Six PWA 4000's "running" on one plane.

BUFFs been doing 8 since the 50s.

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True, but what other aircraft with 6 JT9Ds are there? The TF33 was at JT3D (B-52), and the B-36 had 4 P&W Wasp engines plus 4 GE turbojets.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
True, but what other aircraft with 6 JT9Ds are there? The TF33 was at JT3D (B-52), and the B-36 had 4 P&W Wasp engines plus 4 GE turbojets.
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The Dream. Not JT's but maybe close enough.
 
I always kind of fancied the B-36....
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Ted DuPuis said:
True, but what other aircraft with 6 JT9Ds are there? The TF33 was at JT3D (B-52), and the B-36 had 4 P&W Wasp engines plus 4 GE turbojets.
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That's six, R4360's P&W, Ted.

"two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for."

Cheers
 
X3 Skier said:
Been thru re-enginging of the BUFF Studies since IIRC, 1964. Always saves tons of money but never have the upfront budget to do it.

Cheers
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Yup been hearing that forever it seems. But hey, they did do the KC-135! It could happen lol.
 
X3 Skier said:
That's six, R4360's P&W, Ted.

"two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for."

Cheers
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You're 100% correct. I counted right, and typed wrong. :)
 
flyingron said:
I always kind of fancied the B-36....
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My uncle was a B-29 flight engineer in Korea. Flying B-29s against Migs was not conducive to long life span, but he survived his tour of duty, unscathed.
When he got back to the U.S. of A. They put him into the B-36 program.
He lasted 5 flights, then volunteered to go anywhere, doing anything, including going back to Korea in B-29s.
 
mscard88 said:
Yup been hearing that forever it seems. But hey, they did do the KC-135! It could happen lol.
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FWIW, the BUFF has been re-engined once. Started with J57's, now sporting TF-33's. H models (only ones left in the fleet) still have the water tank left over from the turbojet days.
 
Shepherd said:
My uncle was a B-29 flight engineer in Korea. Flying B-29s against Migs was not conducive to long life span, but he survived his tour of duty, unscathed.
When he got back to the U.S. of A. They put him into the B-36 program.
He lasted 5 flights, then volunteered to go anywhere, doing anything, including going back to Korea in B-29s.
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What was the issue with the b-36?
 
The Stratolaunch uses PW4056, not JT9D's. The JT9 hasn't been seen on a 74 since the classic (-100, -200, -300) days. PW4056's are pretty popular on -400's, along with GE's CF-6.
 
AWACSEng said:
FWIW, the BUFF has been re-engined once. Started with J57's, now sporting TF-33's. H models (only ones left in the fleet) still have the water tank left over from the turbojet days.
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It needs to get re-engines again.
 
Craig said:
A "short hop" in the B-36 was over 16 hours in the air. Typical mission flight time was 24-40 hours.
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My kind of flying.
 
Find another gigantic carbon fiber dual hulled aircraft designed to launch sht into space. Oh, and it's the only one. I'll wait.
 
I think its going to come apart.
It just looks dodgy. Those tails should be connected.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
It needs to get re-engines again.
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Yes it does. This has been a discussion in the B-52 community since I was turning wrenches on them (almost 15yrs ago, now). Among other several reasons/excuses, we were told there were so many surplus TF-33s from the retirement of the C-141, that even the efficiency of a newer modern engine could not justify the expense of R&D and required airframe modifications when so many replacements were in the supply system.

The biggest issue I could see would be trying to outfit a modern, digitally controlled engine to an analog aircraft. The systems and sensors required to make things like ECUs and FADEC play nice with the rest of the aircraft are major hurdles. Not a big deal on a new airplane since it's designed that way, but a really big deal on something designed in the late '40s-early 50's.
 
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