Lots of words that never said anything useful. Sounds like a book report from someone who never read the book… Was this some kind of early AI-generated video experiment? Ugh…
Reduction of Drag, leaving room for underwing Stores? Certainly NOT for Power redundancy – hit one engine or have catastrophic Failure it`s neighbour(s?) fail too. Nonsensical Explanation.
This is rubbish. More engines are more expensive, not less. Airliners have gone to fewer, larger, engines to save money. The engines they had when the B52 was designed used very little bypass for thrust. Time passed and engines were made larger in diameter to utilize more bypass thrust for better fuel efficiency. Fewer engines are cheaper than more engines. And high bypass engines use a lot less fuel. The air force would happily swap out the old skinny engines for half as many large engines if they could, but they can't. The wings at the outer nacelles are too low to the ground for big engines. And the tail is too small to deal with asymmetrical thrust from engines on one side of the plane being shot apart. Four engines per side was thought to be better insurance against losing all the engines on one wing, so the tail was designed smaller than it would have been otherwise. Big tails are a major nuisance because they create more drag, and hangers have to accommodate them.
The irritating accompanying music interfered with the narrator making it impossible to follow. The only fact I could decipher was the benefit of dual pairs of engines that could be made redundant after an attack or failure. Everything else passed me by as to whether it was used in Vietnam or the Gulf War I and II. The pollution from the exhaust seemed excessive and the noise must be deafening. Not the best video on YouTube. I think I will stick to Dark Skies. At least they are a bit more comprehensive instead of just using the same rhetoric as if this aircraft is some kind of wonderful weapon.
There is another big factor as to why 8 engines were used in 4 dual pod configurations. The B-52 bomber went into service in the early 1950s when the available jet engines were a lot smaller than what is available today. It is likely that if the B-52 bomber had been developed over 10 years later it would have been a 4 engine airplane.
Because engines back then stunk. No subsequent jets had 8 engines.
Great explanation 💪
Over eight minutes of word salad, and no reason actually given for pairing vice mounting individually.
🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁LION c LIKE No. 008 —–> The engines are NOT mounted in pears, they are mounted in Nacelles.
Lots of words that never said anything useful. Sounds like a book report from someone who never read the book… Was this some kind of early AI-generated video experiment? Ugh…
Reduction of Drag, leaving room for underwing Stores? Certainly NOT for Power redundancy – hit one engine or have catastrophic Failure it`s neighbour(s?) fail too. Nonsensical Explanation.
This is rubbish. More engines are more expensive, not less. Airliners have gone to fewer, larger, engines to save money.
The engines they had when the B52 was designed used very little bypass for thrust. Time passed and engines were made larger in diameter to utilize more bypass thrust for better fuel efficiency. Fewer engines are cheaper than more engines. And high bypass engines use a lot less fuel.
The air force would happily swap out the old skinny engines for half as many large engines if they could, but they can't. The wings at the outer nacelles are too low to the ground for big engines. And the tail is too small to deal with asymmetrical thrust from engines on one side of the plane being shot apart. Four engines per side was thought to be better insurance against losing all the engines on one wing, so the tail was designed smaller than it would have been otherwise. Big tails are a major nuisance because they create more drag, and hangers have to accommodate them.
The irritating accompanying music interfered with the narrator making it impossible to follow. The only fact I could decipher was the benefit of dual pairs of engines that could be made redundant after an attack or failure. Everything else passed me by as to whether it was used in Vietnam or the Gulf War I and II. The pollution from the exhaust seemed excessive and the noise must be deafening. Not the best video on YouTube. I think I will stick to Dark Skies. At least they are a bit more comprehensive instead of just using the same rhetoric as if this aircraft is some kind of wonderful weapon.
Yes, but can it do a barrel roll ??
There is another big factor as to why 8 engines were used in 4 dual pod configurations. The B-52 bomber went into service in the early 1950s when the available jet engines were a lot smaller than what is available today. It is likely that if the B-52 bomber had been developed over 10 years later it would have been a 4 engine airplane.