Convair B-36 Derivatives (B-36C)

[GTX]

 

[Basil]

Hi! Larger image. ;D

 

[Basil]

Blackkite, thx for posting; very interesting propulsion unit with single rotation staggered transsonic propellers. Similar concepts are investigated again nowadays.

 

[Basil]

... a supersonic staggered single rotation 6 blade prop can be seen on the two photos under the the section "The Third XF-84H" in this document:

XF-84H Propulsion

 

[steffen19k]

Its really kind of sad that the B36 never got past the "need for sexy" that seems to drive everything the Chair Farce does.

 

[Sundog]

Its really kind of sad that the B36 never got past the "need for sexy" that seems to drive everything the Chair Farce does.

Not sure what you mean by that. The B-52 was infinitely more capable than the B-36 was ever going to be.