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Discover the remarkable XB-51 bomber, an avant-garde aircraft that pushed the boundaries of aeronautical engineering during the Cold War. Developed by the United States in the early 1950s, the XB-51 was a testament to innovation and advanced design concepts.
This video delves into the XB-51's unique features, including its swept-wing configuration, unconventional three-engine layout, and sleek, futuristic appearance. With its forward-swept wings and slim fuselage, the XB-51 boasted exceptional speed and agility, making it a formidable presence in the skies.
Join us as we explore the history of the XB-51, from its inception to its role in shaping strategic bomber development. Learn about its cutting-edge avionics, groundbreaking flight characteristics, and the challenges faced by its designers and test pilots.
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ive never thought "wow that plane looks a little chubby" more than i have with this one
I thought you said it "had a little chubby"
Look up the Fairy Gannet, a British naval plane that straight up looks pregnant
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Some American designs used anhedral. It was more commonly used by Russian designs. I wish I knew why anhedral was used.
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It probably could have been a great aircraft with additional testing and improvements.
nice keep the effort up fellow aussie
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I love the aesthetics of late 40s and 1950s aerospace tech.
But….does it love you….
50's was peak jet aircaft aesthetics for sure.
@@alvaropulido5245 makes no sense in that case.
This thing looks like the ME-262 had a drunken affair with an airliner
Funny you should say that, but it was based on a Messerschmitt design.
I was going to say. It looks German"ish"
I've always loved this design! The 'fifties were great for aircraft design, they just threw shit at the wall to see if it stuck.
Agreed. IMHO much of this had to do with so few engines that were reliable exist for aircraft. Concentration of reliable tech in engines seemed to me to be a large constraint in aircraft and rocket design. A reliable engine is produced and engineers just add or subtract depending on requirements. The Ford Tri Motor, BAC 146, Convair B36....myriad aircraft would just add/subtract the same engine designs as needed. Handful of engines for hundreds of designs. Could be wrong, but anecdotally seems to track.
9:02 this shot is crazy for the 1950s.
The F-111’s engines weren’t flammable. The videos of flames shooting out the tail were aircraft dumping fuel, which posed no risk to the aircraft or crew. The F-111 was retired by the USAF due to budget cuts, not due to engine problems.
correction: due to budget cuts and the fact that tactical bombers are on the shitlist of both major USAF thinktank "schools of thought"
War thunder: write that down, write that down
Impossible to balance it. It is superior to Canberra, higher top speed, bigger bomb load. Which means it should be at least 8.0BR, good luck surviving all the missiles coming at you
can yo umake whar if Aero Spacelines Super Guppy was a passenger plane?
I think you're being exceptionally kind to the XB-51. Let's be honest, it was a cool looking but fundamentally flawed design and dangerous to fly. In flight trials, the Canberra didn't just edge it out in a few areas, it kicked its ass in every category except top speed - and it wasn't even that much slower.
Why does the US flag in the video have 50 stars? AK & HI weren't states until 1959
This thing had the maneuverability of a supertanker - I remember reading how, in flight comparisons with the English Electric Canberra, it was described as having a turn rate that encompassed half the state....Additionally, it was lightly stressed to a 3.7 load factor so any king of aerobatics while carrying any reasonable military load would have been a no-no, especially in the dense air of low-level attack.
EIGHT 20mm canons?! Jeeez-uuuus!!
Hearing an Aussie say Fall instead of Autumn makes me sad
Martin pioneered the bicycle type landing gear in the modified Martin B-26 'Mississippi Stump Jumper.'
always love to see these videos, keep up the good work!
Why exactly were the XB-51's engines so oddly placed?
Martin wanted a clean wing.
This plane had spoiler roll control. The plane had a variable incidence wing pivoting on the rear spar. The bicycle gear and engine placement left a thin, clean wing. For such an advanced aircraft, the prototypes did well, eg didn’t crash early in the test program as was so often the case. (For instance, Consider the dismal record of the F100 chase plane)
The Canberra was chosen for the reasons stated, but also because it was more mature and a war was on.
William Holden fortunately flew the XB102 before his death bombing the bridges at Toko Ri. The good news was taking Mickey Rooney with him.
Still a cool looking plane. What name would you give this bomber? Javelin maybe.
Feeling better knowing William Holden and Lloyd Nolan are on the case.
There’s an alternate timeline where the forgotten or cancelled x-planes get built instead of what we have now changing history
9:46)It was the US Air Force. Since 1947. NOT the US Army Air Corps.
Love all the aesthetic of the "atomic age" and art deco. I think the aestihetic works well with the technology at the time
Those photos the military always do, when they have a piece of equipment with all the ordinance it can use, I bet there's a manual which covers how to set these photos up, like with measurements and angles and such.
The only thing I can think about that engine placement is that it would allow the plane to land and take off on short runways, but the whole thing is super weird.
The other problem I have is that T- tail. Not a good idea for combat. That tail has an engine and a T-tail. A lot of complex machinery that goes kaboom with a single bullet.
And most of the bombers doesn't have offensive machine guns, let alone auto cannons for a reason. But there will never be one single type of equipment/vehicle is capable to single-handedly win a war so the concept itself is absurd (at least for me).
@@LastGoatKnightIt's not a bomber, it's an attack plane, hence the cannons.
It's like a 727 bomber!
I feel like the XB-51 could've been improved if they just stuck the engines at the back or on the wings. This would've also kept them further off the ground, reducing foreign debris injection during landing. Great video, love this bomber.
a couple of minutes devoted to *how* this aircraft could have made a difference in Korea would have been nice.
I had a very good friend of mine whom passed this past year. He worked for Martin from the late 40's to the early 70's. He was instrumental for the weapons systems and egress systems of the P-6M. While working on several missile systems for Martin he just happened upon sleek ship as he called it. The XB-51 was one of his favorite planes of the era. Un fortunately neither made it into full production with the Mariner only about 3 or 4 examples.
Thanks for posting this video because it reminds me of his friendship.
If "awkward teenager" was an airplane
I'm just wondering how it feels to eject from a T-tail aircraft because you a more likely to hit it or not
Please chill out on the old film effects! Overdone and unnecessary. Great video otherwise!
Not really for some of us. I had never heard of the movie where it was used as a fighter. Do you know it's name?
Yes - the XB51, so good the air force didn't buy it.
It could not have 'won' the Korean War because it was not up to the specification. It looked 'innovative but really was just a set of pieces pushed together, which did not work in terms of performance improvements. The engines of that period were not unreliable at all. The Canberra used the RR Avons and these were manufactured under licence in the US and powered many types. The B57 used the alternative engine for the Canberra, the AS Sapphire, which also built under licence in the US and used in other US airframes. Martin did pioneer the Rotating Bomb Bay but as far as I am aware only one other aircraft used it, the Blackburn Buccaneer.
Why should it have been built? The Canberra outclassed it all the way to the bank. And please, in common with some other you tubers, quit with the fake 'unrestored old film scratches' It's stupid, adds nothing, and looks even worse on CGI footage.
@1:23 That piano had me thinking the video was playing "Lemonade" by Gucci Mane in the background for a second.
The story and information are fascinating, but the fake film effect is so distracting this turned into an audio-only experience for me as I pushed the video to a background tab. The effect doesn't fit the high quality 3d renders, and doesn't make sense when overlayed on top of the archival footage that clearly wasn't from damaged film. It also just looks cheesy because real film doesn't degrade this way unless run through damaged equipment (cracked rollers, misaligned film gates) for years upon years. When the content and story are this great, please don't tarnish the experience with cheesy VFX on top!
What's up with the horrendous fake scratched film effect? You guys really know how to over-use tech. No film has ever actually had scratches like yours.
No. Remember America was fighting With the South Koreans against North Korea And China And Russia . You cannot WIN that war. Same thing in Viet Nam. You cannot win against a faction of a divided country And China And Russia at the same time. Cant be done. We won all the battles and lost the wars.
Well said
Ok buddy you have a RUclips channel that posts VHS videos of trains. I do not think that makes you qualified to discus serious geopolitical topics.
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@@pookiebearpiastriwhether he’s into trains or not is irrelevant. If you think he’s wrong, explain how.
You picture the Mercator in it's initial, short-wing version; Once Martin realized that it was better suited to long-range missions as a Recon/Attack, it aimed to give the US Navy a shore-based patrol bomber that was fast enough (under full power) to Scoot away from most enemy jets of the day. The XB-51, however was to be 'As Fast ' as most enemy jet fighters, And still have guns to Strafe or Dogfight with. Basically, an A-26 Invader, on Steroids!! My only Issue with it is the front-jet-engines being slung Low enough to have Taxi-/take-off/-landing issues with Debris Intake, and the lack of Afterburners for Combat-Thrust. Otherwise, it was a great Design and had Mission versatility inclusive in it's layout & build.
If this aircraft could have won the korean war, I wouldn't have to headache about migrating to other first world country cuz of the north 😂
I am very avid watcher of your content,
Can you create a video on the HAL Marut- India's first jet fighter
Amazing work Nick, your top-shelf production values are a blueprint all your own 👍🍻
Bro this looks literally like some of my simple planes creations specially for the cockpit
The Korean War was more than any bomber could have sorted, in fact nothing could have sorted it..
Sorted? What are you talking about? Your comment doesn't make any sense.
All of this, accomplished without CAD... amazing 👏
Those flight shots are amazing! It's so cool to see special jets in motion let alone flight dynamics outside of just the test program. Cool stuff! 😎🤟
dude lose the annoying linty film effect. huge distraction.
Those low slung engines look like a nice FOD hazard.
Easy for maintenance crews to work on, though. That third engine… less so.
FOD. F-16.
We did win the Korean War, then Truman lost it. MacArthur and his Inchon landing drove the Chinese out of Korea but Truman made him stop.
Check, the history books. The Inchon landings were before China entered the war .
If Truman would have left MacArthur do his job, the war would have been won.
You mean like letting MacArthur use nukes and potentially escalate the conflict out of control?
Interesting aircraft and an interesting design too, I love the whaleback-looking curve of the profile. I would have loved to see more of those in the air.
Uploading a vid at midnight is crazy
its 4:39pm here :)
@@FoundAndExplainedah that makes much more sense,are you in Australia or something?
Next "MBB Lampyridae" please.
Always loved your animated plane/vehicle stories
Engines close too the cockpit like that is insanely loud and borderline deafening.
Still hoping for a f20 tigershark
He has a discord
love the configuration, but the wing area seemed too small
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Of course Hollywood turned it into fighter
I have a question when do we get the long promise always told to be coming soon MiG 105 aka the space MiG when do we get it finnaly?
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You forgot the variable incidence wing system.
Amazing as always! Great work! I can't wait for the ornithopter video to come out. I have seen that one before, somewhere. Keep up the inspiring work!
Always been a huge fan of this plane…recently bought a 1/72 scale Mikromir model kit of the XB-51.
In flight evaluations this plalne took sooo very long to turn around for a notger pass that the other planes it was compared to did three more attacks that i the same time.... so while being fast and sleek it was just bad for the job it was intended for and for that reason dropped.
No one in the airforce at that time ever thought that not putting this thing into service was anythin other than a good idea
les ingénieurs allemands ont laissés leur "patte" ici avec cette position basse en fuselage des réacteurs : cf. Ju.287, He. P1068-01-84, Me. P.1102 et pour les entrées dorsales : Horten Ho. X (ref : german jet genesis, David Masters / ed. JANE'S)
Please make a video on SU30
8:40 "flying wing XB-49, which we've got a video" doesn't make any sense. The correct construction would be "flying wing XB-49, about which we've got a video".
You missed two things. First, the main reason for it's failure - it was very difficult to fly compared to what the average USAAF medium bomber pilots were used to. The training demands and likely pilot failure rate were simply unacceptable. The Canberra's flying and handling was much more like the medium bomber aircraft that it was replacing.
Second, its second crash is recorded. At 1:20 in the film below, see how an experienced pilot who was unfamiliar with the XB-51 was caught out by its unusual handling characteristics
ruclips.net/video/ZQ0rPecIPTM/видео.htmlsi=qaQf5hYzlHtB34VR
I think if they had reinforced the wing and given it some wing slats despite the obvious weight increase they could’ve gotten a much more nimble aircraft. Decreasing some bomb load for an increase of fuel would also be essential maybe like wingtip fuel pods? Aircraft like the F-89 were also experimenting with rockets that had HE-VT this aircraft while not a fighter with fighter armament could do some serious interception damage if not laden on a full load and ran only cannons, rato and rockets alternatively..
The AJ-1 Savage was a nice looking aircraft. Ruined by the fact they didn’t give it built in guns, Something remedied by the prototype AJ-2. I believe simply a different wing design would have increased performance substantially. Might’ve cost more who knows but swapping the wings and piston engines out for jet engines would be a good move and a easy way to repurpose the AJ-1 airframes once jets caught up.
Canberra bomber out performed this aircraft considerably.
This B-51 was a bomber that had limited strength of the airframe thus was limited in pulling Gs and maneuverability and the range compared to the Canberra was considerably less.
All B-51 produced prototypes crashing.
Production of the Canberra was delayed by years due to the amount of modifications requested.
The XB-51 was a huge airplane for a low level bomber or ground-support attacker, and powered by three low-powered turbojet engines typical of that time it would be an obvious failure. Sanity prevailed. Its German missile lines were evident, via the Matador missile.
You had to specify US Dollars? Please, don't think the Government paid contractors in Hong Kong Dollars.
Today the B-51 is only history. The following model bomber however became legendary which is still in use today by the USAF
Great video as always! Thanks for the great content. I would love to see you cover the slam jet.
I think the XB 51 was a very beautiful aircraft, but I would think that it would have made a better fighter (as seen in the movie version) as the Gilbert XF 20.👁
At first sight the engines looks rather like JATO units, added to the tiny body integrated cockpit, these plane has visual confusing proportions, the wings also seems taken from other plane.
It is an odd beauty, an ugly Betty, but beauty in the end 👍
I look at this Plane and it reminds me of dozens of german Studies about swept wings and several Jet-engine Layouts... don't get mad, i don't say it's German, only it looks like...
At 9:54 you said Army Air Force existed during Korean War but the US Air Force was founded in 1947
It’s a little ungainly looking but I like the concepts.
2:12 4000 lb of bombs != 4000 lb of explosives, the casing reduces the amount of filler in bombs
Russia still had that American money left over and is the only reason they had such a strong economy after WW2. Once American stopped sending them money they went down hill.
Another aircraft influenced by late war Germany designs - this time ohe by Messerschmitt.
Of all the designs proposed, this is the one I’m most miffed about being nixed…
USAF 1947 great subject I knew nothing of the XB 51 thank you
Check your data about creation of the Air Force.
September 1947.
I am older than the USAF. Served over 20yrs in it.
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not area ruled , would have had disappointing performance ,they were still learning .
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In the 1950's more engines could mean the darn thing got off the ground.
Based on German designs captured by the Allies no?🤔
I also think the B-57 really lucked out because that plane was so adaptable.
Id rather have this brick in war Thunder instead of the flying airbrake that is the Canberra
It looks suspisciously like a certain German jet bomber.
The swept forward wing design. Designation escapes me at the moment. Fuselage based on He177
Those jet engines below the nose would just hoover up everything on the runway.
I liked the movie with the XB-51 as "experimental fighterjet". It was a good story about a pilot who had to proof that e still is able and trust wort after being a prisoner of war by the enemy and released back to the USA.
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