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The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" [N 1] is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in span and weight by the one-off Hughes H-4 Hercules.
Modified version of the B-36 with swept wings and tail surfaces and powered by eight J-57-P-3 engines for evaluation against the B-52, two built. XC-99 Transport version of the B-36 using the wings, tail surfaces and six R-4360-41 pusher engines with a two-deck fuselage for 400 troops. One built and used for trials and research from 1949 to ...
The engine weighs 235 kg (518.1 lb). The intake manifold and a two barrel Carter carburetor are centrally located between the cylinder banks. Because the B36 had exactly the same bore and stroke dimensions as the later B18 and the two engines also have some valve-train parts in common, some suggest that the B18 is one-half of the B36 V8.
Wards 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" automobile engines available in the U.S. market, that are selected by Wards AutoWorld magazine. The list was started in 1994 for model year 1995, and has been drawn every year since then, published at the end of the preceding year.
The Volvo B36 is a four-stroke, cast-iron, 90-degree petrol V8 engine introduced in 1952. It produces 120 PS (88 kW) at 4,000 rpm and 260 N⋅m (192 lb⋅ft) of torque at 2,200 rpm. The engine has a displacement of 3.56 liters and weighs 235 kg (518 lb). [1] A two-port Carter carburetor and intake are positioned between the cylinder banks.
The engine for Project 358 was developed by adding two cylinders to the existing B18, resulting in a six-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2.7 litres. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Project B358 did not go into production, but most of the early work done on it was revived when development began on the 164 , including the six cylinder engine.
The B36-7 model was manufactured between 1980 and 1985, and was fitted with a 16-cylinder 7FDL16 engine. The model was designed as a successor to the U36B . A total of 222 B36-7's were built for North American railroads, and a further eight units were delivered to a Columbian coal mining operation.
The YB-60 landing at Rogers Dry Lake, California. On 25 August 1950, Convair issued a formal proposal for a swept-winged version of the B-36 with all-jet propulsion. The Air Force was sufficiently interested that on 15 March 1951, it authorized Convair to convert two B-36Fs (49-2676 and 49-2684) as the B-36G.