re: your comment <<B47 ...grossly underpowered>> My memory must be more faulty than I thought - on a recent Military Channel program called "Top 10 Bombers" they went thru the various designs and when they spoke of the B47 they said it was *very* fast - like a fighter with 4 engines so fast in fact that when F86s would come up to give chase in mock interceptions they rarely were able to catch the B47.
It looked like a early B52 design with the cockpit stuck on top of the fuseloge like a P51D cockpit but for more then 1 person. and the engines hanging down on long pylons slightly forward - Checked wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-47_Stratojet it says it flew at high subsonic speeds - but I guess it could fly at that speed and still be considered underpowered - and it all subject to interpretation. ;-) Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - EV > Boeing had some elegant designs, still does. Got the fuselage right > on the 707, for sure, since it's still in production. > > However, some features, while very well executed by Boeing, are > hardly exlusive -- thin, swept wings are a German innovation, so are > pylon mounted engines (although not as marked as the Boeing designs), > and the pylon is far less for service access than to get the engine > out of the air flow on the wing -- especially at low speeds, having > the engine suck air backwards off the wing surface really interferes > with lift! > > Russian and European designers were rather slow to pick up on this > fact -- most of their early designs had the engines buried in the > wing root (DH Comet, Vampire Bombers, and TU 104s, the civilian > version of the bomber). > > The B-47 was definitely an experimental aircraft, though, as not all > these ideas worked out well: grossly underpowered, very short range > due to excessive fuel consumption (straight turbojets, after all), > nasty flying characteristics, and way too many landing accidents. > > The B-52 was much better, although the Tupolev Bear outperforms it in > most areas. > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.4 - Release Date: 8/16/2008 12:00 > AM > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
