Too Little, Too Late - The B-32 Dominator

[plan_D]

What would be the point in twin-boom and single tail? Sure, it's not impossible but it's pointless. I thought you might have had at least some aircraft in the list but no, again I thought too highly of you. You got my hopes up there, lanc and then crushed them.

So, the P-38 is twin-boom since there isn't a twin-boom, single tailed aircraft anywhere.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nice pic D, didnt have that one...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what are you on about pD?? the P-38's a twin boom because it has two booms!!

 

[plan_D]

Really, does it? F*ckin' hell, I never realised that. You tit!!! My point was there isn't a fuckin' twin boom, single tailed aircraft out there so there's no point in saying "twin-boom, twin-tail".

 

[FLYBOYJ]

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i never said she was twin boombed and twin tailed!! we had them conversations separatly.......

 

[plan_D]

What's your point?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you said there's no point in calling it a twin-boom, twin-tail, when no one called it that......

 

[plan_D]

Read what I put above the P-38 picture there, lanc.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

'ang on, so you're arguing that it's pointless calling it a twin boom- twin tail, when you're the only one that's called it that??

 

[plan_D]

I'm not arguing anything. I was just saying that my previous statement was void and pointless.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Dont take me wrong CC I like twin boomed aircraft or twin tailed aircraft I just think the Dominator looked better with the single tail.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes me too....

 

[syscom3]

I read somewhere that the air force (in 1945) was not having Consolidated put any serious effort into building the B32. They wanted Consolidated to put more effort and resources into designing and building the B36.

 

[evangilder]

I hadn't heard that, but it would not be surprising. The Model 35 (later model 36 so as not to be confused with the Northrop B-35)had a preliminary design proposal in May of 1941. That would eventually become the B-36.

The mockup was ready about a year later and the initial deliveries of the XB-36 were intially supposed to be in 1944. Unfortunately, a lot of hurdles stalled the project and the first one did not fly until August 8, 1946.

Could you imagine a bunch of B-36s over Europe?!

 

[plan_D]

That would have been awesome. Germany would have felt it 10-fold. Even better, B-36s doing the fire bombing of Tokyo...

 

[evangilder]

Definitely would have left a lot of smoking holes!

 

[KraziKanuK]

The B-36 did not have a cruising speed much faster than the B-17/B-24.

Cruising speed - 218 mph

Combat ceiling - 35,800 feet

Combat radius - 3880 miles with 10,000 pound bombload. New York to Berlin - 3975 miles

B-17s/B-24s would have dropped the same tonnage since they would fly more missions for every B-36 mission.

 

[cheddar cheese]

That would have been awesome. Germany would have felt it 10-fold. Even better, B-36s doing the fire bombing of Tokyo...

Imagine seeing a 100+ formation above you. "Crikey, zem B-17's are flying low"
Mmmmmmmmmm....