Brews Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) The B1a was 10.6m long, excluding radar array, but I'm not totally sure of the extended length of the B2a. I have seen a figure of 1500mm extra quoted, but this does not agree with the extension quoted by Alan W Hall (approximately 1030mm extra). I would appreciate some authoritative answer Cheers, Bruce Edited February 5, 2009 by Brews Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Don't know how authoritive it is in your eyes, but the instructions of my Airmodel vac conversion give a lenth of 11755 mm for the B2. HTH, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Sorry, not an answer, just another question: were any B-2a aircraft actually built? I've seen drawings but no airframes. edit: okay, after looking this over a bit more I'm confused. I've got the A-1a at 10.6 meters (numerous sources) and the B-1a at 12.12 or so. (39 ft. 9.5 in. as measured at Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, and it doesn't have any radar aerials installed) Which plane are you trying to track down exactly? Edited February 5, 2009 by David Walker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Sorry, not an answer, just another question: were any B-2a aircraft actually built? I've seen drawings but no airframes. Once again according to the Airmodel instruction, several airframes were in advanced stages of contruction by the end of the war in Europe. Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Smith and Creek write that the latest proposal (for B-2a) included inserting 1.5m long segment, bringing the overall length to 11.7m. HTH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SouthViper Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 May be at LEMB ? Good Luck. SouthViper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brews Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Once again according to the Airmodel instruction, several airframes were in advanced stages of contruction by the end of the war in Europe. Thank you all, and yes, this does help. I think we can narrow it down to somewhere between a 1.1 and 1.5m extension, based on this discussion. 1.03m is obviously right out. I'm making the conversion as set out by Allan W. Hall in 1966. Yes, I'm aware that the Airmodel kit exists, but there is a cross-forum GB to honour the late AW Hall and his influence on kitbashing (e.g at www.britmodeller.com). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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