B-52? Stratofortress Build

[legoman]

With the Skyraider finished and posted. I decided to start up a b-52 build thread because the one we have is meh with pizza cutter tires, a lack luster wing, and no droppable items or at least eye candy.

I am thinking of doing something like the skyraider with its armament. the only things I have committed to in my head are 108x Mk-82 bombs, sky bolt ballistic missiles, 2x Mk-39 nuclear bombs and maybe more. Maybe even multiple variants

 

[legoman]

here is a pic of the work so far

 

[legoman]

I posted one of these picture on the skyraider's thread. but though I should post it here as well

 

[legoman]

Wow I feel Like this build is going over horribly. So should I do something else off this list or perhaps a different bomber that has not been done yet?

 

[Ron6234]

No stick with it I know you will do your best to make this aircraft a real gem!

 

[asj5547]

Please continue with the B52 build, your scale models are exceptional.

 

[uncle twist]

Stick with it, it`ll be a great plane. THEN, go to your list.

 

[legoman]

Okay I was talking earlier today (after the post) and my friend reminded me its summer vacation season.

But I found this pic earlier. Got lift?

 

[Superhornet444]

thanks for starting on this one
I have the current version that's on the swaps and I have no editing skills whatsoever so I was really disappointed with it, so really excited for this one.

cant wait

 

[legoman]

here is the powerplant it is using: 8x Hacker Stream-Fans 120/700 on 8x 10S 6600 mah 55C batteries

 

[asj5547]

here is the powerplant it is using: 8x Hacker Stream-Fans 120/700 on 8x 10S 6600 mah 55C batteries

Cool !!!

 

[legoman]

three of these clips are going in the bomb bay

 

[asj5547]

three of these clips are going in the bomb bay

Three clips of 25 bombs, WOW, are you going to drop them in one big cluster or do a sequential 75 bomb release. This is going to be a great model.

 

[legoman]

Three clips of 25 bombs, WOW, are you going to drop them in one big cluster or do a sequential 75 bomb release. This is going to be a great model.

three racks of 28 not 25 and two sets of 12 on the wing racks for sequential 108. I know I will have to reduce the aerodynamic load to about 20% (estimate) on the sim on the bombs in the bombbay to keep rf from "chugging" at a low fps from physics calculations.

 

[uncle twist]

Very impressive Legoman, Reminds me of watching bomb droppings on TV in Nam from B-52`s. They just never seemed to stop coming from the plane.

 

[Fly_electric]

Wow I feel Like this build is going over horribly. So should I do something else off this list or perhaps a different bomber that has not been done yet?

Stick with it +1,000,000.

 

[legoman]

Custom prop

 

[asj5547]

three racks of 28 not 25 and two sets of 12 on the wing racks for sequential 108. I know I will have to reduce the aerodynamic load to about 20% (estimate) on the sim on the bombs in the bombbay to keep rf from "chugging" at a low fps from physics calculations.

108 sequential bomb drops, glad I don't have to program that lot.

The custom prop looks great.

 

[legoman]

general RC electric question. What duty cycle percentage can I run batteries at before heating becomes an issue? ex. right now on takeoff the b-52 is pulling 688 amps in total and 250-400 amp total at cruise and the battery continuous amp cap is 2,904 with the burst amps 5280.

Am I in the clear to mount the batteries in the top of the fuselage or do I need to stuff them in the nacelles for airflow?

 

[legoman]

right now I am on the fence about keeping the edfs or changing to turbines (Wren 44's)