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A new image from Boeing shows how the B-52H will look after a series of modifications, rendered from a digital system prototyping model.www.airandspaceforces.com
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A new image from Boeing shows how the B-52H will look after a series of modifications, rendered from a digital system prototyping model.
Because render doesn't account for the physics that will give reason to have kept them?I wonder, why did they kept the outriggers if they no longer touch the ground ?
They might not touch the ground while the plane is sitting static. but load the wings with fuel, strap a couple MOPs under each wing, then do a hard takeoff from a crappy runway, you'l be glad of those outriggers.I wonder, why did they kept the outriggers if they no longer touch the ground ?
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Dinofortress would be a real badass name....
Shiny object!!! A bit surprised they didn’t replace the last couple of steam gauges.
They weren’t empty when I left ED 12 years ago, the offenders still liked to use them to see where they were going. The clean nose restores the Vmo back to .92M versus .88M since the pitot static system will have clean air again. A filed mod is possible, but there’s a bit of engineering to undo all of the fuselage penetrations then do the sheet metal work. More likely the type of thing to roll into a PDM visit, which with new engine and radar is very little added marginal cost.
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Mounting points for the floats when the amphib version comes along in 2042I wonder, why did they kept the outriggers if they no longer touch the ground ?
They had the ability to do quick cartridge starts in the Cold War. Not sure if that's true with the new engines.
The are pyrotechnical charges that can turn over the engines sans start cart; I believe these normally would been fitted when at a dispersal field or on alert. But there was a low tech work around.
Just two each planeStill, starting 700 Buffs with 8 cartridges each, rinse, repeat - the cartridge manufacturer must have made a crapton of money on this.
But the poor guys who have to clean them afterwards were not to be envied.The cart provides low pressure air to turn over two engines in one of the inboard pods. There after those engines provide power for the rest of the start up process. As noted above, there was a pyrotechnic way of doing this as well for more austere/rapid situations. Probably not ideal, but enough to get the job done. A huge amount of B-52 maintenance is still very manual and low tech:
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Crew is already down to 5; tailgunner removed long ago. That said sometimes extra crew is carried anyway and apparently it can fly with as little as three if absolutely needed. New version will bring standard crew down to four, but it isn't clear which positions. A poster who's actually had service on the machine said that it would be incredibly difficult to move the lower deck stations; I think it likely the position that is removed is aft facing upper deck (along with the previous gunner station).
The do still have starter cartridges and they work just fine. Normal, non-SIOP operations will now no longer need external air or power. The big gain will be deployed maintenance where you can take less AGE and use the APU for air and power on ground checks.
The downstairs seats are only dangerous below 250 ft. and there were successful ejections that low. Regardless, at least one offender will stay downstairs because that’s where all the OAS equipment is located. FWIW the seats are safer than the jump seats.
Eight, one for each engine. Back in the day I argued a safety plan that individual engine starts were just as safe as all wight at once.Just two each planeStill, starting 700 Buffs with 8 cartridges each, rinse, repeat - the cartridge manufacturer must have made a crapton of money on this.
The Gunner seat is still there so there are 6 ejection seats. The in cabin equipment is there as well, just all of it is pulled and collared. The stuff in the tail is gone. As mentioned most of the OAS is downstairs so it really doesn’t make sense to run the cables and completely reengineer the upstairs.
