantry before exiting the facility.The Xb-36 had some of the largest tires in the world at nine feet in diameter, and as a result, only three runways in the U.S. were able to handle the massive aircraft before its big main wheels were traded out for eight smaller wheels and, in some test cases, tank tracks. Later models had the distinction of having the most engines on a manned aircraft, after the addition of four J-47 turbojets.
This B-36 will most likely be a B or D variant, depending on if i am able to source some EDFs that are compatible with my current powertrain. The powertrain, selected for its ability to swing the slightly smaller than scale 16" tri-blade propeller, is a set of 6 M60K motors, a 1500w motor designed for a competitor to the RMRC Anaconda, being pushed by 80a ESCs. Up to 8 6s5200 LiPo batteries will be flying with this aircraft for power, depending on flight times and usage of EDFs. The wing will be 216" or 18 feet. This undercuts the 1/10 scale asked for by the WWII build-off, but as it stands an 18' aircraft will be... interesting to transport. The wing will be primarily foam sheet, with a pair of 1/4" balsa spars running the entire length of the wing. The fuselage will employ a box spar, defining the bomb bay width, running the length of the aircraft, with ribs on the box to form the tubular fuselage. A 3d-printed nosecone is being designed to represent the intricate design of the greenhouse, and Pigfarm is currently designing the landing gear.
The plan is to fly this aircraft at Flite Fest East. Because of the B-36's history with towed fighter aircraft, like the XF-85 and 86, we are looking for punjets with folding wings and their pilots to drop over FFE (we're dropping the aircraft, not the pilots!). If you are interested, shoot a reply here.
The B-36 was one of the largest aircraft in the world, an engineering marvel of its time. Its roots can be traced back to 1941, before the U.S. was directly involved in WWII, when design requirements came up for an aircraft capable of a range of 10,000 miles and a ceiling of 40,000 feet. Consolidated Aircraft answered the call, but their aircraft wouldn't make its debut until August 20, 1945, just twelve days before the formal surrender of Japan, and wouldn't make its first flight until nearly a year later, on August 8, 1946.
When the B-36 did fly, it set records. For over a year before the Spruce Goose took its first flight, it was the largest flying aircraft in the world. The aircraft was so large that its rudder could not fit through the manufacturing facility doors at Ft. Worth, TX, forcing the nose of the aircraft to be lifted up by a gantry before exiting the facility.The Xb-36 had some of the largest tires in the world at nine feet in diameter, and as a result, only three runways in the U.S. were able to handle the massive aircraft before its big main wheels were traded out for eight smaller wheels and, in some test cases, tank tracks. Later models had the distinction of having the most engines on a manned aircraft, after the addition of four J-47 turbojets.
This B-36 will most likely be a B or D variant, depending on if i am able to source some EDFs that are compatible with my current powertrain. The powertrain, selected for its ability to swing the slightly smaller than scale 16" tri-blade propeller, is a set of 6 M60K motors, a 1500w motor designed for a competitor to the RMRC Anaconda, being pushed by 80a ESCs. Up to 8 6s5200 LiPo batteries will be flying with this aircraft for power, depending on flight times and usage of EDFs. The wing will be 216" or 18 feet. This undercuts the 1/10 scale asked for by the WWII build-off, but as it stands an 18' aircraft will be... interesting to transport. The wing will be primarily foam sheet, with a pair of 1/4" balsa spars running the entire length of the wing. The fuselage will employ a box spar, defining the bomb bay width, running the length of the aircraft, with ribs on the box to form the tubular fuselage. A 3d-printed nosecone is being designed to represent the intricate design of the greenhouse, and Pigfarm is currently designing the landing gear.
The plan is to fly this aircraft at Flite Fest East. Because of the B-36's history with towed fighter aircraft, like the XF-85 and 86, we are looking for punjets with folding wings and their pilots to drop over FFE (we're dropping the aircraft, not the pilots!). If you are interested, shoot a reply here.