Jennings Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) How about four F117-PW-100s in place of the eight TF33s?? She'd be good for another 50 years! Just don't drop that wing too low on a crosswind landing (ouch!). :) J Edited August 4, 2009 by Jennings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevan Vogler Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Or you could just strengthen the wing a tad and mount the engines over top of the wing Antonov An-72 style. Give her big blown flaps and you've got a STOL BUFF :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDWMatt Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 That is way too cool, Jennings! Someone at Boeing Wichita made a really nice 1/72nd model of the PW2040-powered B-52 proposal from the sow's-ear AMT H kit. Saw it when I was back there for the B-52 50th anniversary. Looked a lot like your illustration! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sauragnmon Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Or you could just strengthen the wing a tad and mount the engines over top of the wing Antonov An-72 style.Give her big blown flaps and you've got a STOL BUFF :( So... you mean she takes off in only a mile and a half? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theemodelstarter Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Jennings, Great drawing, can you do one of the EB-52 Mega Fortress from the Dale Brown series? Pointy nose (like the Concorde), Big "V" tail, straight (0 deg anhedral) rigid unflexed wings, air mine launcher out the back, Amraam missiles under the wings and all black! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 can you do one of the EB-52 Mega Fortress from the Dale Brown series? I can, but I'm not going to :) I thought that was the dumbest book I ever read.... J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theemodelstarter Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 But just think of table full of "what if" models you could do from that series alone :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C-130CrewChief Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 That's cool Jennings! How about some of those turboprops for the A400M? That would be interesting. I don't know how much thrust those make though, 11,000 shp beats my dodge Neon! It would drop the cruse speed alot though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroProp_International_TP400 Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 That's cool Jennings! How about some of those turboprops for the A400M? Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose, non?? Some of the first design studies that led to the B-52 were turboprops :P In Russia they call it the Tu-95.. J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Probably could get by with a couple of those bad boys, not needing the thrust of all four. Think of the fuel savings alone on the fleet, plus how much easier it would be to get parts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadKevin Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 has the USAF actually looked into this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) has the USAF actually looked into this? Many times over the past few decades the USAF has looked at similar re-engining programs. I don't know if they've ever gotten past the artist's conception stage... Edited August 5, 2009 by DonSS3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 That is great Jennings! May not have to worry about scraping on those crosswind landings if you made the engines like a 737: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 That is great Jennings! May not have to worry about scraping on those crosswind landings if you made the engines like a 737 : But just think of table full of "what if" models you could do from that series alone Yeah, have a heart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
William G Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose, non?? Some of the first design studies that led to the B-52 were turboprops In Russia they call it the Tu-95..J YAY the First Rush Quote of the day!!!! Well sort of Circumstances I also think the engines above the wing would be a killer idea. I never thought the EB-52 was a bad idea for fiction... William G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vesper Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Now if only the AF could get the EB-52 Stand Off Jammer going . . . again Ves 8) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony.t Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 You'd give the B-52 wonderful fuel economy but a radar signature the size of a big town covered in tin foil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sauragnmon Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Uh... isn't its radar signature already that big? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JimE Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 How about four F117-PW-100s in place of the eight TF33s?? She'd be good for another 50 years! Just don't drop that wing too low on a crosswind landing (ouch!). It should be a hack of a lot quieter than the older TF-33s Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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