Convair XB-36 Inboard Profile

codeone said:
From an early presentation on the program (circa 1944).

http://www.codeonemagazine.com/gallery_slideshow.html?item_id=1499

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--C1
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...Heh, the inboard profile reminded me of a story my pop told me, and was verified by Bob Stevens in a "There I Was..." page about the B-36. Apparently they problems keeping the pressure in the crawlway tubes equal to that of the forward and aft compartments, as well as keeping the pressures in both fore and aft compartments the same. Sometimes the pressure imbalance would keep one compartment from being able to open the hatch, but far more times than Convair wanted to admit, the pressure in the tube would build up to the point when the hatch on the receiving end was opened, the hapless crewman would be blown out as the pressure equalized. Pop says Convair never fixed this problem, as they kept attributing it to "human error". Go figger.
 
I like those manned, pressurized, retractable, 2 x 37 mm cannon turrets.

You could sink a small ship with one of those puppies.
 
LowObservable said:
I like those manned, pressurized, retractable, 2 x 37 mm cannon turrets.

You could sink a small ship with one of those puppies.
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BTW they remained on drawing board, or it was realized for real?
In other terms, there was some prototype of such "monster turret"?
 

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