Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

[AirDOGGe]

LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmhevFScTXg&feature=related

A good docu-video on the monster XB-19, a winged beast bigger than the B-29! Sure looks like it would have made qiute an easy target for axis fighters...

Notice the porpoising on take-off and landing. Makes me think the horizontal tail was getting hit from turbulence from the wings and/or huge flaps (or perhaps it just needed more horizontal tail, period).

LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmhevFScTXg&feature=related

Image courtesy of the National Museum of the USAF (http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/)

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[W J Pearce]

Re: Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

Yes, Bomberguy on YouTube has some amazing videos. No idea where he got them. I think the B-19 was re-engined with V 3420s to improve performance once the engines were ready. Neat stuff.

[hm66sk]

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Hey, aren't those film clips and videos copyrighted LOL!!

[Bill Marsh]

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What was the radials in the video..... the tape noted said they had 2000 hp each....

what did we have in the late 30's for large round motors

Bmarsh

[AirDOGGe]

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The plane had 3350's, followed by the 3420 allisons. I'm searching for pics with the latter mounted, just out of curiosity.

EDIT: Here's one, but not the best viewing angles for seeing the engine pods...

http://www.aerofiles.com/doug-b19x.jpg

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[race9]

Re: Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

I have to say, the B-29 may have been smaller, was it was a lot better looking.

[First time Juke]

Re: Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

A good docu-video on the monster XB-19, a winged beast bigger than the B-29! Sure looks like it would have made qiute an easy target for axis fighters...

I would not be so sure about that.

I remember that finns for instance tried to shoot down B-20s ( photorecce ) in 1944 that Soviets used over Finland...and I am not sure if Me 109 Gs actually managed to shoot down any of them..they flew in 10 000 meters ( 33 000 ft ? ) and the time to climb there took way too long and planes had not real pressurised cabins for that.

If XB-19 had been able to fly higher than B-17s then I think they might have been OK until Ta 152 H-1 appeared in 1945. I could be wrong and this is just my personal opinion..looks really high flyer that B-19.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_XB-19

[Bill Marsh]

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Are you shure they ad 3350s in the mid-30's??????????????? where is your data on this.

They did have working double v allisons on b29s....(or actually renamed to b39s) how many they had, i dont know, i do believe they were not called xb39s , but b39s

cool
Bmarsh

[W J Pearce]

Re: Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

The XB-19's first flight was in June of 1941 and it was powered by R-3350-5s. It's construction contract was awarded in 1938.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2489

The XB-19A was the same aircraft re-engined with the V-3420 first flow in 1943.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2490

Only one B-29 was converted with 3420s and it was called the XB-39.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2588

[B52Hfan]

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Looking at the planform, you can see it screams DOUGLAS! It seems all the Douglas bombers (and Early Transports!) have the same lineage.
Didn't Boeing have a BIG bomber under that same contract?

[W J Pearce]

Re: Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

Looking at the planform, you can see it screams DOUGLAS! It seems all the Douglas bombers (and Early Transports!) have the same lineage.
Didn't Boeing have a BIG bomber under that same contract?

Yes they did, it was the XB-15. They were both from the XBLR contract (Experimental Bomber Long Range).

[SCEPTER]

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I found this at the flea market...

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

Heh-heh. Maybe it's just me, but both the B-15 an B-19 look like they are 6-engine bombers, with 2 engines removed to achieve better range


Doesn't this please your sense of proportions better?

[Grumpy]

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I found this at the flea market...

What is that fighter in the rear? P-40 or P-47?

[David E. Wells]

Re: Forgotten aircraft ... XB-19

Definitely a P-40B or C...D.