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Anonymous commented at 2011-10-19 19:57:45 » #904779
The dead giveaway for the V-bombers--the Victor, Valiant and Vulcan among them--is that they all have extremely thick wings with the engines buried inside them. The Russians subscribe more to the same school of design as the U.S., which is to keep the wings slim and put the engines in the body or nacelles and not try to bury them inside the wings.
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The dead giveaway for the V-bombers--the Victor, Valiant and Vulcan among them--is that they all have extremely thick wings with the engines buried inside them. The Russians subscribe more to the same school of design as the U.S., which is to keep the wings slim and put the engines in the body or nacelles and not try to bury them inside the wings.
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Anonymous commented at 2011-12-11 17:33:19 » #948779
@904779 - What Russian aircraft are YOU looking at? Tu-16, Myasishchev M-4/3M, Tu-104/-110/-124 all had wing root engine setups like the V-Bombers, and the DH Comet. The only difference was the Russians used two engines on the Tu-16 medium bomber as opposed to four for the same class for the British (and as a side bar, the lone Valiant B.2 used the podded gear setup before Tupolev made it a trademark). The only Russian bomber to use pylon mounted podded engines like the US was the M-50.
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@904779 - What Russian aircraft are YOU looking at? Tu-16, Myasishchev M-4/3M, Tu-104/-110/-124 all had wing root engine setups like the V-Bombers, and the DH Comet. The only difference was the Russians used two engines on the Tu-16 medium bomber as opposed to four for the same class for the British (and as a side bar, the lone Valiant B.2 used the podded gear setup before Tupolev made it a trademark). The only Russian bomber to use pylon mounted podded engines like the US was the M-50.
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Anonymous commented at 2012-03-04 21:08:48 » #1016007
Anon989973 - It's also a TURBOPROP. You find me a PRODUCTION multiengined turboprop bomber from Russia, the US, or the UK, with internal engines and the 'Bear' can included in this little chat.
The key fact with the 'buried vs. pylon' engine discussion is that it relates to JETS.
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Anon989973 - It's also a TURBOPROP. You find me a PRODUCTION multiengined turboprop bomber from Russia, the US, or the UK, with internal engines and the 'Bear' can included in this little chat.
The key fact with the 'buried vs. pylon' engine discussion is that it relates to JETS.
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