B-36 Peacemaker
Specifications | ||
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Span: | 230 feet | |
Length: | 162 feet, 1 inches | |
Height: | 46 feet, 9 inches | |
Weight: | 410,000 pounds loaded | |
Armament: | Sixteen M24 20mm cannon in eight nose, tail and fuselage
turrets, 86,000 pounds of conventional or nuclear bombs | |
Engine: | Six Pratt & Whitney B 4360s of 3,800 horsepower and four General Electric J47s of 5,200 pounds thrust each | |
Maximum speed: | 435 mph | |
Cruising speed: | 230 mph | |
Range: | 10,000 miles | |
Service ceiling: | 45,700 feet | |
Cost: | $3,701,000 |
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