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This magnificent and Museum-Quality craftedConvair XB-46AirplaneWOOD MODEL is finely handmade from kiln-dried Wood Mahogany and skillfully hand-painted by gifted artists.
It is 10.30\" in Length with 11.00\" Wingspan, weighing 0.44 pounds, and a package weight of about2.20 pounds.
The picture shown in this listing is part of a set of photos we are using as reference for the production of the models. Each model comes with a wooden stand.
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Convair XB-46
Type Medium bomber
Manufacturer Consolidated Vultee
Maiden flight 1947-04-02
Status Cancelled in 1947
Primary user United States Air Force
Number built 1
Unit cost US$4.9 million for the program The Convair XB-46 was a single example of an experimental medium jet bomber developed in the mid-1940s but which never saw production or active duty. In 1944 the U.S. War Department was aware of aviation advances in Germany and issued a requirement for a range of designs for medium bombers weighing from 80,000 to more than 200,000 pounds (36,000 to over 90,000 kg). Consolidated Vultee Aircraft (Convair) responded with their Model 109, a 90,000 pound (41,000 kg) design which was accepted by the Army Air Forces in November 1944 and designated the B-46. Other designs resulting from this competition included the North American XB-45, the Boeing XB-47 and the Martin XB-48.
Development
Procurement began with a letter contract (cost-plus-fixed-fee) on 17 January 1945 with mock-up inspection and approval in early February. Orders for three prototypes followed on 12 February 1945 with certain changes recommended by the board. Serials 45-59582 to 59584 were assigned. Budgetary concerns also led to the contract being changed to a fixed-price type.In the fall of 1945 Convair found it was competing with itself when the USAAF became interested in an unorthodox canard jet attack design, the XA-44-CO, that the company had also been working on, and considered cancelling the XB-46 in favor of the other project as there was insufficient funding for both. Company officials argued that it made more sense to allow them to complete the XB-46 prototype as a stripped-down testbed omitting armament and other equipment and for the AAF to allow them to proceed with two XA-44 airframes in lieu of the other two XB-46s on contract. In June 1946, the AAF agreed to the substitution but that project was ultimately cancelled in December 1946 before the prototypes were completed. The B-46 would be completed with only the equipment necessary to prove its air-worthiness and handling characteristics.The XB-46 was a graceful design and had a long oval torpedo-shaped fuselage, long narrow straight shoulder-mounted wings with four J35-C3 axial-flow eleven stage turbojets of 3,820 lbf (17,000 newtons) static thrust paired in an integral nacelle under each wing. The fuselage turned out to be a problem, as it distorted in flight. The pilots sat in pressurized fighter-style cockpits under a single teardrop canopy with the bombardier-navigator in the glazed nose section. It was to be equipped with a pair of .50 caliber weapons in a tail turret designed by Emerson Electric Company and provision was made for an APG-27 remote control optics and sighting system.Specifications (XB-46)General characteristics
Crew: 3
Length: 105 ft 9 in (32.23 m)
Wingspan: 113 ft 0 in (34.44 m)
Height: 27 ft 11 in (8.51 m)
Wing area: 1,285 ft² (119.4 m²)
Empty weight: 48,000 lb (21,800 kg)
Loaded weight: 75,200 lb (34,100 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 94,400 lb (42,800 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Allison J35-A-3 turbojets, 4,000 lbf (18 kN) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 545 mph (473 knots, 877 km/h)
Range: 2,870 mi (2,490 nm, 4,620 km)
Service ceiling: 40,000 ft (12,000 m)
Rate of climb: 1,315 ft/min (6.683 m/s)
Wing loading: 59 lb/ft² (294 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.21
Armament
Guns: 2× .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns
Bombs: 22,000 lb (10,000 kg)
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