XB-70 Landing

Added on October 10th, 2010 by falkelord | Report Post
Tags:Airplanes, Wallpaper

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Pwnerade (#584)

13 years ago

For a second I thought atkinson had posted this.

mld (#3619)

13 years ago

I knew this was all part of some fever (autism?) dream of Tiki’s
Casemods through anking
Atkinson
all of it..

I’m real though

Frznagn (#560)

13 years ago

Most awesome looking plane ever!

WistfulD (#5057)

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13 years ago

Strange looking plane. The lower portion looks like it ends in a very un-aerodynamic flat surface. Am I missing something or is that a design flaw?

Error401 (#808)

Reply to WistfulD

13 years ago

No, those are the intakes for the engines. This thing cruised at mach 3+. Uber cool plane. Had honeycomb skin and actually lengthened at speed due to thermal expansion. Also, the crew had capsules that protected them if they had to eject at speed/altitude. I think they made 3, one was lost during a photo shoot/test flight. Damned shame they didn’t run with this design.

atkinson (#2026)

Reply to Error401

13 years ago

Two!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XB-70
Atk

Frznagn (#560)

Reply to atkinson

13 years ago

I saw one of them when I went to Wright-Pat in Ohio many years ago. You just have to stand next to them to get the full awesomeness of it!
6 engines inline of 30,000 lbs thrust each is amazing!
If I recall correctly, this design had the least amount of drag for any plane designed. Do some research, watch the videos. You’ll love it!