[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[J. Forster]

Did the B-36 have two, different fuel systems?

-John

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> On 10 Jun 2013 at 22:18, Bob Macklin wrote:
>
>> In 1955 I was at Turner AFB, Albany, Ga. They made a LOW pass over the
>> field with a B-36 for some kind of noise test. It made a hell of a
>> bunch of noise!
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa.
>
> From what I read yesterday about the B-36, apparently the props being on
> the back of the wing and turning so slowly set up a resonance with the
> air-flow over the wing resulting in a really strange, very loud, very low
> frequency beat that could not be mistaken and essentially gave away the
> fact
> that a B-36 was flying in the vicinity.
>
> Also, the B-36 could fly so high that at the time no other airplane could
> reach
> it. Several of the "featherweight" versions could fly above 50,000 feet.
> The
> TA-152 would have been the only piston-powered airplane that could have
> reached it.
>
> When the pilots kicked the 4 jet engines into operation, top speed would
> easily exceed 400 mph, but they used up fuel very rapidly, so they were
> normally kept shut down except at take-off or if badly needed.
>
> Lastly, the 4360s were never designed to operate as pushers. This resulted
> in constant problems with carburetor icing, which resulted in flooding,
> which
> resulted in engine fires due to unburnt fuel build-up in the exhaust
> system.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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