A common misconception, but the B-36 was meant to bomb Europe when first ordered. It was designed to bomb Europe from the US in the event that the UK fall before the US entered the war. Same with the Atomic bomb. The first targets suggested to FDR when they were developing the bomb were in Germany (I believe Dresden and Nuremberg were two of the main targets). It was only when they realized that the bomb more than likely would be too late to have an effect on the war in Europe, were targets switched to Japan
The official motto was "Six turning, four burning" The crew's motto was "Two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for"
Some alternative fun facts about the b-36: 1. There was also a plan to tip-tow RF-84s off the wingtips of the b-36 (project Tom-Tom). This is great in theory until you realize the rf-84 doesn't exactly have restrooms and the b-36 can fly for well over a day 2. The b-36 was used on at least one occasion to ferry a partially assembled b-58 hustler dangling from under its bomb bay 3. The b-36 used a tunnel with a mechanic's trolly and rope system to go from the front pressurized section to the rear pressurized section. 4. The original XB-36 had a pair of 9'2" tall wheels for its main landing gear. Unfortunately the loading was so great from the main gears that it was restricted to 3 airports due to concrete thickness, and the gear was switched out. This is also the reason for the hump on the back inside of the wing, to accomodate the wider landing gear. 5. On the subject of landing gear, the xb-36 also tested tank tread style gear for less prepared fields. Because someone fully intended for a plane with a longer wingspan than a 747 to take off of a giant grass field 6. The xb-36 fielded a windscreen a lot more like the b-29, however the production b-36 switched that out for the greenhouse for...visibility probably? idk 7. A good chunk of the plane is magnesium, which means it not only catches fire, but catches fire in such a way that spraying water on the fire makes it worse. 8. It originally had eight gun positions, six of which were retractable pairs of remote turrets, each turret with a pair of 20mm cannons. The other two were nose and tail guns. These were removed during featherweight 1 as it was thought the b-36 could outmaneuver fighter aircraft at its cruise altitude 9. They made a transport version of this beast, the XC-99. Same wings, same engines, super weird looking tall fuselage. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_XC-99 10. There were 121 of these, potentially the most overt aircraft to exist, configured with a camera for reconnaissance. 11. The peacemaker name isn't official, because there were objections because "only god is the peacemaker" 12. These aircraft never dropped a bomb on an enemy target, conventional included.
Some more facts about this wonderful wacky aeroplane: the desired report on the engines was "Six turning, four burning" but the unreliability of the engines gave rise to "Two turning, two burning, two joking, two smoking, and two unaccounted for." At high altitude, its huge wings gave it fighter-like maneuverability. There was _NO_ oil change interval established because any oil put in was consumed before it wore out. You could work on some of the engines mid-flight. It could sustain flight at high altitude on the jets alone, and this and those huge wings would let it fly very slowly, slower than the stall speed of its escorts, which developed a game of trying to get your own escorts to fall down by tricking them into flying too slow.
I dont think you understand, the spaceplane b36 failed because you didn't attach the fuel b47s. Additionally, as per the original designs, the super-b36 would not carry its 271 goblin parasite aircraft on its wings, instead it would use the giant nuclear autocannon in its center to fire them at any possible targets, which would obviously allow it to outrange missile aircraft such as the f35 or su-something-something which were being designed around the same time.
So let me get this straight, I’ve never seen your channel before and I instantly regret having missed out on these amazing pieces of Content 11:23 Ace Combat 1970 Also, I absolutely love how much he sounds like an ace combat villain
Just like you said, even though this video almost lacks of any educational informations in it, i still enjoyed every second of it and i kept finding myself coming back every once in a while to watch this masterpiece. Great work overall.
I have an exam in 2 hours and I've had to stop studying for the incomparable glory of the 230,000 milliSievert bread. My grades may be in tatters, but at least thanks to this so will canada.
Just found the channel. I absolutely loved,I mean loved this video. Huge ksp and history fan,as well as a fan of comedy. This was a great video. Definitely earned a sub.
I'm 2 minutes into the only video i've ever seen from this channel and I'm already subscribing for the humor alone. Why can't history teachers be this hilarious.
That combination of the NB-36 and the YB-49/YB-35 with Goblins is something I have legit come up with before. It was supposed to be a flying HQ for a paramilitary group that uses in-flight dreamhacking to interact with vtubers
The YB-60 was pretty much a straight forward jet conversion of the B-36, literally taking the same wing and tail surfaces, sweeping them back, adding new control sufaces and replacing the piston engines in the wings with jet engines on pylons under the wings. While the YB-60 had a longer range and a heavier bomb load than the B-52, the B-52 was over 100mph faster, had a much higher service ceiling and was more stable in flight thanks to it being designed from the ground up as a jet aircraft. The thicc wing, while necessary to house the massive piston engines in the B-36, proved to be a liability in the YB-60.
Hey that's pretty good! I made a B36 in RSS RO RP1 but I used procedural wings. No way id have the patience to do all that paneling. I'm working on the Handley Page Victor now and the wings are have been a major pain
iirc, the testing of the Nuclear powered variant was to test the effects of radiation poisoning on the crew and how effective the radiation shielding was. Obviously they would've known the aircraft had the lift required to get in the air and fly. Also, it's nuts to think the it had Caterpillar Treads in some variants to land in smooth fields off runways... I didn't learn much about B-36 until relatively recently so I didnt know the nuclear plane was based off it.
I tried to make a video on the Goblin once. I think I did okay, but this is far better at showing the absolutely batshit insane things the USA was up to around then.
So for clarity's sake, up to this point I was enjoying the video anyhow, and was planning on subscribing when finished watching. Then I reached 7:30, and that joke is just. It's so dumb that I had to pause and subscribe right then and there. I love it.
My grandfather was in the airforce during Nam and then left to go to the air guard. He was a flight crew chief for the jets, well one day I was at his house and got curious and looked in some of his old file cabinets and actually found papers on this plane I don't know why he had them but I just got reminded of them form this video
Hey Um...the Allies had jet engines too, as early as 1941. Its just that the Germans were the first to make a functioning fighter, followed by the UK then the US.
In case it wasn't purely a meme, no allied countries didn't get working jet engines from Germany. Several allies were working on their own jet engines before and during the war and a couple were in testing before Germany flew any during the war.
bro your video is the first video i watch with being 18 years old. i just discovered this video watched it, had birthday and now i will continue watching it. great video by now. :)
A common misconception, but the B-36 was meant to bomb Europe when first ordered. It was designed to bomb Europe from the US in the event that the UK fall before the US entered the war. Same with the Atomic bomb. The first targets suggested to FDR when they were developing the bomb were in Germany (I believe Dresden and Nuremberg were two of the main targets). It was only when they realized that the bomb more than likely would be too late to have an effect on the war in Europe, were targets switched to Japan
thank you for correction
@@Droopy__ Love the Video btw. The B-36/Arsenal bird Hybrid is both impressive and funny as hell
Poor Dresden. No matter what universe we're in, whether the UK stands or not, it will always get obliterated.
@@435cyberteam9 well it was a military industrial hub.
"A common misconception"🤓
You might notice that this video has very little basis in reality and no educational value. This is because I did minimal research and made things up.
Thanks, I couldn’t tell
Sigma male mindset
Amazing work
I don’t see anything wrong with that
based
“These engines often had troubles keeping their combustion internal”
God I love this channel already
“God I love crack” (crazy convair R&D guy.)
The official motto was "Six turning, four burning"
The crew's motto was "Two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for"
IDK why that made me cackle so hard.
That will be my motto now
Now this is quality content
Indeed
Now this isn’t quality content
@@BradKesalowski why?
@@miledgaming4762 bruh, it was a joke
@@BradKesalowski well it didn’t sound like it
Why does the b-36 arsenal bird look unironically cool
I love it
More funny is Arsenal Bird is sort of based on the B-36's competitor.. the YB-35 Flying Wing by Jack Northrop
@@Dshmokiez indeed.
The arsenal bird is just a very big xb-35.
HE SHOULD MAKE A MOVIE
I like the modified b 36 at 11:05
@@sutatpogquan815IT'S NOT MODIFIED! IT'S PERFECTION! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!?!
Some alternative fun facts about the b-36:
1. There was also a plan to tip-tow RF-84s off the wingtips of the b-36 (project Tom-Tom). This is great in theory until you realize the rf-84 doesn't exactly have restrooms and the b-36 can fly for well over a day
2. The b-36 was used on at least one occasion to ferry a partially assembled b-58 hustler dangling from under its bomb bay
3. The b-36 used a tunnel with a mechanic's trolly and rope system to go from the front pressurized section to the rear pressurized section.
4. The original XB-36 had a pair of 9'2" tall wheels for its main landing gear. Unfortunately the loading was so great from the main gears that it was restricted to 3 airports due to concrete thickness, and the gear was switched out. This is also the reason for the hump on the back inside of the wing, to accomodate the wider landing gear.
5. On the subject of landing gear, the xb-36 also tested tank tread style gear for less prepared fields. Because someone fully intended for a plane with a longer wingspan than a 747 to take off of a giant grass field
6. The xb-36 fielded a windscreen a lot more like the b-29, however the production b-36 switched that out for the greenhouse for...visibility probably? idk
7. A good chunk of the plane is magnesium, which means it not only catches fire, but catches fire in such a way that spraying water on the fire makes it worse.
8. It originally had eight gun positions, six of which were retractable pairs of remote turrets, each turret with a pair of 20mm cannons. The other two were nose and tail guns. These were removed during featherweight 1 as it was thought the b-36 could outmaneuver fighter aircraft at its cruise altitude
9. They made a transport version of this beast, the XC-99. Same wings, same engines, super weird looking tall fuselage. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_XC-99
10. There were 121 of these, potentially the most overt aircraft to exist, configured with a camera for reconnaissance.
11. The peacemaker name isn't official, because there were objections because "only god is the peacemaker"
12. These aircraft never dropped a bomb on an enemy target, conventional included.
We need a part 2
@@swatboy763 Of this video? absolutely
recon worked at that specific time because you flew higher than everybody else
Honestly... the 99 looked kinda cool.
6:09 couldn’t stop laughing
Basically, the B-36 fell victim to the “stopgap solutioning the problem until we have a reason to not do so”
This channel is criminally underrated
Holy crap, I didn’t expect an Arsenal Bird Peacemaker piloted by Crimson 1! Your videos are amazing, I’m so happy I discovered you randomly.
i think a more approppriate name would be arse bird
11:47 'trigger's different '
AhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@@tahko_1236 You mean the XP-55 Ascender? :P
@@guard13007 xp-55 ass-ender
Some more facts about this wonderful wacky aeroplane: the desired report on the engines was "Six turning, four burning" but the unreliability of the engines gave rise to "Two turning, two burning, two joking, two smoking, and two unaccounted for." At high altitude, its huge wings gave it fighter-like maneuverability. There was _NO_ oil change interval established because any oil put in was consumed before it wore out. You could work on some of the engines mid-flight. It could sustain flight at high altitude on the jets alone, and this and those huge wings would let it fly very slowly, slower than the stall speed of its escorts, which developed a game of trying to get your own escorts to fall down by tricking them into flying too slow.
Can't be shot down if the enemy falls out of the sky.
As an Ace Combat fan. I love this
Same
Insert Callsign
this is drake six and I completely agree.
lets be honest here, we all would love a Goblin in our garage
I would for sure
Goblin mode engaged.
I dont think you understand, the spaceplane b36 failed because you didn't attach the fuel b47s.
Additionally, as per the original designs, the super-b36 would not carry its 271 goblin parasite aircraft on its wings, instead it would use the giant nuclear autocannon in its center to fire them at any possible targets, which would obviously allow it to outrange missile aircraft such as the f35 or su-something-something which were being designed around the same time.
11:21
Convair Proposal 4-2069
“AB-36 Notional AAC Platform”
aka “Arsenal Bird - 36”
I did not expect for a new video from you today, but here we are!
On another note, you did a really good job on this one.
11:15 the granny of the Arsenal Bird. the B-36 is the most plausible airborne aircraft carrier. it is beautiful .
747 AAC? It kinda worked, but the parasite fighters didn't even get developed
The closest conception to Arsenal Bird was the CL 1201 and it was nuts
5:08 - 5:19 That is the most KSP sequence I have seen in a long time.
The goblins deploying from a giant blended wing is terrifying
the NB tail flag was beautiful
11:16 Gotta love that Ace Combat 7 reference, with the Arsenal bird and everything, amazing
“But that’s a story for later” loved that delivery
So let me get this straight, I’ve never seen your channel before and I instantly regret having missed out on these amazing pieces of Content
11:23
Ace Combat 1970
Also, I absolutely love how much he sounds like an ace combat villain
if you go to the strategic air command museum in omaha ne you can see one of these upclose really beautiful beast and they even have a goblin too.
This is something else. It feels like a fever dream
It’s always a good day when the DroopestofSnoots uploads 😄 🅱️-36
Bro how do you not have 200k subs yet??? This is god tier quality content! Keep up the great work!
Just like you said, even though this video almost lacks of any educational informations in it, i still enjoyed every second of it and i kept finding myself coming back every once in a while to watch this masterpiece. Great work overall.
This video was hilarious and once again I am amazed by your builds. Very cool
I have an exam in 2 hours and I've had to stop studying for the incomparable glory of the 230,000 milliSievert bread.
My grades may be in tatters, but at least thanks to this so will canada.
Just found the channel. I absolutely loved,I mean loved this video. Huge ksp and history fan,as well as a fan of comedy. This was a great video. Definitely earned a sub.
He hasn’t posted in forever so sry
“Yeah just put the engines on the back and it will fly faster”
11:33 erusea moment
6:09 couldn’t stop laughing
uranium fever has done and got me down
What's the name of the song?
@@zayyanhakim747 uranium fever
@@zayyanhakim747 by elton britt
The Assault Horizon Legacy music during the supermaneuverability section hit me right in the nostalgia for my 3DS days.
Holy shit that'swhere it's from
TBH that ending interception scene was awesome, also the whole video was awesome
I'm 2 minutes into the only video i've ever seen from this channel and I'm already subscribing for the humor alone. Why can't history teachers be this hilarious.
You got yourself a new fan, stellar work!
11:29
Bassicaly summs up the ace combat 7 flying aircraft boss fight
2:09 -accidental- improvised afterburners
Please do not stop making videos like this! This stuff is pure comedy gold! I have not laughed this much in a long time :_(
That combination of the NB-36 and the YB-49/YB-35 with Goblins is something I have legit come up with before.
It was supposed to be a flying HQ for a paramilitary group that uses in-flight dreamhacking to interact with vtubers
did you dream this I don't know how else you would think of that
@@maybenot31 no I came up with it coherently
@@tlshortyshorty5810 Part of me wants to know what's going on in your head, part of me is terrified.
@@sambrown6426 trust me you don’t wanna know
i like how with some plane names itll be called something like “superfriendlycoolguy” and be capable of wiping the entirety of europe off the map
The YB-60 was pretty much a straight forward jet conversion of the B-36, literally taking the same wing and tail surfaces, sweeping them back, adding new control sufaces and replacing the piston engines in the wings with jet engines on pylons under the wings.
While the YB-60 had a longer range and a heavier bomb load than the B-52, the B-52 was over 100mph faster, had a much higher service ceiling and was more stable in flight thanks to it being designed from the ground up as a jet aircraft. The thicc wing, while necessary to house the massive piston engines in the B-36, proved to be a liability in the YB-60.
5:42 sky potato go speeen
Im so glad i found this channel
11:25 so that’s were the idea for ace combat 7 final boss came from
11:48 ace combat moment
1:48
"It hat long, THICK, LUSHES (idk if i spelled that right) sausage like wings"
-droopestofsnoots
He said calmly
Hey that's pretty good! I made a B36 in RSS RO RP1 but I used procedural wings. No way id have the patience to do all that paneling. I'm working on the Handley Page Victor now and the wings are have been a major pain
i LOVE how informative and funny this is, + its in KSP which makes it 10x better
7:31 OK, I filled this part
Tanker Bomber
" If you don't like nuclear power, then I slap 2 tanker so you can go safer "
iirc, the testing of the Nuclear powered variant was to test the effects of radiation poisoning on the crew and how effective the radiation shielding was. Obviously they would've known the aircraft had the lift required to get in the air and fly.
Also, it's nuts to think the it had Caterpillar Treads in some variants to land in smooth fields off runways...
I didn't learn much about B-36 until relatively recently so I didnt know the nuclear plane was based off it.
12:15 b57: am i a joke to you?
4:09 god tier reference and a swedish win
Loved it! Perfectly the type of humor for me and also just the way I play KSP.
Love the pun! :D
just discovered this gold mine of a channel, 10/10 lol
I tried to make a video on the Goblin once. I think I did okay, but this is far better at showing the absolutely batshit insane things the USA was up to around then.
So for clarity's sake, up to this point I was enjoying the video anyhow, and was planning on subscribing when finished watching.
Then I reached 7:30, and that joke is just.
It's so dumb that I had to pause and subscribe right then and there. I love it.
That yugioh edit was so unexpected. Top tier tomfoolery
"I'm in love with the Coco" 0:23
You are the definition of adhd this is the best video ever. Aerospace engineering is the best thing to hyper focus on.
Something safe something practical- cuts to uranium fever. I love this channel
Love the halo reference with glassing...also nice reference to nova bombs
11:15 - 12:01 one of the clips of all time
Sir, you have made me laugh several times and still managed to teach me something. You have earned another subscriber!
The way it smashed to the ground at 0:39 keeps me awake all night 🤣
6:09
best thing I've seen today
Holy shit this is the first video I've seen from you, and like the B-36 its on fire. Subbed within the first five minutes
0:52 cobra chicken, one of the most dangerous seasonal threats we encounter here in canada.
11:00 crazy man
That bomber explosion at 0:41 ...
Can we please develop a way to fight the Kraken?
No, it’s freaking hysterical XD!
My grandfather was in the airforce during Nam and then left to go to the air guard. He was a flight crew chief for the jets, well one day I was at his house and got curious and looked in some of his old file cabinets and actually found papers on this plane I don't know why he had them but I just got reminded of them form this video
This commentary has really improved!
put this in your video in your resumé, guaranteed an instant hire
Hey Um...the Allies had jet engines too, as early as 1941. Its just that the Germans were the first to make a functioning fighter, followed by the UK then the US.
It has been over 4 months, we need you back
Can't believe I've just found your channel. This is the history I'm into, with just three right amount of comedy!!!
Extremely glad that the algorithm brought me here, this is like a perfect combination of all my interests in one video, kinda uncanny, keep it up!
It’s rare to see channels recognizing obscure planes like the b-36, keep up the good work man👍
In case it wasn't purely a meme, no allied countries didn't get working jet engines from Germany. Several allies were working on their own jet engines before and during the war and a couple were in testing before Germany flew any during the war.
From 8:49 "you spin me right round' baby right round', this is a new record baby." 💀
Uh actually it’s “like a record baby” 🤓
@@Notaracialslur oh brrrrahhhhhther this guy STINKS
You are first youtuber that makes vid's about ksp not 1 year ago
8:05 Ace Combat music nice, Fighter's Honor (flying remix), yes I heard half a second of it, which is enough for me to recognize it
I definitely need more high quality content (like a video talking about the b-47)
3:39 *Yes MOre JeT enGineS HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO*
*hehehehhehe*
You forgot the HA at the end
There is a b-36 at the Strategic Air Command Museum in Nebraska
Here’s a cursed idea, a B-36 with all engines facing forwards
Fictional designs:
XB-36: a fusion of the B-36 PeaceMaker and XB-70 Valkyrie
11:11
JUST BEAUTIFUL. MASTERPIECE.
bro your video is the first video i watch with being 18 years old. i just discovered this video watched it, had birthday and now i will continue watching it. great video by now. :)
PLEASE make more content. Your few videos like this are legendary.
I dunno why, but the NB pun killed me xD
It's the 2nd time I watch this masterpiece and I will watch it a 3rd time tomorrow, no doubt
the top gun maverick part never gets old.
The ending caught me off guard.
11:54, isn’t that just Ace Combat 7 Mission 19? You, have designed an Ace Combat super weapon.
I got one weirder Convair did. Turning into the father for the Boeing 747. The XC-99.
I love the voices in this.
The R&D ones really give a crackhead vibe.