What if V-3420 available earlier?

• Feb 23, 2013

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tomo pauk said:

What's the airplane in the question?

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Sorry, was talking about the B-17.

 

• Feb 23, 2013

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Okay, it indeed seems that a really large prop (needed to transfer those 3000 HP into thrust) would've been too much, re. fuselage and/or runaway clearance. So maybe attaching it halfway between outboard and inboard (historical) nacelles, slightly above the wing?
Here is the drawing of the XB-38, BTW:

http://www.arcair.com/Rev1/101-200/Rev173-XB-35-Hiott/04.jpg

 

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I'm thinking contraprops, to minimise the modifications to the wing.