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Originally posted by Valkpilot View Post
Here's something to think about. While impracticable with modern anti-air defenses, just think how many air-launched cruise missiles you could hang from those wings and stuff into those massive bomb bays. As-is, she had really "long legs", but equip her with in-flight refueling (you'd have to modify a few as tankers(KC-36)) they could stay up for days firing cruise missiles into a war zone from just outside the air defense perimeter.
Heck, swap out those old piston engines for the turboprops like they use on the Hercules, mounted at the front of the wings, and that bird would make for one massive workhorse!
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Originally posted by Hoomi View Post
Provided the engines didn't crap out. As I understand it, the B-36 was highly prone to engine failures. With as many as she had, it usually wasn't an issue. One factor was the excessive vibrations from the pusher props. Each time a propeller blade passed through the trailing-edge airflow, it would "thump." Three-bladed props equated to six thumps for every revolution of the prop, times six engines. Modern engine technology is far more reliable, but to eliminate that vibration, they would need to get rid of the pushers.
Heck, swap out those old piston engines for the turboprops like they use on the Hercules, mounted at the front of the wings, and that bird would make for one massive workhorse!
Or they could put the X B-60 into production:
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Lockheed Martin likely owns all the former Convair designs now. Convair ended up under the General Dynamics umbrella, until Bill Anders parted out most of GD in the early 1990s. As I recall, GD kept Electric Boat Division, mostly because they could not find a buyer for it. GD's missile business, including the Phalanx CIWS, went to Hughes, who sold it a few years later to Raytheon. The aircraft production ended up under Lockheed Martin, and the top 12 execs of General Dynamics pocketed a fortune.
It's still hard for me to think of the F-16 as a Lockheed product (no slam on Lockheed). I still remember all those photos, videos, and scale models of the prototype Falcon, in the red, white, and blue, paint scheme, with General Dynamics F-16 painted on the vertical stab.
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From a recent visitOriginally posted by Hoomi View Post
Provided the engines didn't crap out. As I understand it, the B-36 was highly prone to engine failures. With as many as she had, it usually wasn't an issue. One factor was the excessive vibrations from the pusher props. Each time a propeller blade passed through the trailing-edge airflow, it would "thump." Three-bladed props equated to six thumps for every revolution of the prop, times six engines. Modern engine technology is far more reliable, but to eliminate that vibration, they would need to get rid of the pushers.
Heck, swap out those old piston engines for the turboprops like they use on the Hercules, mounted at the front of the wings, and that bird would make for one massive workhorse!
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I need to stop in at Pima Air and Space Museum again soon. I can see it on my way to and from work every day.
I wish my Dad had held on long enough for them to get the Peacemaker on display at Pima. He worked on them during his term in the Air Force. Alas, when the cancer had caused seizures to the point his doctor told him he couldn't drive any longer, he pretty much gave up and waited for death by sitting in his recliner all day, watching true crime programs on television. His mind and body atrophied to the point that he was pretty much gone well before his heart finally stopped beating.
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Originally posted by Hoomi View PostI need to stop in at Pima Air and Space Museum again soon. I can see it on my way to and from work every day.
I wish my Dad had held on long enough for them to get the Peacemaker on display at Pima. He worked on them during his term in the Air Force. Alas, when the cancer had caused seizures to the point his doctor told him he couldn't drive any longer, he pretty much gave up and waited for death by sitting in his recliner all day, watching true crime programs on television. His mind and body atrophied to the point that he was pretty much gone well before his heart finally stopped beating.
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In my Dad's case, it was most likely 30+ years of smoking. His started out as lung cancer, which metastasized to his brain (which, I understand, is quite common with lung cancer). If I recall correctly, he also had emphysema that was smoking related. He had finally quit smoking maybe ten years before he died, but by then, the damage was done.
Watching him in his last year of life made me decide that wasn't how I was going to go. When Death comes for me, I don't want him to find me sitting quietly in the easy chair, waiting for him. I want him out of breath, clutching his bony chest, and wheezing, "WOULD.... YOU.... PLEASE.... SLOW.... DOWN...."
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Originally posted by Hoomi View PostIn my Dad's case, it was most likely 30+ years of smoking. His started out as lung cancer, which metastasized to his brain (which, I understand, is quite common with lung cancer). If I recall correctly, he also had emphysema that was smoking related. He had finally quit smoking maybe ten years before he died, but by then, the damage was done.
Watching him in his last year of life made me decide that wasn't how I was going to go. When Death comes for me, I don't want him to find me sitting quietly in the easy chair, waiting for him. I want him out of breath, clutching his bony chest, and wheezing, "WOULD.... YOU.... PLEASE.... SLOW.... DOWN...."
I still laugh my butt off remembering what George (Tired Iron) exclaimed when I was climbing the monster tree for the remains of my A-10 after our midair during 2017 Fall Nall.
He said I was like a kid on a sugar high scampering up that beast.............not bad for a 60+ year oldLOLWarbird Charlie
HSD Skyraider FlightLine OV-10 FMS 1400: P-40B, P-51, F4U, F6F, T-28, P-40E, Pitts, 1700 F4U & F7F, FOX glider Freewing A-6, T-33, P-51 Dynam ME-262, Waco TF Giant P-47; ESM F7F-3 LX PBJ-1 EFL CZ T-28, C-150, 1500 P-51 & FW-190
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Originally posted by Hoomi View PostIn my Dad's case, it was most likely 30+ years of smoking. His started out as lung cancer, which metastasized to his brain (which, I understand, is quite common with lung cancer). If I recall correctly, he also had emphysema that was smoking related. He had finally quit smoking maybe ten years before he died, but by then, the damage was done.
Watching him in his last year of life made me decide that wasn't how I was going to go. When Death comes for me, I don't want him to find me sitting quietly in the easy chair, waiting for him. I want him out of breath, clutching his bony chest, and wheezing, "WOULD.... YOU.... PLEASE.... SLOW.... DOWN...."
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What do I need to do to get either Freewing or FMS to make a 90mm F-100 Super Sabre...........? I know you are reading these post. Every time I bring this up in a group of rc pilots they drool. I bet it would be one of the most popular jets either have produced. Just as successful as the Freewing ME 262, which was one of their most popular releases.....it is a rare bird in the rc world. Only one I know is made by Century Jets and it’s a turbine version...ok I’m done begging.??
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