Convair B-36D "Peacemaker"

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More information on specifications (you beat me to this suggestion, mine was pending lol)

Specifications

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Airframe
Length: 49.4m
Span: 70.1m
Height: 12.3m
Wing Area: 443.3m^2
Empty Weight: 73,017kg
Loaded Weight: 112,677kg
MTOW: 162,159kg
Crew: 15

Propulsion
6x Pratt and Whitney R-4360-41 Wasp Major 28-cylinder radial engine
2,650hp each
3,500hp each (30 min WEP)
21,000hp total (WEP)

4x General Electric J47-GE-19 turbojet*
Max thrust, static, sea level: 21.04kN (each)
Max thrust, static, sea level: 23.13kN (each) (30 min WEP)
Max thrust, static, sea level: 92.52kN (total) (WEP)
*Because J47s were only used for takeoff and short combat “sprints” I think they should be toggleable in-game, like a throttleable booster. Of course most players will likely use them all the time but it’d be a nice little feature for historical reasons

Internal Fuel: 130,081L
Limit With Maximum Ordinance: 48,665L

Flight Performance (at 88,450kg weight)
Max Speed (10.5km): 704km/h
Max Climb Rate (sea level): 16.3m/s
Stall Speed: 187km/h

Armament
Defensive:
8x2 M24A1 20mm cannon turrets
1x nose turret, 400RPG
4x retractable dorsal turrets, 2x retractable ventral turrets, 1x tail turret, 600RPG

Offensive:
2x 43,000lb T-12 Cloudmaker- 86,000lb total
3x 22,000lb M110 Grand Slam- 66,000lb total
4x 12,000lb M123 Tallboy- 48,000lb total
12x 4,000lb AN-M56- 48,000lb total
28x 2,000lb AN-M66- 56,000lb total
44x 1,600lb AN-Mk1- 70,400lb total
72x 1,000lb AN-M65- 72,000lb total
132x 500lb AN-M64- 66,000lb total

Avionics
K-3A bombing radar system
AN/APG-32 gun radar

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Gallery

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XB-36 prototype
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B-36A

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B-36B

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YB-36D prototype, with Allison J35s

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Production B-36Ds

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The sheer size of the B-36(A), compared to B-17, B-29, and B-18
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Turret positions
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B-36J internals, essentially identical for B-36D except engines

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Less detailed internals for specifically the B-36D

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More from SAC

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The absolutely massive T-12 cloudmaker

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Sources for performance:
AN 01-5EUC-1 B-36D Flight Manual
B-36D Peacemaker Standard Aircraft Characteristics - 26 January 1951

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Yay more bombers because the game isn’t disastrous enough as it is. They should make the engines set themselves on fire like they did in real life too!

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This is far from anything that brings peace.

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If you bomb your enemy off the map there won’t be violence between you anymore…

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It’s some of the most delicious irony of the Cold War- a weapon of untold destruction named a maker of peace

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Hey man before I start mine and am beaten to the punch again you got a suggestion in the works for non-Featherweight-III B-36J?

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As of now i plan to do the D-III, The F, and the J’s.

I havent made any yet so feel free to do whatever.

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Aight I’ll leave you to it, and focus on my Soviet bombers. I’ll just let you on this here, there’s manuals and SACs for all 3 of those variants

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do u have any info on that bye chance I’m intrigued about that version of the aircraft ?

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Basically the same as the B-36D but with 3,800hp WEP R-4360-53s and increade MTOW to 410,000lb (186,000kg). Also some avionics and internal changes that don’t matter much. I’d have to dig a little deeper but may have chaff or even flare dispensers. 33 B-36Js were built, 14 as Featherweight IIIs with all but the tail turret removed to save weight and improve high-alt performance, and the remaining 19 were standard B-36Js with all the guns.

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oh ok i got u thx what about the DB-36H-II Peacemaker can tell me what’s the difference between this one and the D/J variant bye chance

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Well the B-36H is basically the same as the B-36J except with less fuel and the standard 375,000lb MTOW. The DB-36H-III is based on the B-36H-III which are B-36H Featherweight IIIs with the same gun reduction as B-36J-IIIs. The DB-36H-III itself was a prototype to carry the prototype B-63 supersonic cruise missile.

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oh ok thanks for telling me that i got u so the J version is better then the H variant right?

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From the F onward they fitted chaff.

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oh ok good to know

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is the top speed around 450kn?

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B-36F had the highest top speed at 363 knots at 37,100 feet.

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oh ok so prob just around 450mph for top speed for the J/h variant right

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+1, two turning, two burning, two choking, two smoking, and two more unaccounted for.

Also would be cool to see some jet/prop combinations ingame

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ya know what would the perfect gamemode for it?