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NORTHROP XB-35
1946
 
HEAVY BOMBER - PROTOTYPE
  
     
 
 
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NORTHROP XB-35
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 HEAVY BOMBER - PROTOTYPE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 JUNE 1946
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 2
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 172 ft (52.2 m)
LENGTH :
 53 ft 1 in (16.2 m)
HEIGHT :
 20 ft 1 in
WING AREA :
 4,000 sq ft (371.6 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 89,560 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 180,000 lb (82,000 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 209,000 lb (95,000 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 20 x .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning Machine Guns;
 
 4 x Turrets Housing 2 x .50 Cal Machine Guns Each, Located Upper
 
 and Lower of Outboard Wings
 
 2 x Turrets Housing 4 x .50 Cal Machine Guns Each, Located Upper
 
 and Lower of Center Line
 
 1 x Tail Stinger Housing 4 x .50 Cal Machine Guns
BOMB LOAD :
 52,200 lbs (23677.5 kg) of Bombs
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-4360-17 and 2 x R-4360-21 radial engines,
 
 Rated at 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) each
CREW :
 9 - Pilot, Copilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Engineer, Radio Operator and
 
 Three Gunners
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 391 mph (174.8 m/s) at 35,000 ft
CRUISING SPEED :
 183 mph (81.8 m/s)
LANDING SPEED :
 112 mph
CLIMB RATE :
 To 35,600 ft in 57 min
RANGE :
 8,150 miles (13116 km) at 183 mph (294.5 km/h) with 16,000 lbs (7258 kg) of Bombs or
 
 720 miles (1159 km) at 240 mph with 51,070 lbs of Bombs
SERVICE CEILING :
 39,700 ft (63891 km)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Pape, Garry with John Campbell & Donna Campbell. The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1994. ISBN 0-88740-597-5.

Pape, Garry and John Campbell. Northrop Flying Wings: A History of Jack Northrop's Visionary Aircraft. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1995. ISBN 0-88740-689-0.

Wooldridge, E. T. Winged Wonders: The Story of the Flying Wings. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. ISBN 0-87474-966-2.

Angelucci, Enzo; Bowers, Peter. The American Fighter - The Definitive Guide To American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books. 1985. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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