B-52, It keeps going and going...

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B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby 3WE » Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:04 pm

...and Evan thinks the 737 has seen it's day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHdIRwKtnig

(Gross feel-good, promotional film by Verbie and Bradlee.)

PS: I would THINK the great engineers would change this to a four-engine aircraft???
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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby Gabriel » Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:40 pm

Yes.

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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby ocelot » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:41 am

From a pure thrust perspective you could probably get away with two, although there are a number of reasons not to. (e.g. rudder authority) However, moving to four seems necessary to get most of the touted advantages. If nothing else, to get the efficiency improvements you want a high-bypass design and that's just not going to fit in the existing 8-way nacelles. Also, all else being equal having 4 engines instead of 8 gives roughly twice the dispatch reliability...

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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby Gabriel » Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:07 pm

From a pure thrust perspective you could probably get away with two, although there are a number of reasons not to. (e.g. rudder authority
Would you care to explain that? Do you mean making it a twin?

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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby flyboy2548m » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:59 pm

From a pure thrust perspective you could probably get away with two...
Hell. why not with one? Just stick a Saturn rocket or some such on its back (3MT-style) and off you go!
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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby Not_Karl » Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:21 pm

From a pure thrust perspective you could probably get away with two...
Hell. why not with one? Just stick a Saturn rocket or some such on its back (3MT-style) and off you go!
Why not zero? It would make a really badass glider, considerably decrease maintenance costs and points of failure and, more importantly, eliminate the risk of stupid pilots monkeying with the power levers.
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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby 3WE » Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:07 pm

From a pure thrust perspective you could probably get away with two, although there are a number of reasons not to. (e.g. rudder authority
Would you care to explain that? Do you mean making it a twin?
Explanation: Ocelot said, "From a pure thrust standpoint"

Context matters.

In that context- (that, and Flyboy's suggestion) makes sense.

...and yes, Ocelot is saying that there are engines out there with enough thrust where two would propel a B-52...I don't doubt that...
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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby elaw » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:31 pm

And just for reference, here's a photo of one:
Image

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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby ocelot » Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:31 am

Yes; the existing eight engines add up to less than two of those PW4077s.

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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby Not_Karl » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:11 pm

Yes; the existing eight engines add up to less than two of those PW4077s.
Less thrust or less explosiveness? :mrgreen:
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Re: B-52, It keeps going and going...

Postby 3WE » Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:06 pm

And just for reference, here's a photo of one:

[A jetphoto with much background clutter and windowframe clutter in the foreground, a human interest person with his head totally blocked, unsharpened, poorly lit, and etc...but definitely a unique and special configuration, therefore acceptable... ]

:mrgreen:
That would look great on that B-52 where the tail fell off!
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