[ARC5] Radios in XB-19?

[Bart Lee]

​I heard that 400 cycle power was implemented in the B-29 because otherwise
the weight of the transformers would have been too much to fly well.
(Incidentally, my father was a B-29 Flight Engineer).  Maybe the XB-19
prototyped 400 cycle AC power.

73 de Bart, K6VK
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On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Jay Coward via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Well Jack and the Group,
>  I've always wondered what radio equipment was in the Bolo.
>  As far as AC in the XB-19 , it may have been the power distribution
> system and the AC to DC was done locally at the equipment. Just guessing as
> there is not much AC gear surfacing from that era.
> Jay KE6PPF
>
>
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> From: Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net>
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> Subject: [ARC5] Radios in XB-19?
>
> Does anyone have any documentation on the radios installed
> in the Douglas XB-19?
>
> Note, this not a typo, I am not referring to the B-18 Bolo.
>
> The XB-19 was the large experimental bomber that was used more
> as a test bed for large aircraft systems, rather than a serious
> contender for production.
>
> What drives the question, is that one of the features of the plane
> was the use of an AC power system.
>
> So I'm wondering if the Army used AC powered radios in the plane.
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
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