[MGMSwordsman]

Has anyone thought of doing a B-36 model for inclusion in the sim? The B-36 was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made and made it's first flight in 1946.

I'm sure it would be a very complex aircraft to model, but it would be a great addition.

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[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

cor, 6 engines for a start!

[rossmum]

Count again - I see ten

[baerchendeluxe]

For this i would pay, Mr. Jolly!



Thorsten

[gibbage]

Count again - I see ten

The jets were added late in the production. Anything close to 1946 would of had 6 radial's without the jets.

[rossmum]

Ah, I see.

Still, wouldn't hurt to have both versions... just for good measure, of course. :twisted:

[Loht773]

Wow!

Its beautiful!


Ive never heard of this aircraft before, it looks like taken from a 50s sciencie ficiton film or somethig.



+10000000000!

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

Count again - I see ten

oh yeah!

[General Obi-Wan]

I see 4 jet-engines and 6 prop engines

[Bj]

If you notice the B29 in the background of gibbage's pic, you can really see how humongous this plane is hock:

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

will the airfields be big enough? Still, it's a moot point unless someone fancies having a go at making this.

[Brano]

hmm...what a request :roll: Guys,stop eating pills and stay real :wink:

[Guest]

Anything close to 1946 would of had 6 radial's without the jets.

Unfortunately anything close to 1946 would have been defensively unarmed and probably not combat ready. The first armed variant was the B-36B which was first delivered in 1948 putting it one year behind the best time estimates for the extended war with the Invasion of Japan that would have ended in 1947. It would have been great for a heated Cold War scenario, though. Just as a side-note, the four jet engines were added on the B-36D. The Peacemaker was so large because it was the first true inter-continental bomber having been designed to fly operations from Greenland to make bombing runs over Hitler's Fortress Europa in early WWII. A truly comprehensive model of this plane for the game would need to have the F-84 FICON and the XF-85 Goblin parasite fighters. The bombload would be impressive enough with 86,000lbs and the capability of carrying the T-12 gravity bomb or various nuclear or thermo-necular bombs. By all means go for it...

+100000000000000000

Here's a video of the B-36:

[Guest]

Finally, someone is interested in the B-36. This plane would be great to fly (and shoot down) over Korea. :lol: But I remember hearing from somewhere that the IL2 game engine can only handle a maximum of eight engines. So that rules out the late models. The transport version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_XC-99, the swept wing all jet version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_YB-60, and it's little friends http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XF-85_Goblin would be nice additions.

[Guest]

will the airfields be big enough? Still, it's a moot point unless someone fancies having a go at making this.

LOL :lol: