Was there any variations of the B-36 Peacemaker that had exclusively wing mounted or stowed jet engines and if so was it as good as the B-52?

2017-03-31 10:44 pm
The B-52 had lucked out when choosing a super heavy bomber during the 50's. I believe it was because it was cheaper. Even dispite this I'm curious if there was a variation of the B-36 that had exclusively jet engines instead of the 6 props stowed in the wings and the 4 jets mounted underneath at near the end of the of the wing. If so was it statistically comparable to the B-52

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2017-03-31 11:37 pm
1) The B-52 had lucked out? It wasn't due to luck that it was adopted by the Air Force..

2) Bad grammar. It's WERE there any variations, not was there any.

3) Poor terminology. Engines are not "stowed in the wings". "Stowed" is a term related to items that are not part of the aircraft or vessel, but incidental to it, including baggage, cargo, tools, emergency equipment, and so on. The words packed, loaded and stored are synonyms of stowed. It is more proper to say the engines are "mounted" or "located" in the wings rather than stowed. In fact, standard terminology for jet engine mounting methods includes (a) nacelles, which are pylon-mounted or "podded" engines or (b) integral engines that are contained within the wing or fuselage structure.

4) Is the internet broken today? With a simple search you would have quickly and easily discovered that the pure jet variant of the B-36 had a swept wing and was known as the YB-60. There is a Wikipedia page about it. Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_YB-60

5) No, it wasn't as good as the B-52. Quote: "The YB-60 was approximately 100 mph (160 km/h) slower than the YB-52 and also had severe handling problems. It carried a heavier bomb load — 72,000 lb (33,000 kg) against 43,000 lb (20,000 kg) for the YB-52 — but the Air Force did not see the need for the extra capacity, given the YB-60's other drawbacks."
2017-04-01 6:34 am
It was a higher Altitude Bomber and in the Cold War it was the only match for the Russian Bear.
In fact they were so fascinated by the six turning and four burning arrangement and quit often were seen in the pods taking snapshot of the B=52's.
參考: No point having all that power if you don't use it.
2017-04-06 3:56 pm
No. The B-36 only caught peoples' imagination because of its huge size and unusual engine configuration. Of course it wasn't as good as the B-52. It was pretty much a failure.
It was publicised with "six turning, four burning". But the high number of engine fires caused the aircrews to change this to "two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for"
2017-04-02 5:24 am
No. The B36 was a transition plane. It was too slow with props and designed all wrong to be all jet. It had a high crash rate.
2017-04-01 2:40 am
Yes, there was ONE Convair B-36F that was converted to a pure jet aircraft, called the B-36G and later renamed the Convair YB-60. In order to make the conversion, Convair replaced the wings with swept back wings and mounted eight Pratt & Whitney jet engines in four pairs, quite similar to the way the engines are mounted on the Boeing B-52.

The B36F was tested against the Boeing YB-52, and was judged lacking in several key features against Boeing's aircraft.
2017-03-31 10:49 pm
Hmm! That's progress for you!


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