Convair B-36 Peacemaker
type: SpatialThing
type: TransportationDevice Vehicle
type: Model airplane
type: Aircraft
label: B-36和平締造者轟炸機 @zh
label: Convair B-36 @nl
label: 콘베어 B-36 @ko
label: B-36 (航空機) @ja
label: كونفير بي-36 @ar
point: 48.184352 -53.664271
subject: Category:Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear
subject: Category:Six-engined piston aircraft
subject: Category:Articles containing video clips
subject: Category:Aircraft first flown in 1946
subject: Category:Shoulder-wing aircraft
subject: Category:1940s United States bomber aircraft
subject: Category:Ten-engined aircraft
subject: Category:Consolidated aircraft
subject: Category:Convair aircraft
subject: Category:Six-engined pusher aircraft
subject: Category:Aircraft with auxiliary jet engines
subject: Category:Convair B-36 Peacemaker
prop name: Curtiss Electric constant-speed fully-feathering pusher propellers
eng1 name: Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
footer: The main landing gear evolved from a single-wheel design to a 4-wheel bogie , but a tracked assembly was also tested.
variants: Convair XC-99
variants: Convair NB-36H
similar aircraft: * Nakajima G10N * Tupolev Tu-95 * Boeing XB-55
bombs: with weight restrictions, normal
eng2 name: General Electric J47
eng2 note: in pylon mounted pods outboard of piston engines
eng2 type: turbojet engines
alt: The experimental tracked landing gear unit of an XB-36, consisting of 2 flexible tracks supported by wheels, is pictured stopped in short grass with ruts trailing behind it.
alt: The single main tire of an XB-36 is about 1.5 times taller than the person standing beside it.
alt: The 4-wheel bogie of a retired RB-36H is pictured from the outboard side.
image: Convair_RB-36H_Peacemaker_.jpg
image: Convair XB-36 main landing gear detail 061128-F-1234S-028.jpg
image: B-36 tracked gear edit.jpg
align: right
ref: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
manufacturer: Convair
developed into: Convair YB-60
developed into: Convair X-6
see also: * B-36 Peacemaker Museum * Convair B-36 variants * Lycoming XR-7755 * "Victory Bomber" * Kégresse track
prime units?: imp
lists: * List of military aircraft of the United States * List of bomber aircraft
primary user: United States Air Force
first flight: 1946-08-08
airfoil: root: NACA 63(420)-422; tip: NACA 63(420)-517
geometry: POINT(-53.66427230835 48.184352874756)
eng1 note: for take-off
type: Strategic bomber
direction: vertical
retired: 1959-02-12
name: B-36 "Peacemaker"
description: bombardero estratégico fabricado por Convair @es
description: amerikai hadászati bombázó repülőgép @hu
description: قاذفة قنابل استراتيجية @ar
description: strategic bomber
description: Amerikaanse bomwerper @af
description: Pengebom strategis buatan Convair @in
description: bombardiere strategico Convair @it
description: americký těžký strategický bombardér @cs
description: avion militaire @fr
description: máy bay ném bom chiến lược được chế tạo bởi Convair cho Không quân Hoa Kỳ @vi
description: US-amerikanischer Langstreckenbomber @de
description: Convair B-36, USAF üçün Convair tərəfindən istehsal edilən bir strateji bombardmançıdır @az
description: アメリカ空軍の戦略爆撃機 @ja
description: מפציץ אסטרטגי אמריקאי @iw
description: amerikaans militair vliegtuig @nl
wiki page external link: https://web.archive.org/web/20090112203629/http:/www.aero-web.org/locator/manufact/convair/b-36.htm
wiki page external link: https://web.archive.org/web/20070310042108/http:/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp%3Fid=2584
wiki page external link: https://media.defense.gov/2010/May/26/2001330264/-1/-1/0/AFD-100526-026.pdf
wiki page external link: https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=3wvEzhyY9F4
wiki page external link: https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=1V9CWQNZRF8
wiki page external link: https://web.archive.org/web/20071115224556/http:/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp%3Fid=2537
wiki page external link: https://web.archive.org/web/20060615201002/http:/www.airspacemag.com/ASM/Mag/Index/1996/AM/bacr.html
wiki page external link: https://books.google.com/books%3Fid=mdgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98